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Recent Press Releases
- Valentines for the Tongass Feb 11, 2010
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Juneau residents come out to share their love of the Tongass with SenatorsOn Thursday evening, Juneau residents turned out at the Ruby Room in the Emporium Mall downtown to make Valentines expressing their love for the Tongass National Forest. The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council will send the valentines to Alaska Senators Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich.
- Prince of Wales community voices concern over Sealaska legislation despite legislator’s comments Jan 28, 2010
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Unanimous vote adds to long list of local oppositionToday, the City of Craig, Alaska, on Prince of Wales Island, released its official letter raising significant concerns about legislation that would grant over 70,000 acres of the Tongass National Forest to the private Sealaska Corporation.
- SEACC joins push for renewable energy, hires coordinator Jan 07, 2010
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Lifelong resident to help communities get off diesel and onto renewable energyThe Southeast Alaska Conservation Council today introduced Juneau resident Dan Lesh as their Energy Coordinator, a new position the organization will use to help advance renewable energy in Southeast Alaska.
- Alaska Native, Tourism, and Conservation Groups Seek Protection for Roadless Areas in Tongass National Forest Dec 22, 2009
- The lawsuit filed today - Organized Village of Kake v U.S. Department of Agriculture - seeks to end the 2003, Bush-era decision to “temporarily” exempt the Tongass from the national Roadless Rule. The lawsuit asserts that this exemption was illegally adopted.
Recent Press Clips
- Hearing held on Sealaska lands bill Mar 18, 2010
- U.S. Rep. Don Young defended a bill Wednesday to give Sealaska Corp. its remaining lands under the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
- SE Alaskans divided over Sealaska Lands Bill Mar 18, 2010
- In front of a packed Petersburg city council chamber Friday, Mar. 12, southeast Alaskan residents took to the podium to state their opinions of S.881, the divisive Sealaska Corp. Lands Bill.
- Obama Administration Opposed to Sealaska Land Proposal Mar 17, 2010
- Alaskans testified Wednesday before the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee about the Sealaska Lands Bill. The Obama Administration weighed in Wednesday on the controversial Sealaska lands bill, signaling that the White House does not support it.
- Alaskans fear for their way of life Mar 17, 2010
- Like a lot of people in Alaska, Don Hernandez has always fed his family with deer he shoots and fish he catches in the Tongass National Forest. Sealaska Corporation's lands bill threatens that way of life.
- Big thank you to Sitnews Mar 16, 2010
- I just want to thank Sitnews for their lack of bias in running articles and letters which present various points of view, THANK YOU!