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The Trump Administration is moving to lift environmental protections on seven million acres in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. It would allow logging virgin forests that sprouted before first contact with European settlers. Alaska Native tribes are fighting the U.S. Forest Service’s recommendations to remove the Clinton-era “roadless designation” paving the way for roads, logging and other development. The tribes say it poses a serious threat to subsistence hunting, fishing and foraging in the nation’s largest national forest.
Guests:
Dr. Rosita Worl (Tlingit) – president of the Sealaska Heritage Institute
Joel Jackson (Tlingit) – president of the Organized Village of Kake
Lawrence Armour (Tlingit) – tribal administrator for the Klawock Cooperative Association
Norman Skan (Tlingit) – president of Ketchikan Indian Community
Break 1 music: Raven’s First Dance (song) Khu.éex’ (artist) Heen (album)
Break 2 music: Treaty Six and Coastal Hand Game Song (song) Fawn Wood & Dallas Waskahat (artist) Blessings (album)
