An Alaska Sea Grant partnership enabled a group of Alaska Natives to dip their proverbial toes into the mariculture industry. In February, Alaska Sea Grant collaborated with the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) to hold a one-day workshop in Juneau entitled “An Introduction to Mariculture […]
Significant, long-term funding has been secured for the Generations Southeast Prince of Wales (POW) Campus. Under Alaska House Bill (HB) 148, Generations Southeast POW Campus will receive an annual reoccurring commitment of funding through the State of Alaska’s Technical Vocational and Education Program (TVEP) starting in 2025 with a initial award of $1.1MM in 2025. HB […]
Tlingit & Haida strongly opposes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) determination to further consider the Wild Fish Conservancy’s petition to list Gulf of Alaska (GOA) king salmon as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In January of 2024, the Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC), a Washington state-based conservation group, […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Last week U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason vacated Assistant Secretary Bryan Newland’s decision to place into trust a 787-square-foot parcel of land in downtown Juneau owned by the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indians. The Court found that even though the Secretary may create trust land in Alaska, the Assistant […]