The Alaska You Come to See - Take Action for the Tongass

CLICK THE LINK TO TAKE ACTION: https://salmonstate.org/tourism-take-... An estimated 1.5 million people will cruise up Alaska’s Inside Passage in 2020 to see brown bears and black bears, to fish for salmon, to kayak glacial seas, and to immerse themselves in the Tongass National Forest — the largest national forest in the United States. Tourism is the area’s biggest industry, employing more than 10,000 people and driving more than a billion dollars in economic impact each year. That’s all possible because the Tongass is the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world, home to some of the world’s last remaining stands of ancient Sitka spruce, hemlock, and cedar trees. Those trees, in turn, are vital to salmon, to animals, and to people. But now the U.S. Forest Service is planning to strip protections for more than nine million acres of the forest, opening up land to clear-cut old growth logging and industrial development. This threat to the Tongass and its in habitants is also a threat to the visitor industry in SE Alaska, the area’s biggest economic driver, which relies on these wild places. Our wilderness-soaked adventures are only possible because of places like the Tongass, and the Tongass will only remain if we protect it. We are proud to partner with SalmonState, Adventuresmith, Transformational Travel Council, The Boat Company, Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) and Pioneer Studios on this film. This is UnCruise. Small ship adventure cruises sail in Alaska, Mexico's Sea of Cortes, Hawaii, Columbia and Snake Rivers, Pacific Northwest, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize, Guatemala, Colombia, and the Galápagos. Learn more at www.uncruise.com