Ed Schoenfeld

JUNEAU, ALASKA (2009-07-24) Sealaska wants the federal government to spend some of its stimulus money thinning trees. The Southeast regional Native corporation has asked for close to a million dollars to expand its own forest-management program. Officials say the money could keep 40 rural residents on the job.
Visit Sealaska Timber Corporation's website.

Read about Sealaska's land-management research.

Find out more about the corporation's land-selection plans.

Read about opposition to Sealaska's land selections from SEACC.

Sealaska Corporation Natural Resource Department Facts (from a press release)

Since 1993 Sealaska has conducted the following silviculture activity in the region:
* Pre-commercially thinned over 35,000 acres
* Hand planted over 1.6 million seedlings on more than 8,320 acres
* Basal pruned 1,050 acres
* Restoration management of more than eight miles of anadromous fish streams
* Restoration management and enhancement of more than 500 acres of wildlife habitat

Current activity scheduled for 2009 on Sealaska lands:
* Pre-commercial thinning of 3,400 acres
* Hand planting more than 40,000 seedlings
* Basal pruning of more than 480 acres

Core cultural and tribal values guiding Sealaska management:

* Haa Aaní – Revering the land and utilizing the land
* Haa Shagóon – Current generation tie to past and responsibilities to future generations.