by SEACC | Jan 20, 2017 | Blog
By Buck Lindekugel On Jan. 3, 2017, Alaskan Congressman Don Young fired the first shot in the coming battle over the future of our national forests. H.R. 232, the State National Forest Management Act of 2017 allows states to acquire up to 2 million acres [≈ Community...
by SEACC | Feb 25, 2016 | Blog
Photo by Malena Marvin By Seth Ballhorn Thanks to you who took the time to comment on the draft Tongass Land Management Plan amendment. You are one of roughly quarter million people who weighed-in on the future of the Tongass! (It is, after all, the crown jewel of our...
by SEACC | Jan 14, 2016 | Blog
Photo by Brad Parsk By Seth Ballhorn In November of 2015 the U.S. Forest Service released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and preferred alternative for public review on its proposed Tongass Land Management Plan amendment. Public comments are due by...
by SEACC | Nov 28, 2015 | Blog
By Bart Koehler It has been 25 years since the Tongass Timber Reform Act (TTRA) was signed into law. This legislation became the most significant piece of conservation legislation signed by President George H. W. Bush. Many Southeast Alaskans are intimately familiar...
by SEACC | Nov 20, 2015 | Blog
By Seth Ballhorn On Nov. 20 we got our first look at the Forest Service’s latest draft amendment for the Tongass Land Management Plan. There’s both good and bad news. The good news? The Forest Service’s preferred alternative, Alternative Five, finally drops special...
by SEACC | Oct 19, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Inside Passage
Two public meetings are planned for on the Greens Creek Mine Expansion Scoping process. The virtual public meeting for Juneau and Hoonah will be at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 20, and the virtual public meeting for Angoon will be at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 29. PUBLIC...
