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Sr. Associate Attorney

Shawn Eisele worked in the Alaska regional office from 2010–2014. His work focused on preserving the region's wild lands. Prior to law school, Shawn spent summers guiding wilderness trips and the other seasons working at non-profit community and children's organizations in at-risk communities.

October 25, 2012

Conservationists Act to Protect Sensitive Bay and Crab Fishery in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

By Shawn Eisele  /  Alaska Office

Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest is as much ocean as land. It includes saltwater bays, fjords, canals, channels, and too many islands to count. At this intersection of land and ocean, life flourishes where forest creeks and streams empty nutrients into shallow saltwater bays. Among other species, dungeness crabs flourish, fed seasonally by the carcasses …