by Emily | Dec 14, 2018 | Blog
By Guy Archibald On Wednesday, Dec. 5, the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission (SEITC), which represents 15 sovereign Tribal Nations from Southeast Alaska, submitted a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights stating that the...
by Emily | Oct 30, 2018 | Blog
By Sarah Davidson On Sept. 30, I joined a group traveling through the beautiful and rugged terrain of British Columbia (BC) to reach the site of the Mt. Polley Mine disaster. The trip was organized by the Western Mining Action Network (WMAN) and MiningWatch Canada,...
by Emily | Jun 13, 2018 | Blog
No Name Bay on Kuiu Island in Southeast Alaska in 1992. Photo by Skip Gray/Lighthawk. By Buck Lindekugel Do you know where your tax dollars are going? Here on the Tongass, the Forest Service has spent over $4.5 million since 2004 trying to make the North Kuiu timber...
by Emily | Oct 5, 2017 | Blog
We are excited to announce that SEACC is growing! In the past months, we have welcomed three new staff members to our ranks, adding one new position, the Inside Passage Waters Program Manager. With so many new faces and perspectives we want to give you the opportunity...
by Emily | Oct 3, 2017 | Blog
Twenty-seven years ago, Buck Lindekugel was hired on at SEACC as our Grassroots Attorney. To celebrate we sat down to hear about some of the wins, losses, and long campaigns that have defined his time here at SEACC and in many ways have defined the conservation...
by Emily | Jan 20, 2017 | Blog
By Buck Lindekugel On Jan. 3, 2017, Alaskan Congressman Don Young fired the first shot in the coming battle over the future of our national forests. H.R. 232, the State National Forest Management Act of 2017 allows states to acquire up to 2 million acres [≈ Community...
by Emily | Feb 25, 2016 | Blog
Photo by Malena Marvin By Seth Ballhorn Thanks to you who took the time to comment on the draft Tongass Land Management Plan amendment. You are one of roughly quarter million people who weighed-in on the future of the Tongass! (It is, after all, the crown jewel of our...
by Emily | Jan 14, 2016 | Blog
Photo by Brad Parsk By Seth Ballhorn In November of 2015 the U.S. Forest Service released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and preferred alternative for public review on its proposed Tongass Land Management Plan amendment. Public comments are due by...
by Emily | Nov 28, 2015 | Blog
By Bart Koehler It has been 25 years since the Tongass Timber Reform Act (TTRA) was signed into law. This legislation became the most significant piece of conservation legislation signed by President George H. W. Bush. Many Southeast Alaskans are intimately familiar...
by Emily | Nov 20, 2015 | Blog
By Seth Ballhorn On Nov. 20 we got our first look at the Forest Service’s latest draft amendment for the Tongass Land Management Plan. There’s both good and bad news. The good news? The Forest Service’s preferred alternative, Alternative Five, finally drops special...
