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USDA Exempts Tongass National Forest from the 2001 Roadless Rule

By cvoelkl | October 30, 2020

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a final Alaska Roadless Rule that exempts the Tongass National Forest from the 2001 provision that prohibited road construction, road reconstruction and timber harvests.

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#AgAlerts: Covid-19 and food, economy, chicken farming and forestry grant review

By Cynthia Voelkl/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | March 24, 2020

In a teleconference held last night the US Food and Drug Administration announced that it is scaling back GMP inspections and is waiving certain FSMA requirements in the face of the COVID-19 crisis.