by SEACC | Nov 8, 2023 | Blog, Featured, Press Releases
Regional groups seek tougher standards to protect Chilkat Watershed from Palmer Project wastewater HAINES, ALASKA DEISHÚ/LḴÓOT AND JILḴÁAT KWÁAN, November 1, 2023 — Conservation organizations challenged a controversial wastewater discharge permit for the Palmer...
by SEACC | Oct 6, 2023 | Blog
SEACC’s long-serving Executive Director, Meredith Trainor, will be moving on from SEACC in the new year, and the Board is about to embark on a hiring process to identify a successor. As Co-Chairs of the Board of the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, and on behalf...
by SEACC | Aug 19, 2023 | Blog
At SEACC, we often talk about our purpose and values in the context of our mission: protecting the special lands and waters of Southeast Alaska. We don’t often need to talk about our values in the context of how we do our work — how we hold each other up, supporters,...
by SEACC | Jun 14, 2023 | Blog, Featured
Climate recap with Matt Jackson This session was a mixed bag. There was really good news in the form of the Renewable Energy Fund (REF) being made permanent, and all of SEACC’s climate priority bills at least got a hearing. But the elephant in the room is that ever...
by SEACC | May 24, 2023 | Blog, Featured
The deadline was extended to June 3. Thank you for asking the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for an extension of the comment period on the Palmer Project exploration permit amendment! Thanks to your pressure, the deadline was extended to June 3. As a...
by SEACC | Apr 26, 2023 | Featured, Ravencall
By Marian Allen with help from Eric Calvin In December 2022, the Tongass lost a man who did much to protect Southeast Alaska through his love of his home, his impact on Sitka, and sharing all that with his children, friends, and the next generation of Sitkans. Larry...
by SEACC | Mar 6, 2023 | Blog, Featured
SEACC’s staff and board have been reading up on the Wild Fish Conservancy’s lawsuit seeking to end the Southeast Troll fishery over the last week, and after carefully examining the situation we’ve come to a unanimous conclusion. Our mission has...
by SEACC | Feb 6, 2023 | Blog, Featured
Congratulations to the SEACC staff and to all of our supporters who spoke up, wrote in, and signed petitions to protect our largest temperate rainforest! We are celebrating the long-awaited victory of the National Roadless Rule being reinstated on the Tongass. SEACC...
by SEACC | Jan 25, 2023 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 25, 2023 Juneau, Alaska/Áakʼw Ḵwáan Territory Media Contacts: See below U.S. Forest Service restores critical protections to Tongass National Forest The National Roadless Rule was rolled back for America’s last great rainforest by the Trump...
by SEACC | Dec 15, 2022 | Blog, Featured
Here, Southeast Alaskans describe what intersectionality and interconnectedness mean to them, environmental issues affecting people, and the futures they envision for their communities. SEACC is grateful to everyone who contributed their experience and knowledge to...
