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    The Tongass National Forest (/ˈtɒŋɡəs/) in Southeast Alaska is the largest U.S. National Forest at 16.7 million acres (26,100 sq mi; 6,800,000 ha; 68...
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  • Ketchikian, Alaska, which forms part of the Alaska Marine Highway Tongass National Forest Tongass Passage, a strait on the Canada-United States border This disambiguation...
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    isolated from the rest of North America by the Coast Mountains. The Tongass National Forest comprises about 80% of the region. In 1993, a petition to list...
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  • edible mushroom species to grow. The area consists primarily of the Tongass National Forest, which is a temperate rainforest. This rainforest has plenty of...
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    Mendenhall Glacier (category Tongass National Forest)
    Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area, a federally designated unit of the Tongass National Forest. The Juneau Icefield Research Program has monitored the outlet...
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    provisions the Forest Service had included to protect the viability of the wolf subspecies in its Forest Plan for the Tongass National Forest, adopted three...
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    Tlingit Aaní, much of which is part of the Tongass National Forest, the United States' largest national forest. In many places, the international border...
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    Roadless area conservation (category United States Forest Service)
    the statute of limitations has run out. Trump's Forest Service removed most of the Tongass National Forest from roadless area designation in October 2020...
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    located on the northern tip of Prince of Wales Island within the Tongass National Forest. Its location is approximately one kilometer from the coast and...
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    (67 km2). There are 17 wildernesses in Jefferson National Forest, second only to Tongass National Forest, which has 19. Barbours Creek Wilderness (part)...
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    logged every year, not all National Forests are entirely forested. There are tidewater glaciers in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska and ski areas such...
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    and E Dovichin (eds.) The coastal forest and mountains ecoregion of southeastern Alaska and the Tongass National Forest Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback...
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    wilderness area administered by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Tongass National Forest. Misty Fiords is about 40 miles (64 km) east of Ketchikan, Alaska...
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    in the East: A Survey". Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Tongass Forest Management FAQs Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine (accessed...
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    the administration of the Tongass National Forest and is part of the Stikine-LeConte Wilderness within the national forest. A good size icefield, the...
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    Alaska Roadless Rule (category Tongass National Forest)
    roadless areas, which protects about half of the Tongass National Forest and Chugach National Forest's 17 million acres. The Alaska Roadless Rule stems...
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    temperate forests of East Asia. Some of the largest expanses of old growth are found in Olympic National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, Tongass National Forest...
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  • Southeast region of Alaska, including the areas of the Panhandle, the Tongass National Forest, and the Inside Passage. SEACC's core purpose is "to protect Southeast...
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    October 21, 2012. "Tahoe National Forest". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved October 21, 2012. "Tongass National Forest". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved October...
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    boundary with Tongass National Forest running along the ridgeline. The park's northwestern boundary, which also abuts Tongass National Forest, runs in the...
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    bears, but also to polar bears. Its habitat exists within the Tongass National Forest, which is part of the perhumid rainforest zone. The ABC Islands...
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    Stikine Region, British Columbia – northeast, east Tongass National Forest (part) Admiralty Island National Monument (part) Kootznoowoo Wilderness (part) Tracy...
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    868 km2)—is protected as the Admiralty Island National Monument administered by the Tongass National Forest. The Kootznoowoo Wilderness encompasses vast...
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    limits of Tongass National Forest (Petersburg Ranger District). The Petersburg Creek–Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness is a part of the forest that is located...
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    instructed Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to exempt Alaska's Tongass National Forest from logging restrictions established nearly 20 years ago during...
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  • Pinchot have expanded it to 15.4 million acres. The Tongass National Forest became the largest national forest in the United States of America, and was viewed...
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    began to produce pulp harvested from the Tongass National Forest under a 50-year contract with the US Forest Service. At its peak, the mill employed around...
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    with the primary intention to increase the protection of the Tongass National Forest from logging. The TTRA was introduced on February 9, 1989, at the...
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    northern part of the Alexander Archipelago, which are all part of the Tongass National Forest. The islands are known for their wilderness and wildlife, including...
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  • Agriculture/Forest Service(DA) "Tongass National Forest - Home". usda.gov. "Tongass National Forest - Camping & Cabins:Cabin Rentals". usda.gov. "Tongass National...
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