by SEACC | Mar 6, 2020 | Blog, Climate change
“It’s not our job to make money off of herring. It is our job to live in harmony, to live with the environment. We have to understand that we are no different, no better than the fish we are eating, the herring eggs I am eating. It’s a holistic way of looking at things.”
by SEACC | Feb 21, 2020 | Blog
In this 50th year of NEPA, it is particularly egregious that the Trump Administration has chosen to dismantle the nation’s bedrock environmental law. SEACC has identified the following categories of major changes that are the most troubling: New limits on the scope of...
by SEACC | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog
It was in the early 1990s that the latest incarnation of “The Road” took shape. The idea was to create easier access to Juneau, Alaska’s capitol, which remains accessible only by air or sea. While Juneau is not the only capitol city not connected by road, sharing that designation with Honolulu and Victoria, BC, it is the only one located on the mainland.
by SEACC | Oct 2, 2019 | Blog
Recently Senator Lisa Murkowski wrote an Opinion Editorial in the Washington Post praising President Trump’s desire to exempt the Tongass National Forest from National Roadless Rule protections. We asked SEACC’s Grassroots Attorney Buck Lindekugel, who has...
by SEACC | Jun 8, 2019 | Blog
I’m pleased to share an exciting new partnership for SEACC! This weekend in St. Louis, Missouri, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) will be announcing that the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council is joining the federation as its Alaska affiliate! The National...
by SEACC | Apr 17, 2019 | Blog, Inside Passage
Yesterday, American Rivers announced the 10 Most Endangered Rivers of 2019. Featured prominently on this list, for the first time, are two iconic and highly important rivers of Southeast Alaska: the Chilkat and the Stikine. Both rivers are facing social,...
