10/01/2026
A big mama bear and her cub are royalty on the shores of Chichagof Island. Where the temperate rainforest meets the North Pacific Ocean, abundant life creates some of the most ideal bear habitat in the world.
But even a place this wild is vulnerable.
Roads come at a cost. When taxpayer-subsidized roads carve through intact forests to serve private industrial clear-cutting interests, the price is paid by wildlife, salmon, and the communities that depend on healthy forests.
Some roads simply cost too much.
The proposed repeal of the Roadless Rule puts millions of acres of the Tongass at risk. Speak up for intact habitat and the wild places that make the Tongass extraordinary.
Comment NOW before the October 6th deadline. https://sitkawild.quorum.us/campaign/roadlessrule2026/
📸 Sitka Alaska Photography
