On-Line Resources

The following publications are available to view or download, free of charge, from SEACC. All documents are in Adobe PDF or MS Word format. You can also write, call or email laura@seacc.org today and request a physical copy.

Help Wanted: Jobs and a Healthy Environment in Southeast Alaska. The key to having both jobs and a healthy environment is to identify economic development opportunities that create jobs and revenue, but retain and protect the natural values that are so important to the local economy and way of life for Southeast Alaska. A background paper is available upon request. (2007) Download (PDF)

Alaskan Wood, Alaskan Jobs: The Innovative Microsale Timber Program on Prince of Wales Island. An example of true multiple-use forest management, this collaborative process could be a guide for other community-based timber programs on the Tongass. A background paper is available upon request. (2006) Download (PDF)

Berners Bay: A Treasure Worth Saving. A beautiful outreach publication that contains photographs and a citizen's alternative for future conservation of Berners Bay. (2004) Download (PDF)

The Taku River Economy: An Economic Profile of the Taku River Area. The major commercial, recreational, and cultural activities in the Taku River area benefit residents of both Southeast Alaska and British Columbia. The McDowell Group of Juneau summarizes the key economic impacts of Taku River activities in this report. (2004) Dowload (PDF)

Tongass Roots: At Home in Alaska's Island Rainforest. Profiles Alaskans and wild places that they depend on, many threatened by development. This publication illustrates the many different ways people live and work in this rainforest. (2004) Download (PDF)

Taxpayer Losses and Missed Opportunities. How Tongass Rainforest Logging Costs Taxpayers Millions: In a new report summarizing a ten-month investigation into Forest Service and State of Alaska data, the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council documents how the Forest Service continues to pour federal dollars into an uncompetitive timber program despite diminishing benefits to the regional economy. Careful research also found that the agency has made no effort to limit the significant number of logs that are exported in the round without any processing. Every raw log exported represents lost jobs for Southeast Alaskans. Includes 29-page background paper. (2003) Download (PDF) Download 2006 insert

High Stakes for the Fortress of the Bears on Admiralty Island National Monument/Greens Creek Mine Polluting a National Treasure. Learn about the crown jewel of Southeast Alaska wilderness, the threats of water and air pollution, Forest Service uncertainty and what you can do to keep the land and waters of Admiralty Island National Monument safe from a toxic future. (2003) Download (PDF)

The Role of Metal Mining in the Alaskan Economy. This report explores the role that metal mining currently plays in the Alaskan economy and the economies of the Fairbanks and Juneau areas. Metal mining played a very important part in the original European settlement of Alaska, and, more recently, revenues from North Slope oil development have played a very important role in the development of the modern Alaskan economy. Because of these important historical roles of mineral development, it is often assumed that the future development of the Alaskan economy will also depend on the further development of the State's metal deposits. This report investigates the factual basis of metal mining's assumed importance in Alaska's economic future. (2002) Download (.doc)

Ghost Trees. Take a virtual tour of the vanished forest of Southeast Alaska. This publication examines the historical impacts of logging in Southeast Alaska across all land ownerships, from 1900 through today. It also illustrates the necessity of preserving the balance that exists within the Tongass Forest. (2000) Slideshow (HTML)

Beyond Tongass Timber. The changing role of the Tongass timber industry in the economies of Southeast Alaska—a local perspective by economist, Greg Erickson. (1999) Download (PDF)

The Ravencall

SEACC's semi-annual newsletter, The Ravencall, will keep you informed about what's happening on the Tongass. Join SEACC today and receive your copy in the mail, hot off the press.

Winter 2007-08.  Headline stories including Sealaska Overreaches: Some of the Best Tongass Lands at Risk and 21st Century Vision: Will Tongass Plan Achieve Promise of Reform?
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Spring 2007. Learn about the Good News for Berners Bay, Forest Plan Roundup, Juneau Dead-End Extension, and the Victory for Clean Water and Traditional Foods.  Download (PDF)

Winter 2006. Check out the new look and learn the latest with stories like The 21^st Century Tongass Plan: It’s Much More Than Timber, Keeping Berners Bay Wild, Tongass Timbes: Timber Sales and Don’t Spray Where I Spawn. Check out our new products. Download (PDF)

Spring 2006. Catch up on the latest with stories like House Takes First Step to Reign in Tongass Spending, Governor Pushes Road Despite Opposition, A Tongass Plan for the 21st Century, Bridges to Nowhere Hang in Limbo, Kensington Mine and Pesticides Updates, Timber Sales in the Tongass, Microsale Timber Program, and so much more. Download (PDF)

Winter 2005.  Read all about 15 Year Tongass Reform Act Anniversary, TLMP Court Victory, Helicopter Spraying of Pesticides, Clean Water and What's at Stake for Berners Bay, Bridges to Nowhere Known Everywhere, Activist Spotlight on the Lynn Swim, Hugging Trees and Dollars, and more. Download (PDF)

Spring 2005. Stories include Murkowski Land Liquidation, Transportation Bill Stuffed with Pork, Jobs AND the Environment, Roadless Rule Reaches Dead End, Taku River Blows out the Tulsequah Mine, No Glory in Galore, Forest Service Misses the Boat, and includes many more updates and stories. Download (PDF)

Fall 2004. Highlights include Alaskan Businesses Rally For Congressional Measure, Pesticide Use Delayed for Now, Future Shortchanged by Focus on Past, Forest Plan Follies, Governor Plugs for Spaghetti Network of Roads, Fingering the Problem: Tongass Direct Action, and includes many more stories. Download (PDF)

Spring 2004. Highlights include Transportation Plan Threatens Tongass Wildlands with New Road Projects, Wild Salmon on Board/Farm Fish Must Go, Why Your Public Comments Matter and new feature entitled Tongass Truths. Download (PDF)

Fall 2003. Highlights include Tough Times on the Tongass-Fans of the Forest Rise to the Challenge, Senator Murkowski's Stump Vision, Tongass Money Myths Busted in New Economic Report. Download (PDF)

Spring 2003. Highlights include Tackling Anti-Tongass Legislation-Tongass Rangers to the Rescue, Deja Vu: Juneau Road Obsession, Forest Service Says No Wildlands Protection, Southeast Citizens Rally for Wild Places, Timber Sale Update, Alaska's Basic Fish, Wildlife and Coastal Protections Under Attack, and Getting to Know the Murkowski Administration. Download (PDF)

Fall 2002. Highlights include Alaskans Speak Up For Wildlands Protection, Berners Bay Giveaway Bill Moves Forward in Congress, Senator Murkowski Seeks 10-Year Timber Contract, Communities Concerned About Pesticides and Aerial Spraying, Timber Sale Update and Tongass Forest Facts, and Amazing Activism—One Step at a Time. Download (PDF)

Spring 2002. Highlights include Forest Service Prepares New Wildlands Plan, Cleveland Peninsula Remains Road Free/Emerald Bay Victory, Court Temporarily Suspends Permits for Log Dumps, Wilderness Injunction, Fish Farm Expansion in British Columbia, Report Finds Mining Industry Not Paying Fair Share, Alaska Hero: Ceila Hunter 191-2001, and Tongass Celebrates 100 Years. Download (PDF)