by Katie Rooks | Oct 16, 2023 | Blog, Tongass
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,...
by Emily | Apr 2, 2021 | Blog
SEACC was one of the 50 organizations that submitted the following letter to the Biden Administration’s climate leadership team this week. See the full letter below: To: The Honorable Gina McCarthy, White House National Climate Advisor The Honorable Ali Zaidi,...
by Emily | Feb 23, 2021 | Blog, Featured
February is winding down, but this week is jam packed with opportunities to raise your voice for the conservation of the Tongass and Inside Passage.
by Emily | Feb 1, 2021 | Featured, Press Releases
Washington, D.C. — Two large timber sales in the Tongass National Forest were badly bungled, costing taxpayers millions of dollars.
by Emily | Dec 23, 2020 | Featured, Press Releases
Southeast Tribes, Conservation Organizations Sue Trump Administration Over Roadless Rule.
by Emily | Dec 18, 2020 | Featured, Press Releases
A months-long independent federal investigation has revealed that the Forest Service failed to comply with federal laws and regulations when it inappropriately modified and reallocated a $2 million grant intended to help the State of Alaska fund firefighting efforts,...
by Maggie Rabb | Oct 27, 2020 | Featured
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council is hiring! Who We Are SEACC is a small grassroots nonprofit based out of Juneau, Alaska, in the Tongass National Forest. For 50 years SEACC has been a regional conservation watchdog defending the remaining intact old-growth stands...
by Dan Cannon | Oct 27, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Tongass
SEACC is celebrating our 50th anniversary alongside that of one of our country’s most important environmental laws: The National Environmental Policy Act. While we look forward forward to the next 50 years of maintaining conserving the Tongass, we reflect on how...
by Meredith Trainor | Oct 20, 2020 | Blog, Featured
Photo by Michele Cornelius Dear Friends, 2020 is the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council’s 50th year and it looks very little like what we’d anticipated in 2018 and 2019. We reflected on our history and we planned celebrations for this milestone, but the global...
by Emily | Nov 28, 2015 | Blog
By Bart Koehler It has been 25 years since the Tongass Timber Reform Act (TTRA) was signed into law. This legislation became the most significant piece of conservation legislation signed by President George H. W. Bush. Many Southeast Alaskans are intimately familiar...