Logging 'The Lungs' of North America

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🗓️ 23 October 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The world's largest intact temperate rainforest is in a place you may not expect: southeast Alaska. The Trump administration wants to eliminate a longstanding rule protecting the Tongass National Forest from logging and road construction. Why? And what might this mean for one of the top carbon sinks in the world? Maddie talks with reporter Emily Kwong about the Tongass.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:05.9	Maddie Sivaya here with our very own Shortwave reporter and sometimes host Emily Quang.
0:10.8	What do you got for us today?
0:11.9	Well, I have a story about the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world.
0:17.4	And guess where it is?
0:18.8	Um.
0:19.8	Come on.
0:20.8	It's in Alaska.
0:22.8	Alaska.
0:23.8	Yes, Alaska.
0:24.8	That's where you used to report.
0:25.8	Yes.
0:26.8	Shortwave, I was reporting for an NPR member station KCW in the Tongas National Forest.
0:32.8	That's the largest national forest in America.
0:35.1	And the setting for a classic, Alaskan radio show.
0:38.9	Encounters.
0:39.9	Encounters.
0:40.9	Oh.
0:41.9	This is the intro.
0:44.9	Hi, I'm Richard Nelson for Encounters.
0:47.9	Program of observations, experiences, reflections on the world around us.
0:53.4	I really love it.
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