Ravencall Newletters
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Ravencall Articles
Ravencall Spring/Summer 2024
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,...
Ravencall Fall/Winter 2023/2024
Ravencall Spring/Summer 2023: Executive Director’s Note
By now I’m certain you know the great news — the National Roadless Rule is officially, fully, and...
New Faces at SEACC — Please Welcome Six New Board Members
We’ve been celebrating many incredible additions to the SEACC Board of Directors. Please welcome...
The Roadless Rule is Back: But There’s More Work to Be Done
On January 25, we celebrated the long-awaited announcement of fully restored 2001 Roadless Rule...
SEACC’s Climate Program Turns 1
The SEACC Board of Directors voted in spring 2022 to elevate SEACC’s climate work, advancing what...
In Memoriam: Conservationist and SEACC Founding Member Rich Gordon
Southeast Alaska lost a beloved conservationist when Richard J. Gordon, a legendary...
Spring 2022 Articles
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...
ADN Opinion: Facts are facts and values aren’t propaganda
I suppose it’s time you heard from the Big Green Propaganda Machine — at least that’s what Rich...
Tell the Forest Service: We support a Herbert Glacier cabin
Cabin camping in Southeast Alaska is popular — it can be hard to get your favorite (or second or...
Roadless Rule attacks are back
Well, that was fast. The Trump administration is making moves to repeal Roadless Rule protections...
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...
For forests’ sake: A round-up of forest-related updates kicking off 2025
A new year often comes with a sense of hope and, despite what we know is ahead, we’re sticking...
2024 Scrubber Roundup
Scrubber Webinar We kicked off our campaign to end scrubber pollution in Alaska this year; as we...
Our shared values won’t change with who’s in office
It’s been a lot to process. It’s not the outcome we hoped for but we’re not letting that crush our...
Mining round up and a call to action
I wanted to put together a ‘little’ update on mining projects and concerns in Southeast Alaska,...
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 deeply unpopular action that poses grave harm to the forest JUNEAU (ÁAKʼW ḴWÁAN TERRITORY) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced plans to strip Roadless Rule...
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 coalition of conservation groups, Alaska tribes, a commercial fishing advocacy group and an ecotourism operator today filed a request to intervene in a timber industry legal...
ADN Opinion: Facts are facts and values aren’t propaganda
I suppose it’s time you heard from the Big Green Propaganda Machine — at least that’s what Rich Moniak would have you believe we are in his recent opinion piece: ‘Don’t be fooled by Tongass Roadless Rule propaganda.’ In it, he suggests groups like the one I lead, the...
Tell the Forest Service: We support a Herbert Glacier cabin
Cabin camping in Southeast Alaska is popular — it can be hard to get your favorite (or second or third favorite) booked if you haven't created a calendar event for yourself to hit recreation.gov the second reservations open. Wouldn't it be nice to have more options? ...
Roadless Rule attacks are back
Well, that was fast. The Trump administration is making moves to repeal Roadless Rule protections for the Tongass with an executive order signed on January 20. We knew it was coming — between the Project 2025 manifesto and Governor Dunleavy’s rollback wishlist it...
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 executive orders at the start of his second term, Roadless protections for the Tongass National Forest are once again under attack, despite their overwhelming popularity....
For forests’ sake: A round-up of forest-related updates kicking off 2025
A new year often comes with a sense of hope and, despite what we know is ahead, we’re sticking with hope because we also know we can take on hard things together. Here’s a roundup of our forest-focused work, looking back a bit at 2024 and anticipating some of what’s...
2024 Scrubber Roundup
Scrubber Webinar We kicked off our campaign to end scrubber pollution in Alaska this year; as we wrap up 2024, I wanted to update you on what’s been happening here, as well as some of the year’s big news worldwide. You’ve probably heard a bit about scrubber pollution...
Our shared values won’t change with who’s in office
It’s been a lot to process. It’s not the outcome we hoped for but we’re not letting that crush our hope for the future, because that hope comes from us — you, this team, the work we’re doing together, the shared values that won’t change with who’s in office. We know...
Mining round up and a call to action
I wanted to put together a ‘little’ update on mining projects and concerns in Southeast Alaska, but ‘little’ wasn’t going to suffice, it turns out. Below you’ll find news on a significant fish kill downstream from Kensington, a call to action on Constantine Mining’s...