About Us
Lynn Canal Conservation (LCC) is a grassroots conservation organization based in Haines, Alaska. We rely on a healthy environment to provide jobs, subsistence foods, recreation, and quality of life. LCC has a long-term commitment to the health of fish and wildlife populations and to regulations that promote clean water and stream protection for watersheds important to commercial, sport, and subsistence salmon fisheries. Protecting fish habitat is an essential part of a healthy economic future for our region.
Areas of Interest
- Fish and wildlife habitat protection.
- Improved marine access via the Alaska Marine Highway rather than building a road north of Juneau.
- Salmon safe hydro power.
- Sustainable forestry and value added products.
- Responsible tourism, including protecting wildlife from impacts of helicopter tourism.
- Resource protection from harmful mining practices.
Past Accomplishments
- Spearheaded the effort to create the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, the fall and winter feeding grounds for the world’s largest gathering of bald eagles.
- Helped establish the Tatshensheni Alsek World Heritage Park, saving the area from an ill-conceived strip mine.
- Successfully worked with the community to expose the true costs of a garbage incinerator, including the human and environmental health hazards of incineration.
- Collaborated with diverse interests to initiate the Chilkoot River Corridor planning project to protect the area’s irreplaceable environmental and cultural resources.
- Nurtured the birth and growth of Haines Friends of Recycling.
- Successfully advocated that no pesticides be used in the Haines State Forest.
Our Organization
Founded in 1971, LCC is a non-profit, tax-exempt public interest organization that depends on its board of directors, members, and volunteers. LCC uses grassroots activism and education to influence decisions that affect public resources including public lands, clean water, fish and wildlife habitat, and clean air.
Who We Serve
LCC works on conservation issues that impact public lands and waters in northern Southeast Alaska. This includes the highly productive Chilkat and Chilkoot watersheds, Tongass National Forest and Bureau of Land Management lands, and the state managed Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve and Haines State Forest. These lands and waters are spectacularly scenic and provide outstanding habitat for all five species of wild Pacific salmon, black and brown bear, moose, lynx, mountain goat, wolves, wolverine, coyotes, fox, martin, mink, river otter, trumpeter swans, sea lions, whales, porpoise, seals, bald eagles, and numerous species of forest and shore birds and waterfowl.
