The Sitka Conservation Society works on a variety of issues affecting the Tongass and our communities. In order to give succinct background and updates on these issues, we produce Briefing Sheets. Please browse through the program tabs on the left for a list of briefing sheets pertaining to each topic.
Browse by Program Area:
Threats to the Tongass
Redoubt Land Transfer Briefing Sheet- Sealaska Corporation has selected Redoubt Falls, the best sockeye stream near Sitka, for a land easement. Non-shareholders will no longer have permission to access the site for subsistence fishing without a permit from the Corporation.
Restoration
Starrigavan Restoration Project- Restoring wildlife habitat on 5.2 acres of young-growth forests in the Starrigavan Watershed and implementing a long-term citizen-based monitoring project.
Sitkoh River Restoration- A multi-year salmon habitat restoration program on the Sitkoh River.
Stewardship
Ocean Boulevard Briefing Sheet- This briefing sheet describes the collaborative process behind planning the Ocean Boulevard Wildlife Improvement Project on False Island. Note that this briefing sheet was printed in 2009, and the project has since been completed, although not using Stewardship Contracting as originally expected.
Wilderness
Wilderness Project 2011 Final Report – Final Report and Data Report for the 2011 Community Wilderness Stewardship Project
Wilderness Project 2011 Update-Update for the National Forest Foundation on the 2011 Community Wilderness Stewardship Project.
Region 10 Partner of the Year Award- In 2010, Sitka Conservation Society was awarded the Region 10 Wilderness Partner of the Year Award for the outstanding work of the Community Wilderness Stewardship Project.
Expedition: Russell Fjord Report- In the 2011 field season, the SCS Wilderness crew traveled to Russell Fjord to assist the Yakutat Ranger District in collecting data on, visitor use, recreation site inventories, bird counts, and plant surveys.
Wilderness Outfitter Information- Information for operators, guides, and their clients who use Tongass Wilderness Areas.
Community Profile: Gustavus and Pleasant Island- In 2011 the SCS Wilderness crew along with Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, made a community visit to Gustavus and a monitoring expedition to nearby Pleasant Island Wilderness to determine how the community uses the area and how they could become stewards of the island.
Wilderness Project Report 2010- Final report of the 2010 Community Wilderness Stewardship Project
Wilderness Project Report 2010 DATA- Data report of the Wilderness Project from 2010
Wilderness Project Report 2009- Final report of the 2009 Community Wilderness Stewardship Project
Wilderness Project Report 2009 DATA- Data report of the Wilderness Project from 2009
Climate Change and Energy
There are currently no Briefing Sheets published for this topic.
Environmental Education
Alaska Way of Life 4H club- SCS helped initiate Sitka’s 4H club in 2010 to help encourage local kids to learn skills that promote an Alaska way of life.
RAC Funding Education Projects- The projects higlighted here, funded through Title II, are unique because they directly involve middle and high school students to conduct the work.
Local Foods
There are currently no Briefing Sheets published for this topic.
Recent Posts including Briefing Sheets:
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Wilderness Project 2011 Final Report
The Sitka Community Wilderness Stewardship Project seeks to connect communities with their local Wilderness areas by facilitating volunteer stewardship and monitoring. Over the past three years, the project has been an overwhelming success and will be continuing in to 2012 and 2013. This is the Final Report for the 2011 Community Wilderness Stewardship Project. Components [...]
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Ocean Boulevard Wildlife Improvement
BACKGROUND: Clear-cut logging of the forests near False Island between 1967 and 1972 led to fast-paced, even-aged growth of new conifers, shrubs and herbaceous plants that is today causing serious problems for deer and other wildlife. After about 25 years of growth in a previously clear-cut area, conifers become so thick that understory shrubs and [...]
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Wilderness Expedition: Cross Baranof
Updated: 1/16/2010 The land enclosed in the borders of South Baranof Wilderness Area is steep, remote, and difficult to travel. Other than the intrepid mountain goat hunters, this area of the Wilderness receives almost no foot traffic. In August of 2011, as part of the Sitka Community Wilderness Stewardship Project, as expedition was organized to [...]
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4H Way-of-Life Club: General Information
The Alaska Way-of-Life 4H Club seeks to connect youth to their natural environment through a number of hands-on, outdoor activities. Through parent and volunteer-led activities, youth are taught the skills to feel equipped while out in the Tongass National Forest. They are taught skills that relate to safety, like building survival kits and shelters, to [...]
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Reboubt Falls Land Transfer
Sealaska is moving forward with plans to take ownership of Redoubt Falls. Stakes have been placed, and opportunities for public comment on this divisive plan are limited. Although Sealaska has claimed in the past that the public will continue to have access to the most important subsistence sockeye stream close to Sitka, there doesn’t seem [...]
