ELSA SEBASTIAN on Loving the Last Stands of the Tongass /141

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🗓️ 16 October 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Described by many as a sacrifice zone and subsidized timber colony of the US, Prince of Wales Island is one of the most heavily logged areas of the Tongass; there are over 2,500 miles of logging roads on an island that’s only 135 miles long. Our guest this week, Elsa Sebastian, knows this region well, having grown up in the fishing village of Point Baker on northern Prince of Wales Island.Support the show

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1:10.0	visit Caliopeia.org Hey for the Wild Community. Mission, last stands about the current threats facing the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska.
1:25.9	Since we spoke, there have been a few key updates that I'd like to share before we begin.
1:31.3	One of the largest threats at this time is Trump's plan to rescind the roadless rule in the
1:35.5	Tongus and open 9.2 million acres of protected land back up to logging and resource extraction.
1:43.0	Just yesterday, the Forest Service announced that on Friday, October 18th,
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