by Bethany Goodrich | Feb 11, 2019 | Economic Self-reliance, Uncategorized, Yakutat
Written by Katie Gannon, Spruce Root Community Development On a bright sunny day, the former mayor of Yakutat, Ralph Wolfe stands waist deep in the ocean wearing bright orange hip waders and filleting salmon. Yakutat is a Tlingit community with strong cultural and...
by Jennifer Nu | Oct 20, 2018 | Blog Reports, Communities, Food Sustainability, Moby the Mobile Greenhouse, Reports & Media, Storytelling, Yakutat, Youth Engagement
THE ARRIVAL AND WELCOME My third journey around Southeast Alaska brought me to beautiful Yakutat, Alaska, a town of about 650 people. Carol Pate, the greenhouse coordinator and high school teacher, drove me from the ferry terminal to my new home outside the school,...
by Bethany Goodrich | Aug 2, 2018 | Blog Reports, Communities, Economic Self-reliance, Emerald Edge, Energy Independence, Focus Areas, Food Sustainability, Hoonah, Hydaburg, Kake, Kasaan, Klawock, Natural Resource Stewardship, Partnership News, Publications, Sitka, Storytelling, Uncategorized, Yakutat
Written by Peter Forbes Imagine a long-distance runner, without a watch, crossing mountain ranges, passing through villages, people occasionally cheering them along, but mostly alone confronting obstacles on the ground and in their mind, always running toward an...
by Bethany Goodrich | Dec 27, 2017 | Economic Self-reliance, Energy Independence, Yakutat
Start: January 22nd, 2018 End: July 31, 2018 Pay: $100/home assessment We are seeking a self-motivated individual to educate community members on energy efficiency by participating in the Home Energy Leader Program (HELP). This program is offered through the Renewable...
by Bethany Goodrich | Dec 8, 2017 | Communities, Emerald Edge, Hoonah, Hydaburg, Kake, Kasaan, Klawock, Sitka, Yakutat, Youth Engagement, Youth Engagement
Written by The Nature Conservancy, Sarah Dybdahl, and Tis Peterman Huna Heritage foundation in partnership with the Sustainable Southeast Partnership (SSP) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) convened in Juneau, Alaska in April 2017 for a two-day gathering titled Our...
by Bethany Goodrich | Sep 24, 2017 | Food Sustainability, Natural Resource Stewardship, Storytelling, Yakutat, Youth Engagement, Youth Engagement
Written and photographed by Bethany Goodrich for Salmon Life From sea to summit, Yakutat’s horizon boasts the tallest, most rapidly ascending mountain on Earth. It is here, below Mt. Saint Elias (Was’eitushaa), where the Yakutat Tlingit (Yaakwdáat) have carved...
