by Nathan Newcomer | Apr 3, 2024 | Blog, Featured
Earlier this year, Alaska’s (now former) State Forester, Helge Eng, said the Division of Forestry & Fire Prevention and the Alaska Mental Health Trust are “charged with essentially maintaining a timber supply to keep the (logging) industry going until federal...
by Aaron Brakel | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Inside Passage
Reports of more than 105,000 gallons of mine waste spilling from a ruptured tailings pipeline at Coeur Alaska Kensington Mine in late January hit the news yesterday. Read the story from KTOO While Coeur Alaska claims the spilled tailings are geochemically inert and...
by Katie Rooks | Feb 29, 2024 | Blog, Featured
We all benefit from public lands — what happens if they become private lands? Companion bills HB 282 and SB 199 would allow Alaska Departments of Education & Early Development and Transportation to lease or sell state land directly to private parties (instead of...
by Katie Rooks | Feb 27, 2024 | Blog, Featured
You’ve heard the old question: “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” But here’s the real question: if a constituent has a voice but our government never hears it, does it make a difference?...
by Aaron Brakel | Feb 13, 2024 | Blog, Featured
Take action below UPDATE: Several executive orders, including 132 and 126, will be heard in a Joint Session on March 12 for up-down votes. You can still let your Legislators know you’d like to see these orders rejected! Governor Mike Dunleavy issued a dozen...
by SEACC | Jan 30, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Press Releases, Tongass
Legal intervention seeks to retain forest protections that support Tribes, communities, and sustainable local economies Earthjustice A broad coalition of Alaska Native Tribes, commercial fishers, small tourism businesses, conservation groups — including SEACC — and...
by Katie Rooks | Jan 24, 2024 | Blog, Featured
The Alaska Legislature has been in session for just over a week and we have concerns. There’s an alarming trend in both bills and executive orders: stifling public participation, especially when it comes to protecting our home. Alaska seems to favor murky...
by Katie Rooks | Nov 15, 2023 | Blog, Ravencall
Alaska forest management plans falling short 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,...
by Matt Jackson | Nov 15, 2023 | Blog, Ravencall
Two bills bode well for renewable energy in Alaska 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...
by Aaron Brakel | Nov 15, 2023 | Ravencall
Dunleavy administration prioritizes short-term natural resource extraction over health of land, water, people Southeast Alaska is an amazing place, gifted with tremendous environmental wealth. Mighty mainland rivers deliver nutrient- rich, glacier-cooled, fresh water...
