The grants are meant as an early step toward fostering sustainable economic activities driven by locals. Three USDA agencies also signed an agreement that establishes a permanent team that will work on sustainability goals in Southeast.
in the Tongass because they say it squelches economic activity and gets in the way of local stewardship.Sen. Dan Sullivan said in a statement at the time that “$25 million doesn’t even come close to covering the economic damage that this administration’s policies will inflict on Southeast Alaska.”
Xochitl Torres Small is the USDA’s undersecretary for Rural Development. She said the timber industry and the Roadless Rule are part of why Southeast Alaska is getting special attention. U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small speaks during an event at the Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building in Juneau on March 31, 2022. Also pictured: USDA’s Alaska conservationist Alan McBee with the Natural Resource Conservation Service, left, and Under Secretary of Natural Resources and Environment Homer Wilkes.
“And so as you look at the changes in the timber industry — not strictly the Roadless Rule, but you look at court decisions, and you look at impact in terms of the challenges the timber industry faces now — combined with people who are responding to that by working more collaboratively together by coming up with new ideas for how to invest in the home that they love – that’s something that you want to invest in.
Torres Small said the lessons the agencies learn in Southeast Alaska could be applied in other parts of the country.USDA officials said they’re working on getting another $16 million in sustainability grants to Southeast Alaska in the next 6 months or so.I dig into questions about the forces and institutions that shape Juneau, big and small, delightful and outrageous.
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