Southeast Candidates United on Need For Climate and Energy Investments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 12, 2022 Sitka, Alaska / Sheet’ká Ḵwáan Territory Contact: Matt Jackson / Climate Program Manager Southeast Candidates United on Need For Climate and Energy Investments SEACC releases the results of a candidate questionnaire on...Ravencall Fall/Winter 2022-23: Executive Director’s Note
As I’ve mentioned here before, SEACC staff and board write these Ravencall pieces fairly early to get them edited, printed, and distributed to mailboxes, coffee shops, and Southeast businesses on time.
SEACC Remembers Donald Ross
Donald Ross, a long-time friend of SEACC, Tongass strongheart, and lifelong conservation leader and strategist passed away on May 14, 2022. After over 40 years of steadfastly working with a donor and dear friend to support our work to save the Tongass, I learned he...Meet SEACC’s New Tongass Forest Program Manager
Hey, I’m Maranda, a Tlingit from Keex’ Kwaan, Kake, and a lifelong resident of Southeast Alaska. I was raised on Prince of Wales Island and grew up like any other rural Southeast island kid. I spent my summers at culture camps and catching salmon with my sister at the...SEACC’s Back, Tell a Friend
Southeast Alaska is known for its close-knit communities. Organized villages, fishing towns, beloved neighborhoods, remote islands, and Alaska’s capital city create a region distinct from the rest of the state, country, even world. At SEACC, advocating for these...Four Ways You and the Alaska Legislature Can Make a Difference on Climate Change
Alaska’s climate, and economy, are changing. The clock is ticking. And despite all odds, there’s actually something the Alaskan legislature can realistically do about it. There are four policies the legislature could pass in 2023 to make a difference on climate change...The Proposed Palmer Mine — An Ongoing Threat to the Chilkat Watershed’s Abundance
Autumn embraces the Chilkat Watershed with a splendor unique to this northern corridor, an area that bridges the lush Tongass rainforest and the crisp subarctic Interior. Birch and cottonwood leaves flash golden above the milky turquoise of the Chilkat River, while...Organizing for a joyful future — The November Southeast Alaska Climate Report
Years before I started at SEACC, I worked with teenagers in Alaska’s mental health system, helping them navigate their first jobs, their emotions, and sometimes just making sure they had a safe space at night. I still think about them often in this work, because...Niblack: Agency Mismanagement and an Acid Rock Problem
The Niblack Project — a copper-gold-zinc-silver mining exploration project on Prince of Wales Island — is a story of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) mismanaging a modern mining exploration project.