#77 - Land Less Film: Old Growth Clearcutting in the Tongass w/ Joshua Wright & Wanda Culp

Do you value this program? I am a one-man operation and could use your support! Thank youIn this episode, I am joined by Wanda Culp and Joshua Wright to discuss their new film, Land Less, and the “Landless Bill” (S.2554 / H.R.41), that would transfer 115,000 acres of Southeast Alaska public lands on the Tongass National Forest—about 60,000 currently protected by the Roadless Rule—to new Native corporations created under ANCSA. They describe ANCSA’s corporate model and contend past Tongass transfers, including the 2014 Sealaska Bill and the Alaska Mental Health Trust exchange, have repeatedly led to large-scale old-growth clearcut logging. They criticize major environmental groups like The Nature Conservancy and The Wilderness Society for supporting the bill, warning it functions as a workaround to NEPA and federal oversight, and discuss Sealaska’s cease-and-desist letter over a filmed boardroom scene. www.LandLessFilm.com00:56 Episode Preview Landless Bill02:12 Alaska Land Transfers Context04:04 Meet Wanda and Joshua04:24 Why Make Landless?06:47 Wanda’s Story09:22 Past Tongass Transfer Deals11:41 Why Landless Enables Logging14:41 Big Greens Backlash18:43 Sealaska Cease and Desist28:32 Tribal Governance and Youth34:07 No Public Process After Transfer38:44 Climate Crisis and Extraction41:30 How to Take Action Get full access to Our Public Lands Podcast at ourpubliclandspodcast.substack.com/subscribe