Wrong Mr. Herz when you wrote: "The fight over the Southeast sales dates back to 2005. "

Your story about potential logging on 2 tracts in the midst of the 17 MILLION acre Tongass National Forest starts back prior to Alaska Statehood  --  almost 60 years ago.  The Feds granted the right to select 1 million acres throughout Alaska to a trust to provide for the mental health needs of those living in the Territory of Alaska.  Fast forward through actions and missed opportunities of several levels of State, Federal, and local governments, politicians, and agencies; with environmental activists and jurists to further confuse and frustrate the situation; and you'll start to see the full and real setting of this story.

Bottom line.  The Trustees of the Mental Health Authority are not as implied by the story and the commentary "bad people"; they are acting properly as trustees of an Alaskan Authority with clear cut "beneficiaries" and purpose.