In 1990, a Federal District Court in Alaska, in a case called Stein v Barton, held the US Forest Service had to protect all salmon streams in the Tongass with buffer strips. One of the claims in Stein v Barton for protection of the Salmon Bay Watershed was partially enacted into law when Congress Passed the Tongass Timber Reform Act; environmental lobbyists had compromised with Senator Ted Stevens leaving the most valuable forest available to logging in the headwaters of the salmon streams therein.
in 1990 a federal district court in alaska in a case called stein v barton held the us forest service had to protect all salmon streams in the tongass with buffer strips one of the claims in stein v barton for protection of the salmon bay watershed was partially enacted into law when congress passed the tongass timber reform act; environmental lobbyists had compromised with senator ted stevens leaving the most valuable forest available to logging in the headwaters of the salmon streams therein