by SEACC | Apr 5, 2022 | Blog, Featured
On March 24, a group of Yukon mining industry representatives met with the Haines Ports and Harbors Committee and the Haines Chamber of Commerce to discuss their desire to ship ore through Lutak Inlet. They asked if our community will embrace them. This meeting...
by SEACC | Apr 1, 2022 | Blog, Featured
This week we’re celebrating two incredible additions to the extended SEACC team — our new Tongass Forest Program Manager Maranda Hamme and incoming board member Kashudoha Wanda Loescher Culp! First, we are happy to introduce Maranda. Maranda Hamme is a life-long...
by SEACC | Mar 28, 2022 | Blog, Featured
Hello, neighbor! I hope you enjoyed the glorious weather this past weekend and our breezy, increasingly light-filled glide into spring! There are two issues coming up that may pique your interest as a fellow resident of Dzántikʼi Héeni/Juneau. Each offers...
by SEACC | Mar 28, 2022 | Blog, Featured
During the United States Department of Agriculture’s public process from November 23, 2021, to January 24, 2022, Southeast Alaskans and supporters nationwide weighed in on the Biden administration’s promise to reinstate National Roadless Rule protections on the...
by SEACC | Mar 9, 2022 | Featured, Press Releases
JUNEAU (Tlingit: A’aawk Kwáan lands) — Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (SEACC) is attending the Southeast and Yukatat Finfish and Shellfish meeting of the Alaska Board of Fisheries in Anchorage this week from March 10 through 12 to lend support to Sitka...
by SEACC | Mar 1, 2022 | Blog, Featured
Maybe it’s because it’s the first Monday morning of a potential WW3 as I write this, but my early drafts of this newsletter were full of doom and gloom. I’ve restarted more times than the U.S. has failed to meet its Paris Accord goals, and, well, writing about climate...
by SEACC | Feb 18, 2022 | Blog, Featured
Overview Since 1970, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (SEACC) has sought to permanently protect the biologically productive Tongass National Forest watersheds and areas important to Southeast Alaska’s people and ecosystems while fostering communities that thrive...
by SEACC | Feb 15, 2022 | Blog, Featured, Press Releases
JUNEAU (Tlingit: Aakʼw Ḵwáan Lands) — A coalition of more than 80 conservation groups, including Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (SEACC), launched a new campaign Tuesday, Feb. 15, called Climate Forests. We are calling on the Biden administration to take...
by SEACC | Jan 13, 2022 | Blog, Featured, Press Releases
JUNEAU (Tlingit: Aakʼw Ḵwáan Lands) — Last fall, the Biden administration opened a public process to restore Roadless Rule protections on the Tongass. Since, Southeast Alaskans have been generating massive displays of support from regional and national stakeholders to...
by SEACC | Jan 12, 2022 | Blog, Featured
Senator Murkowski wants to know why salmon are in decline across our state. Is it: A) Mining and logging degrading our watersheds B) Climate change C) Trawl bycatch D) All of the above Give her your thoughts by this Friday, Jan. 14! She’s all ears at the Salmon...
