SEACC in the Press

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Tongass

Alaska Beacon

“House-passed bill would trim the time needed for Alaska loggers to cut state-owned forests”

KRBD

“Whale Pass timber sale moves forward, leaving residents with questions about town’s future”

SitNews

“Whale Pass Timber Sale Plan Released With No Significant Changes”

Alaska Beacon

“Don’t forget about Whale Pass”

BBC News

“Biden restores protections to Alaska’s Tongass National Forest”

SitNews

“Tongass Roadless Rule Reinstated”

KINY

“U.S. Forest Service reinstated Roadless Rule protections across the Tongass rainforest in Southeast Alaska”

Alaska Beacon

“USDA says it will restore a ban on most development in the Tongass National Forest”

Juneau Empire

“Biden administration reinstates Tongass Roadless Rule”

Alaska Beacon

“Alaska, source of carbon-emitting fossil fuels, aims to raise money by storing carbon”

KRBD

“Whale Pass residents seek last-second halt to state timber sale uphill from town”

KRBD

“State proposes timber sale near El Capitan cave on northern Prince of Wales Island”

KINY

“Whale Pass residents voice opposition to planned timber sale on POW”

Alaska Beacon

“Alaska should protect natural resources while allowing sustainable, reasonable utilization”

KFSK

“Proposed timber sale targets young growth in Southeast Alaska”

The Cordova Times

“Conservation groups collaborate to save old growth trees”

The Washington Post

“Top environmental groups call on Biden to protect mature trees and forests on federal lands from logging”

Pagosa Daily Post

“Conservation Groups Question Forest Service Transparency”

The Washington Post

“This tree has stood here for 500 years. Will it be sold for $17,500?”

Bloomberg Law

“Alaska’s Tongass Forest, Old Growth Trees Get USDA Safeguard”

The Washington Post

“Biden officials move to reinstate Alaska roadless rule, overturning Trump policy”

KINY

“SEACC anticipating public comment period aimed at rescinding Alaska Specific Roadless Rule”

Juneau Empire

“Planet Alaska: The more we give“

ABC News

“Battle rages over conservation and local economy in Alaska”

KINY

“Process to re-implement Roadless Rule in Tongass temporarily delayed once more”

KFSK

“U.S. Forest Service proposes restoring young-growth stands in central Southeast Alaska”

E&E News

“USDA Moves to Restore Tongass Protections Undoing Trump Changes”

Anchorage Daily News

“Biden administration will restore parts or all of ‘roadless rule’ in Southeast Alaska, reversing Trump action”

AP News

“US will revisit Trump-era decision for Alaska rainforest”

The Cordova Times

“Feds intend to rescind Tongass exemption to roadless rule”

Bloomberg Law

“Trump Is Thwarted by Court in Bid to Log Biggest National Forest”

Juneau Empire

“‘Not Trump’s Tongass’: Rally backs continued conservation of Southeast forest”

The Guardian

‘We depend on the Tongass’: Alaskans fight to save US’s largest national forest

Inside Passage

Juneau Empire

“Ranger District hosts open house for Greens Creek Mine expansion project”

Juneau Empire

“New study digs into alternatives for Greens Creek Mine expansion”

KINY

“Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company DSEIS released”

Alaska Beacon

“Lawsuit targets Southeast Alaska salmon fishery to save 73 orcas”

Chilkat Valley News

“Hearing granted over Palmer wastewater permit”

Chilkat Valley News

“Klukwan, conservation groups appeal mining wastewater decision”

Law360

“Alaskan Tribe Urges State To Reconsider Mine’s Waste Permit”

KINY

“Chilkat Indian Village appeals state decision to permit a mine project”

Chilkat Valley News

“State re-approves Palmer Project wastewater plan”

Peninsula Clarion

“Cash flow: $1B in fed funds for freer fish”

KTOO

“Feds OK concept for new ferry terminal at the end of Juneau’s road”

Chilkat Valley News

“Public deserves a say in wastewater plan”

KHNS

“Activists call out federal agencies for lack of public input on Haines-area mine”

KHNS

“Haines borough employees ink new deal, landslides and mines discussed with manager”

Chilkat Valley News

“Mining companies come and go”

Chilkat Valley News

“Honor our right to participate in decisions”

KINY

“SEACC calls on lawmakers to vote down SB 180”

Sitka Salmon Shares

“Know Your Fishermen: Haines Packing Company”

Sitka Salmon Shares

“How Restoring Wild Salmon Restores Ourselves”

KHNS

“Haines officials advance Lutak Dock redevelopment amidst questions over purpose”

Chilkat Valley News

“Nobody say ‘ore terminal!'”

Chilkat Valley News

“Consultant questions Constantine’s preliminary assessment in presentation”

Juneau Empire

“BC mining industry is toxic to both sides of the border”

The Guardian

“A tiny Alaska town is split over a goldmine. At stake is a way of life”

The Cleanest Line

“The Chilkat’s Fight Against the Palmer Project”

The Narwhal

“A Canadian Company’s Mine Waste is Threatening a Pristine Alaskan Valley”

Wrangell Sentinel

“SEACC Discussed Potential Downside of Transboundary Mining”

Juneau Empire

“Opponents Say Bill Makes it Harder to Protect Waters”

The Cordova Times

“Kensington Mine Owners Fined Over Discharges”

Climate in Southeast

AP News

“Alaska carbon plan: Boost state coffers without cutting oil”

Juneau Empire

“Climate activists hold rally near the Capitol”

High Country News

“5 new state bills that could shape the future of energy in Alaska”

KTOO

“New bill from Dunleavy aims to help Alaska break into growing carbon markets”

Wrangell Sentinel

“Legislature may hear two renewable energy proposals in upcoming session”

KINY

“Juneau activists rally during COP27 to support protecting mature forests”

KINY

“Juneau activists rally tomorrow to support protecting mature forests”

KINY

“SEACC releases results of candidate energy policy questionnaire”

KCAW

“Sporting roundtable seeks to understand changing climate through personal experience”

KINY

“Arts and action: ‘Climate Change for a Cool Planet'”

National Wildlife Federation Blog

“Foraging in a Changing Climate”

Sierra Magazine

“The Giving Trees: A journey through Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the greatest US natural carbon reserve”

Anchorage Daily News

“OPINION: The contradictions of Gov. Dunleavy’s energy conference”

Alaska Beacon

“Nonpartisan solutions promoted for energy and climate problems, but not everyone is on board”

Anchorage Daily News

“Gov. Dunleavy signs bill streamlining effort to bring nuclear microreactors to Alaska villages”

Alaska's News Source

“Biden’s national forest order lays groundwork for ‘durable’ Tongass protections, environmental groups say”

Juneau Empire

“Opinion: We must invest in infrastructure for our future”

KFSK

“Infrastructure bill could boost ferries, energy projects in Southeast”

KINY

“Southeast Infrastructure Town Hall focuses on ferry funding, replacement of fossil fuels”