by SEACC | Jan 30, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Press Releases, Tongass
Legal intervention seeks to retain forest protections that support Tribes, communities, and sustainable local economies Earthjustice A broad coalition of Alaska Native Tribes, commercial fishers, small tourism businesses, conservation groups — including SEACC — and...
by SEACC | Jan 24, 2024 | Blog, Featured
The Alaska Legislature has been in session for just over a week and we have concerns. There’s an alarming trend in both bills and executive orders: stifling public participation, especially when it comes to protecting our home. Alaska seems to favor murky...
by SEACC | Nov 15, 2023 | Blog, Ravencall
Alaska forest management plans falling short Southeast Alaska has one of the richest natural resources in the world: its vast temperate rainforest, including large tracts of undisturbed old-growth trees, the carbon storage stars of the climate discussion. Recently,...
by SEACC | Nov 15, 2023 | Blog, Ravencall
Two bills bode well for renewable energy in Alaska Alaska’s oil math doesn’t add up. The state subsidizes oil extraction to the point of bankrupting itself, while regular Alaskans pay some of the highest fuel prices in the country and have some of the highest per...
by SEACC | Nov 8, 2023 | Blog, Featured, Press Releases
Regional groups seek tougher standards to protect Chilkat Watershed from Palmer Project wastewater HAINES, ALASKA DEISHÚ/LḴÓOT AND JILḴÁAT KWÁAN, November 1, 2023 — Conservation organizations challenged a controversial wastewater discharge permit for the Palmer...
by SEACC | Oct 25, 2023 | Blog, Featured
This morning, at 10:30 am Alaska time, the Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining is having a hearing on pending legislation that includes three bills sponsored by Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, including S.1889: the ‘Unrecognized Southeast Alaska...
