Press Releases
If you’re a member of the press who would like to receive SEACC’s latest press releases, email SEACC Communications Lead Lauren Cusimano at lauren@seacc.org.
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...
Juneau Activists Rally During COP27 to Support Protecting Mature Forests
Climate-oriented groups TWECAN, 350 Juneau, AYEA, and SEACC will hold a local event during the...
Conservation Groups Join Tribe’s Appeal of Faulty Waste Management Permit for Palmer Project
Mine project in Alaska's Chilkat River watershed threatens traditional subsistence, clean water,...
Southeast Candidates United on Need For Climate and Energy Investments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 12, 2022 Sitka, Alaska / Sheet'ká Ḵwáan Territory Contact: Matt Jackson...
ADEC Remands Niblack Project Wastewater Discharge Permit Back for Review
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2022 Juneau, Alaska / Áakʼw Ḵwáan Territory Contact: Aaron Brakel,...