Southeast Alaska Conservation Council

Description

The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, known as SEACC, is a non-profit organization that protects the lands and waters of Southeast Alaska.

It formed in 1970 as a group of Southeast Alaskans opposing large-scale clear-cutting of old-growth forest by the United States Forest Service in the Tongass National Forest, and became a federally recognized nonprofit in 1977. Its vision is that the air, land and waters of the world’s largest temperate rainforest stay protected, guided by the stewardship traditions of the Indigenous peoples of Southeast Alaska. Its mission is to listen, learn, educate and advocate in collaboration with diverse communities and partners.

SEACC works through grassroots organizing, public campaigns, coalition building and litigation. It led the campaign behind the Tongass Timber Reform Act, signed in 1990, which protected more than a million acres of forest and ended several long-term timber contracts. It continues to oppose large-scale commercial logging and roadbuilding on the Tongass, monitors mining projects, and advocates for cleaner marine fuel use in Alaska’s waters.

Its members include fishermen, hunters, scientists, small saw millers, Alaska Natives, hikers, paddlers and business owners across Southeast Alaska. The organization is based in Juneau, Alaska, and focuses on the Panhandle region, including the Tongass National Forest and the Inside Passage.