The Southeast Alaska Climate Report for August 2022!

July was a very busy month for me. For those who didn’t read last month’s newsletter, I am Samara Kasayulie-Kookesh and I am an intern for SEACC through First Alaskans Institute. As I write this, I am realizing how fast my internship went by and how soon it will...

Southeast Alaska Climate Report No. 5

This month’s climate newsletter will be a little different but in a good way. First off, my name is Samara Kasayulie-Kookesh and I am an intern for SEACC through First Alaskans Institute. I am Tlingit and Yupik from Angoon, Alaska. I will be working alongside...

Please welcome SEACC’s interns for summer 2022!

Please welcome SEACC’s interns for summer 2022! Sydney Ribera, Development and Outreach Intern Juneau | sydney@seacc.org Sydney Ribera was born and raised in the Esto’k Gna Tribal homelands of Somi Se’k (Rio Grande Valley, Texas). She is Indigenous Andean,...

We Want the Roadless Rule Kept in Place!

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...

“Untitled” by Aiden Lafriniere

Septic tanks they’re smelly and dank and let out a mighty stank. Yet throughout Southeast Alaska millions of turds are released into the sea every day. From the month of May to next years May we pollute the water all day. Mighty turds flowing without the sea creatures...

“Lessons” by Avery Herrman-Sakamoto

  The salty, glacial water of Southeast is both merciful and merciless It can gently caress you,  carrying you down the channel as you bask under the sun And in the same day, it can take the lives of many through a furious storm It has taught me how to use my...