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Access points to Taashuyee – do you know about these?
2024 | Richard Carstensen Well- and poorly known portals onto Taashuyee-Chookan.aani Alaska Dept of Fish & Game publishes a map of official public access points to our front-yard tidal (M-word) wetlands. At each of these entries there are metal or wooden signs...
SEALT Maps Juneau’s Tidelands
The Southeast Alaska land trust maps juneau's tidelands Developing habitat maps and functional assessments of over 5,000 wetland acres Purpose Juneau will soon have a new map for the well-loved tidelands at its heart. The Southeast Alaska Land Trust (SEALT) is...
SEALT Unveils Modern, New Logo and Branding
Juneau, AK – The Southeast Alaska Land Trust (SEALT) has adopted a new logo that reflects its legacy of protecting Southeast Alaska’s watersheds. SEALT’s original logo, a black and white image featuring two people holding hands in a meadow, was created in 1996, the...
Statement from the Southeast Alaska Land Trust: Proposed Juneau-Douglas North Crossing
The Southeast Alaska Land Trust (SEALT) collaborates with communities, individuals, and organizations throughout Southeast Alaska to help ensure that highly valued habitat, recreation, open space, and cultural and historic areas continue to thrive for the well-being...
Local Nonprofit Renews a Powerful Option for Wetland Conservation
Juneau, AK – The Southeast Alaska Land Trust (SEALT) announced an updated wetland mitigation program to provide mitigation options for developers which will preserve wetlands critical to Southeast Alaska. At the end of 2022, SEALT updated and renewed its agreement...
Coastal Wetlands on North Douglas Conserved
Juneau, AK – The Southeast Alaska Land Trust (SEALT) announced the recent acquisition and conservation of 14 acres of wetlands adjacent to the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge (Refuge), in Juneau. This property is located within the lands traditionally...
SEALT Announces The Acquisition Fund
Juneau, AK – The Southeast Alaska Land Trust (SEALT) is pleased to announce The Acquisition Fund, a fund established specially to acquire land and facilitate conservation throughout Southeast Alaska for the benefit of current and future generations. Earlier this year,...
A Gift for the Future
Many people are familiar with the history of the Jensen‐Olsen Arboretum – how Caroline Jensen and her husband moved “out the road” and cultivated the property in the mid‐1960s. Over the years, Caroline worked hard to transform a portion of the property into a fine...
The Southeast Alaska Land Trust Appoints New Executive Director
Juneau, AK – The Southeast Alaska Land Trust (SEALT) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Margaret Custer has been named the organization’s new Executive Director, effective August 3. The SEALT Board of Directors selected Custer as Executive Director after a...
The Southeast Alaska Land Trust Acquires Important Wetlands in Lemon Creek Valley
Juneau, AK – The Southeast Alaska Land Trust (SEALT) announced the recent acquisition and conservation of 37+ acres of wetlands and forested uplands in the Lemon Creek Valley, in Juneau. It is located within the lands traditionally owned, used, and named by the...
The Southeast Alaska Land Trust Acquires Coastal Wetlands on Mendenhall Peninsula
Juneau, AK – The Southeast Alaska Land Trust (SEALT) announced the recent acquisition and conservation of 2.5 acres of wetlands adjacent to Juneau’s Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge (Refuge). It is located within the lands traditionally owned, used, and named by...
Tree Swallows Find a Welcome Home
Erratic weather is causing stress for wildlife of all kinds in Alaska, with record-breaking temperatures this summer. That’s true for birds like the tufted puffin, whose food source is disappearing due to warming oceans. Drier, hotter weather throughout Southeast...