Press Releases
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Roadless Rule Reinstatement and an End to Old-Growth Logging
It is with great joy that we write to share that this morning, the Secretary of the United States...
Press Release: SEACC Celebrates Biden’s Tongass Turnover, Calls for Formal Reinstatement of Full, National Roadless Rule Protections for the Tongass
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2021 Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (SEACC) Celebrates...
Press Release: Research Quantifies Importance of Tongass National Forest to U.S. Climate Goals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 31, 2021 Research Quantifies Importance of Tongass National Forest to...
SEACC Statement on Rep. Haaland’s Confirmation
SEACC would like to extend our warmest congratulations to Rep. Deb Haaland for her bipartisan vote through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
SEACC enthusiastically supports Rep. Haaland nomination
SEACC enthusiastically supports the historic nomination of U.S. Representative Deb Haaland for Secretary of the Interior.
Press Release: Tongass Timber Sales Mismanaged — Official audit
Washington, D.C. — Two large timber sales in the Tongass National Forest were badly bungled, costing taxpayers millions of dollars.
Press Release: Lawsuit takes aim at Trump administration decision to gut Tongass National Forest protections
Southeast Tribes, Conservation Organizations Sue Trump Administration Over Roadless Rule.
Press Release: Investigation confirms Forest Service, State of Alaska misused federal grant to fund logging trade group while Tribes were ignored
A months-long independent federal investigation has revealed that the Forest Service failed to...
Press Release: Trump’s USDA Secretary Axes Roadless Rule Protections for the Tongass
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOct. 28, 2020 MEDIA CONTACT:Meredith TrainorEmail: Meredith@seacc.orgPhone:...
Press Release: Prince of Wales Island to Remain Protected from Logging
JUNEAU (Tlingit / Áak’w Ḵwáan lands) – A coalition of rainforest defenders who successfully halted...