From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org):
The Forest Service just released a timber sale in the Tongass National Forest that will allow for logging alongside one of the most important wild salmon streams in southeast Alaska. We need your help to stop it—act now at http://act.alaskawild.org/sign/wrangell_sale_2016/.
Logging near important wild salmon habitat can hurt the fish born in these freshwater streams and the bears that depend on them. And it 
could have negative consequences for southeast Alaskans as well, especially those who rely on the land to gather food or rely on salmon for their livelihood.
But that’s not all. This sale will leave the American taxpayers in the red while many of these trees could be exported overseas without local processing, meaning that the sale won’t support many American jobs.
Both the people and wildlife of the Tongass rely on abundant wild salmon. Southeast Alaska’s fishing industry brings in $1 billion in revenue every year, and Tongass salmon support iconic wildlife like Alaska’s coastal brown bears. Tell the Forest Service that abundant salmon must come first, for people and wildlife.
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