In these days of online petitions and emails, you’d be surprised how effective a sincere letter can be. At SCS, we rely on our members to help us influence decision makers to make smart choices when it comes to the environment and sustainability. Take a look at our action alerts below, and please take just a few minutes to write a letter about an issue that is important to you.
Not sure how to write a letter? There are key points and example letters in each alert, and here are some general tips:
- Think of your purpose for writing the letter and mention that in your first sentence. The most attention your letter will receive is in the first few lines so be passionate but concise with your intentions, relevant facts, and examples.
- Include a short snippet about yourself, and how what you’re advocating for affects you, those around you, and the Tongass.
- Thank whomever you are writing to and make sure to include your address underneath your name so that they can respond to your letter.
- Check out this article for more help.
Most recent Action Alerts:
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Sealaska Bill: A Threat to Public Lands
Take action to protect your public lands HERE. The following letter was submitted to the Sitka Sentinel by SCS. Dear Editor: The current version of the Sealaska legislation is scheduled for a hearing on April 25th in the Senate Public Lands Subcommittee. This Sealaska bill is a threat to the public lands of the Tongass and [...]
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Take Action: Salmon, Water, Alaskans need your help
Salmon, water, and the Alaskans who depend on them need your help! Right now, the Alaska State Senate is debating whether or not they should make it more difficult for Alaskans to protect the water in their backyards for salmon habitat. HB77, the In-Stream Water Reservations Bill, would convolute an already convoluted public process, eliminating [...]
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Sealaska Continues to Pursue a “Constellation of In-holdings” Across important areas on the Tongass
Senator Lisa Murkowski has reintroduced the Sealaska Lands Legislation, with the new version of the bill containing five selections in the Sitka area, some of which are in crucial subsistence and recreation areas. The Sitka-area selections are 15.7 acres at Kalinin Bay, 10.6 acres at North Arm, 9 acres at Fick Cove, 10.3 acres at [...]
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America’s Salmon Forest at the AK Forum Film Fest
SCS’s short documentary Restoring America’s Salmon Forest was selected to show at the Alaska Forum on the Environment Film Festival on Friday, February 8, 2013 in Anchorage. The film focuses on a multi-agency effort to increase salmon returns on the Sitkoh River in Southeast Alaska’s Chichagof Island, by improving the spawning and rearing habitat and [...]
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SCS Recommends: Sitka STOP GMO SALMON Rally
The event will take place on Saturday, February 9th, from 1:00 to 1:30 pm, at the Crescent Harbor Shelter. This a quick get together to show public opposition to the pending FDA approval. It’s not too late to comment to the FDA, come learn why and how! I’m inviting the press, so we really want [...]
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Senator Begich Works to Protect Salmon and Fights GMO Salmon
The Sitka Conservation Society applauds the efforts of Senator Mark Begich to stop the Food and Drug Administration from allowing genetically modified salmon to be produced and sold to consumers. Senator Begich has called out the FDA for its recent finding that genetically modified salmon will have “no significant impact” on the environment or public [...]
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Sitka Gives a Dam
Background: In Sitka, we take climate change seriously–so seriously that the community just invested $96 million dollars into a hydroelection project at Blue Lake that will greatly cut our fossil fuel consumption. The project came at an enormous price, but the benefits to the climate and our quality of life are worth the price. Unfortunately, [...]
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Take Action: Tell the Forest Service to follow through
Background: The US Forest Service has adopted the Tongass Transition Framework, a program intended to shift forest management away from the out-dated and ill-fated old growth logging paradigm toward management that support multiple uses of the forest, including recreation, restoration, subsistence, and second-growth management. This is an encouraging recognition of the region’s important natural resources, [...]
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Salmon Capital: The Tongass National Forest
Sitka Conservation Society board member Richard Nelson spoke on salmon during Sitka Whalefest on the theme of “Cold Rivers to the Sea: Terrestrial Connections to our Northern Oceans.” He spoke on the subject of one of the greatest manifestations of the connection between the terrestrial forests and the oceans: our Wild Alaska Salmon. His eloquent [...]
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The Future of Kruzof Island
The next item on the U.S. Forest Service agenda is the future of Kruzof Island. Decisions are being made regarding future timber operations, upkeep of cabins, shelters & trails, changes to stream & river management. These are decisions that will affect the ecosystems of Kruzof Island, all the myriad animals that depend on those ecosystems, [...]
