by SEACC | Apr 14, 2022 | Blog, Featured
Recently, we’ve been asking you to weigh in with the Haines Borough Assembly and Planning Commission to voice your opposition to developing Lutak Dock into an industrial shipping facility. The biggest issue at hand has been pressure from the Yukon mines for an ore...
by SEACC | Apr 14, 2022 | Blog, Featured
After a long two years of having to mostly do outreach and community engagement from behind a computer screen, I couldn’t be more excited to be back visiting my hometown of Ketchikan. Being a Southern Southeast person but living in Juneau I miss being on the...
by SEACC | Apr 11, 2022 | Blog, Featured
Last Thursday night, the Haines Borough Planning Commission voted to advance permitting for Phase 3 of the Lutak Dock development project to the Borough Assembly for approval. Tonight, the Assembly will vote on a resolution to move forward with Phases 1-3. This is...
by SEACC | Apr 11, 2022 | Blog, Featured
As the Haines Borough barrels ahead to develop shipping facilities at Lutak Dock, they’ve been talking in-depth with the Yukon mining industry about how best to design Phase III and beyond to accommodate ore shipments, while simultaneously telling the community they...
by SEACC | Apr 8, 2022 | Blog, Featured
Recently I wrote asking you to tell the Haines Borough Planning Commission you oppose Phase 3 of the four-phase Lutak Dock development project, an elevated platform allowing ore and other industrial goods to be shipped through the Chilkat Valley and Lutak Inlet. Thank...
by SEACC | Apr 7, 2022 | Blog, Featured
Though Southeast Alaska Conservation Council is based in Juneau, not everyone knows that I actually live on Sheet’ka Kwaan lands — 90 miles to the southwest in Sitka. Spring is upon us here and the herring are spawning. As I write this, the herring eggs are coming in....
