by SEACC | Jun 23, 2025 | Blog, Featured, Press Releases
Allowing logging and road building on now protected lands in the Tongass National Forest is a deeply unpopular action that poses grave harm to the forest JUNEAU (ÁAKʼW ḴWÁAN TERRITORY) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced plans to strip Roadless Rule...
by SEACC | Jun 2, 2025 | Blog, Press Releases, Tongass
Timber interests try to force more old-growth logging sales in the Tongass National Forest A coalition of conservation groups, Alaska tribes, a commercial fishing advocacy group and an ecotourism operator today filed a request to intervene in a timber industry legal...
by SEACC | Apr 29, 2025 | Blog, Featured
Cabin camping in Southeast Alaska is popular — it can be hard to get your favorite (or second or third favorite) booked if you haven’t created a calendar event for yourself to hit recreation.gov the second reservations open. Wouldn’t it be nice to have...
by SEACC | Jan 21, 2025 | Press Releases, Tongass
(Juneau, Alaska / Áakʼw Ḵwáan Territory) With the Trump administration’s announcement of sweeping executive orders at the start of his second term, Roadless protections for the Tongass National Forest are once again under attack, despite their overwhelming popularity....
by SEACC | Jul 31, 2024 | Blog
Alaska’s water quality standards are supposed to be based in part on how much fish we eat. In reality, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation uses a Fish Consumption Rate of just 6.5 grams per day (we checked, it’s like one bite). That means our water...
by SEACC | Jul 18, 2024 | Take Action
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by SEACC | Jun 7, 2024 | Press Releases
Response to a 2015 SEACC petition acknowledges Alaskans’ high fish consumption rates and disproportionate health impacts The Environmental Protection Agency has demanded changes to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s water quality standards within...
by SEACC | May 4, 2024 | Ravencall
by SEACC | Jan 30, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Press Releases, Tongass
Legal intervention seeks to retain forest protections that support Tribes, communities, and sustainable local economies Earthjustice A broad coalition of Alaska Native Tribes, commercial fishers, small tourism businesses, conservation groups — including SEACC — and...
by SEACC | Nov 8, 2023 | Blog, Featured, Press Releases
Regional groups seek tougher standards to protect Chilkat Watershed from Palmer Project wastewater HAINES, ALASKA DEISHÚ/LḴÓOT AND JILḴÁAT KWÁAN, November 1, 2023 — Conservation organizations challenged a controversial wastewater discharge permit for the Palmer...
