Press Releases
If you’re a member of the press who would like to receive SEACC’s latest press releases, email communications@seacc.org.
NOI releases August 29: Defenders of Tongass organize to oppose Roadless Rule rescission
Tribes, municipalities, conservation groups stand together in support of protections for vital...
Press Release: Tongass Defenders Blast the Trump Administration’s Rollback of Roadless Rule Protections on America’s Largest Forest
Allowing logging and road building on now protected lands in the Tongass National Forest is a...
Press Release: Tribes, Fishing and Forest Advocates Intervene to Defend the Tongass Against Increased Old-Growth Logging
Timber interests try to force more old-growth logging sales in the Tongass National Forest A...
Press Release: SEACC prepares to fight Trump administration move to rescind Roadless protections
(Juneau, Alaska / Áakʼw Ḵwáan Territory) With the Trump administration’s announcement of sweeping...
Press Release: EPA requires new Alaska water quality standards for health of fish loving Alaskans
Response to a 2015 SEACC petition acknowledges Alaskans’ high fish consumption rates and...
Press Release: Alaska Native Tribes, Southeast Alaska Businesses and Forest Advocates Defend Tongass National Forest’s Roadless Rule
Legal intervention seeks to retain forest protections that support Tribes, communities, and...
Press Release: Groups Challenge State of Alaska Over Flawed Mine Water Permit
Regional groups seek tougher standards to protect Chilkat Watershed from Palmer Project wastewater...
Whale Pass Sale Plan Released With No Changes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2023 Klawock Alaska Contact: Maranda Hamme, SEACC Tongass Forest...
Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company DSEIS Released
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2023 Juneau, Alaska/Áakʼw Ḵwáan Territory Contact: Aaron Brakel,...
U.S. Forest Service restores critical protections to Tongass National Forest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 25, 2023 Juneau, Alaska/Áakʼw Ḵwáan Territory Media Contacts: See below...