Southeast Alaska

by:Mariel GarciaJennifer Garcia

Santiago Vazquez

SouthEast Alaska Maps

Location

Is the southeastern portion of the U.S state of Alaska which lies west the northern half of the Canadian province, British Columbia.

Landforms Wild and beautiful Alaska is home to majestic mountains, glaciers, active volcanoes, huge tracks of forested land and some of the planet's most varied extremes of cold, heat, rain, snow and wind. In addition, Alaska is the most northern, western and eastern U.S. State.

Water useTo obtain water rights in Alaska you need to submit an application for water rights to the DNR office in the area of the water use.

MovementPeople are at the heart of the conservation movement

in Alaska — passionate people who are working hard to protect the ecosystems that support Alaskan lives and

economies. Through the Community Capacity initiative, the Alaska Conservation Foundation (ACF) is investing

in people in order to advance the movement toward collaborative, innovative problem solving –with diverse

voices at the table.

Environment

Large mountainous volcanic regions and Wilderness mount McKinley is the tallest Mountain in the U.S. at 20,320 feet.

Water use

Clean water in the rivers is critical to our way of life.As long as we have our water and fish we will be in the village.

Southeast Alaska has the most pristine watersheds in the world.Alaska water support all fives species of the pacific salmon and

important hooligan runs.

Ecosystem

Alaska is the largest and least densely populated state in the country, with a reputation for scenic grandeur and bountiful fish and wildlife.

From the dense moss carpeted rainforests of southeast Alaska, to the wide-open expanses of the tundra on the North Slope these

ecosystems and provide habitat for a variety of fish and wildlife species. Understanding and protecting ecosystems is critical to

understanding and protecting the distribution, abundance and habits of our fish and wildlife.

Effects on areaEarthquake

In all, tsunami waves generated by the 1964

quake killed 119 people and caused approximately 300 to

400 million dollars in damage to Alaska alone.

Human interaction

Moose-human interaction are frequent. Moose have played an important role in the state's history.

Professional hunter once supplied moose meat to feed mining camps.

Athabaskan people have hunted them to provide food as well as supplies for clothing and tools.

Place or Region

Southeastern Alaska is a region of Alaska. Sometimes called the "panhandle", it is a thin strip of land and islands between Canada's British Columbia and the northern Pacific Ocean. It contains the Inside Passage, a series of waterways largely protected from the Pacific by islands, providing a safer sea

route up and down the coast.

What is the region

The Southeast Alaska/Yakutat Region (Region I) consists of Alaska waters between Cape Suckling on the north and Dixon Entrance on the south.

Salmon are commercially harvested in Southeast Alaska with purse seines and drift gillnets; in Yakutat with set gillnets; and in both areas with hand

and power troll gear. Herring are harvested in winter bait, sac roe, spawn-on-kelp, and bait pound fisheries

Why is it a region

The Southeast Alaska/Yakutat Region (Region I) consists of Alaska waters between Cape Suckling on the north and Dixon Entrance on the south. Salmon are commercially harvested in Southeast Alaska with purse seines and drift gillnets; in Yakutat with set gillnets; and

in both areas with hand and power troll gear.

Type of region

Southeast Alaska is a region characterized by rugged mountain ranges, forested islands, intercoastal waterways, and glaciers. A temperate rain-forest climate has led to a rich diversity of plants,

animals, and marine life that have supported human habitation for at least 10,000 years and fueled regional economic growth since

the 1700s.

How tied together

It tied together with the water ocean and the islands

PopulationCurrent population in to 2013 was 735132

Density

0-20 per square mile by state

Interaction with environment

Explore how people affect their environment, or their natural surroundings. And how their

environment affects them.They have cut trails into the mountainside

Or built housesOr cut down trees

They have learned how to survive with little water.

Economy

Trade.Alaska natives traded land animal furs to the Russians. These animals included beaver, river otter fox, bear, Lynx, wolves, wolverine, bear, maskrat, mink and squirrel.Other trades from Alaska became coat callars or hats in Europe and America

Main components Alaska main export product after oil and natural gas is seafood, primarily salmon, cod, pollock and crab.

Culture

Ethnic Group: In 2000 Native Americans accounted for 15.6% of Alaska's population—the highest percentage of any state. Indians—primarily Athabaskan (14,520) and Tlingit-Haida (14,825)—living in southeastern Alaska (Alaska Panhandle) numbered around 29,345 in 2000. There are also small numbers of Tsimshian living in this area. Eskimos (45,919) and Aleuts (11,941), the other native peoples, live mostly in scattered villages to the north and northwest. Taken together, Alaska Natives were estimated in 2000 to number about 98,043, up from 86,000 (16%) in 1996.

Lenguage

The Tlingit language (lingít [linkit]) is spoke by the Tlingit people of southeast Alaska and Western Canada.

Interactive w/othersWild land human interaction are frequent

EconomyThis publication quantifies Southeast Alaska’s maritime economy. Just over one-quarter of all Southeast Alaska

wages are directly earned through ocean related employment in 2012. Taken together the businesses and government agencies that are directly tied to the ocean comprise Southeast Alaska’s largest economic sector.