Editing Port Protection, Alaska (section)

==History==
In 1975, Port Protection and [[Point Baker, Alaska|Point Baker]] made national news when Zieske v Butz, a landmark lawsuit against the [[United States Forest Service|US Forest Service]] brought by Point Baker residents Charles Zieske, Alan Stein and Herb Zieske, was decided by Judge [[James von der Heydt]], the Alaska Federal District court judge. The lawsuit was initiated by Alan Stein and the Point Baker Association which had about 30 fishermen members from the communities of Pt Baker and Port Protection.  On December 24, 1975, von der Hedyt issued an injunction against all clearcutting on the North end of the [[Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)|Prince of Wales island]] from Red Bay to Calder Bay. The lawsuit stopped planned clear cutting on 400,000 acres (1,600 km2) on the north end Island. [[United States Congress|Congress]] lifted the injunction when it passed the [[National Forest Management Act]] in 1976.

Twice more Port Protection and Pt Baker made headlines In 1989, in a landmark lawsuit called Stein v Barton, many of its residents fought for buffer strips on all the salmon streams of the Tongass and for protection of the Salmon Bay watershed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stein v. Barton, 740 F. Supp. 743 (D. Alaska 1990)|url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/740/743/1952466/|date=March 7, 1990|website=justicia.com|access-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref> In the 1990 [[Tongass Timber Reform Act]], lobbyists for an environmental group in Washington compromised with Senator [[Ted Stevens]] and only got part of the Salmon Bay watershed protected. The timber surrounding an important salmon stream was bargained away.  This statute also protected all the salmon streams in the Tongass with {{convert|100|ft|m|adj=mid|-wide}} buffer strips during logging operations.

Residents of the area are featured in the [[National Geographic Channel]] reality documentary series ''Life Below Zero: Port Protection, Port Protection, Alaska'' and its spinoff ''Lawless Island''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2020/01/life-below-zero-next-generation-port-protection-life-below-zero-seasons-15-16/|title=Life Below Zero is getting a spin-off plus two new seasons|date=18 January 2020|website=Realityblurred.com|access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref>