by SEACC | Apr 26, 2023 | Featured, Ravencall
By Marian Allen with help from Eric Calvin In December 2022, the Tongass lost a man who did much to protect Southeast Alaska through his love of his home, his impact on Sitka, and sharing all that with his children, friends, and the next generation of Sitkans. Larry...
by SEACC | Apr 26, 2023 | Featured, Ravencall
Jilkáat Aani K_a Héeni in the Lingít language — the Chilkat Watershed serves as an important ecological, geographical, and cultural link between the coastal temperate rainforest of Southeast Alaska and the dry, subarctic tundra and taiga of the Yukon Territory —...
by SEACC | Apr 19, 2023 | Blog, Featured
I’m writing to you as a coordinating team member of the Alaska Climate Alliance, and also as SEACC’s climate guy. Alaska’s budgeting process is one part wonky, one part political brinksmanship. Many of us don’t have the time or inclination to...
by SEACC | Apr 6, 2023 | Blog, Featured
At last, one of SEACC’s wonkiest climate priorities has reached the capital! House Bill 154, and its companion Senate Bill 125, would create an “Alaska Energy Independence Fund” within the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. In essence, a Green Bank. SEACC has been...
by SEACC | Apr 6, 2023 | Blog, Featured
The final Forest Land Use Plan (FLUP) for the Whale Pass Timber Sale was released yesterday without consideration of the community and those living directly below the sale who will be affected. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Division of Forestry,...
by SEACC | Apr 6, 2023 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2023 Klawock Alaska Contact: Maranda Hamme, SEACC Tongass Forest Program Manager, maranda@seacc.org, c: 907-401-1852; Katie Rooks, SEACC Policy Analyst, katie@seacc.org, c: 907-401-0909; James Greeley, City of Whale Pass Councilmember,...
by SEACC | Mar 30, 2023 | Blog, Featured
The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council has been at the forefront of protecting Southeast Alaska’s environment for 53 years. Defending the environment and the people of Southeast Alaska who rely on it is why SEACC is here. As the next step in the ongoing...
by SEACC | Mar 23, 2023 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2023 Juneau, Alaska/Áakʼw Ḵwáan Territory Contact: Aaron Brakel, 907-321-4393, Lauren Cusimano, 907-586-6942 ext. 208 Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company DSEIS Released A public open house is scheduled for April 12. Written comments will...
by SEACC | Mar 23, 2023 | Blog, Featured
Here’s the latest on House Bill 104, the Expedited Timber Sales Bill currently in the House Resources Committee in the Alaska State Legislature. Tomorrow at 1 p.m. AKT there will be an opportunity for public testimony on HB104. This bill is nothing but a timber grab,...
by SEACC | Mar 8, 2023 | Blog, Featured
You’ve already written to the legislature to support the Renewable Energy Fund (REF). Now, thanks to your advocacy we have the chance to speak directly to the House Finance Committee. House Finance is holding a hearing — with public testimony — tomorrow, Thursday,...
