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  "path": "/2026/03/17/federal-law-doesnt-mandate-minimum-amounts-of-logging-in-alaskas-tongass-rainforest-judge-says/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-17T13:30:47.000Z",
  "site": "https://alaskabeacon.com",
  "tags": [
    "Economy & Environment",
    "Justice",
    "Alaska Forest Association",
    "Alcan Timber",
    "lawsuit",
    "Sharon Gleason",
    "Tongass National Forest",
    "U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska",
    "Viking Lumber"
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  "textContent": "A federal judge in Alaska has rejected a lawsuit that sought to reinstate a management plan that would allow heavier logging in the world’s largest temperate old-growth rainforest. The result leaves an Obama-era management plan in place, but it could be short-lived: The administration of President Donald Trump is already at work on a new […]",
  "title": "Federal law doesn’t mandate minimum amounts of logging in Alaska’s Tongass rainforest, judge says"
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