Lynn Canal Conservation

 

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.

 

 

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