Sitka’s youth are stepping up and speaking out for a healthy planet and a healthy future. During an assembly meeting in February, members of Youth for Sustainable Futures gave public testimony urging the Sitka assembly to pass a resolution declaring a climate change emergency. Though it did not pass, it...

  Left: Amelia Milling, our Eco-Advocacy and Communications Intern. Photo by Bethany Goodrich Photography. Right: Harbor Mountain. Photo by Amelia Milling. Thanks to the Alaska Conservation Foundation’s Ted Smith Internship program, I joined the Sitka Conservation Society team this summer. I absorbed fresh rainforest air, ate unlimited berries, practiced the...

Fishermen in Redoubt Bay. Photo by Ellie Handler Boats bobbed under a blue sky in Redoubt Bay. Beneath the boats, thousands of sockeye salmon had congregated to fight their way up the rushing outflows of Redoubt Lake, Kunaa Shak Áayi. It’s a convenient spot for fishermen from Sitka, who only...

Cora Dow, a senior at Sitka High School, gave an incredible testimony at the U.S. Forest Service Roadless Rule Subsistence hearing in Sitka on November 12, 2019. She’s shared it with us, so we all can draw inspiration from her words in writing our own comments.  Click here to use...

Britainy is an Avian Care Specialist and works to rehabilitate injured birds of prey in Southeast Alaska. While she originally planned to be a librarian, volunteering with wildlife inspired her to change her major to Biology, and led her to Alaska! With her science background, she understands how intact ecosystems...