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Spring 2022 Articles
Standing together against state mismanagement
Southeast Alaska has one of the richest natural resources in the world: its vast temperate...
Alaska needs a new approach to energy problems
Alaska’s oil math doesn’t add up. The state subsidizes oil extraction to the point of bankrupting...
Cut, kill, mine, drill: Alaskans deserve better from this administration
Dunleavy administration prioritizes short-term natural resource extraction over health of land,...
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...
Ravencall Fall/Winter 2023/2024
Hearing alert: Landless Bill hearing at 10:30 a.m. today — Comment Now through Nov. 2
This morning, at 10:30 am Alaska time, the Senate...
Thorne Bay Basin Integrated Resource Management Project public comment opportunity
The Forest Service is proposing to log and treat more than 25,000 acres of young-growth timber...
Board update: Seeking SEACC’s next leader
SEACC’s long-serving Executive Director, Meredith Trainor, will be moving on from SEACC in the new...
A personal note from the Executive Director
It is with deep gratitude and appreciation that I am writing you today to share that I plan to...
Changes are coming to NEPA
Changes are coming to NEPA, the foundational law that governs most of SEACC’s work at the federal...
Standing together against state mismanagement
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, the world has learned even more about how...
Alaska needs a new approach to energy problems
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 capita carbon emission rates in the country, falling...
Cut, kill, mine, drill: Alaskans deserve better from this administration
Dunleavy administration prioritizes short-term natural resource extraction over health of land, water, peopleSoutheast Alaska is an amazing place, gifted with tremendous environmental wealth. Mighty mainland rivers deliver nutrient- rich, glacier-cooled, fresh water...
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 HAINES, ALASKA DEISHÚ/LḴÓOT AND JILḴÁAT KWÁAN, November 1, 2023 — Conservation organizations challenged a controversial wastewater discharge permit for the Palmer...
Ravencall Fall/Winter 2023/2024
Hearing alert: Landless Bill hearing at 10:30 a.m. today — Comment Now through Nov. 2
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 : the...
Thorne Bay Basin Integrated Resource Management Project public comment opportunity
The Forest Service is proposing to log and treat more than 25,000 acres of young-growth timber near Thorne Bay and we are justifiably concerned. The Thorne Bay Basin Integrated Resource Management Project was initially scoped in 2022, but due to an intense response,...
Board update: Seeking SEACC’s next leader
SEACC’s long-serving Executive Director, Meredith Trainor, will be moving on from SEACC in the new year, and the Board is about to embark on a hiring process to identify a successor. As Co-Chairs of the Board of the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, and on behalf...
A personal note from the Executive Director
It is with deep gratitude and appreciation that I am writing you today to share that I plan to transition out of the Executive Director role at SEACC in early 2024. Leading SEACC over the last seven plus years has been the journey — and privilege — of a lifetime, and...
Changes are coming to NEPA
Changes are coming to NEPA, the foundational law that governs most of SEACC’s work at the federal level. The Council for Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced, on July 28, a Phase 2 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking—the “Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation...