Beluga Whales Win Another Stay of Oil and Gas Leasing in Cook Inlet
Cook Inlet beluga whales have rapidly declined over the last 10 years....
Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Threatened
A coalition of conservation groups, a former whale hunter, and Trustees for...
More Studies Will Not Save the Beluga Whale
For decades Trustees for Alaska has been fighting to protect the Cook Inlet beluga whales and succeeded in gaining endangered species listing in 2008. A new recovery plan falls short in helping the species.
Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Remains Listed
With the New Year approaching, we (and the Cook Inlet beluga whales)...
Turning to the sea
Our longtime friend and supporter Nancy Lord used to set-net on the west side of Alaska’s Cook Inlet. Beluga whales “often passed our camp in huge pods, often more than a hundred at a time, and sometimes when we were in our skiff we’d cut the motor just to drift among them,” she said. “They always avoided our nets.”Alaska Brief Newsletter – August 2015
The August 2015 issue of Trustees for Alaska's electronic newsletter, the Alaska Brief. This issue includes stories on the Seward Coal Loading Facility, beluga whales, Chuitna water reservations, and Russ Maddox provides a client perspective.
The fifth decade—goodbye coal, hello chaos
22 Nov, 2024
in 50th anniversary, America's Arctic, Bristol Bay, Litigation, News, Wild Lands & Wildlife
By Dawnell Smith The last decade feels like a dust storm—like a...
in 50th anniversary, America's Arctic, Bristol Bay, Litigation, News, Wild Lands & Wildlife
The fourth decade—the fight for salmon and wildlife
By Madison Grosvenor Trustees for Alaska started its fourth decade in the...
The third decade—clean water, mud-slinging, and nature running wild
18 Jun, 2024
in 50th anniversary, America's Arctic, Bristol Bay, Clean Air and Water, Litigation, Wild Lands & Wildlife
By Madison Grosvenor Trustees for Alaska’s third decade focused heavily on the...
in 50th anniversary, America's Arctic, Bristol Bay, Clean Air and Water, Litigation, Wild Lands & Wildlife
Drinks with lawyers—Rachel makes a case for shiny red shoes
Rachel’s family knew she would be a lawyer before she did. Her grandfather used to tell her that long before she knew a thing about the legal field, but she didn’t buy it—maybe because she didn’t like other people telling her what to do, or maybe because she was the family member who would argue with him about anything, or because she was just a kid with an imagination as broad and expansive as the future. Whatever the case, no one doubted her penchant for advocacy. Take the story of the shiny red shoes.
Alaska Brief–March 2020: A time of change, a time of care
We face a shared global experience of unknowns and volatility right now, but no two people share the same perspective, vulnerabilities and emotions. No two communities face the same challenges and realities. As the people before us and today's Alaskans show us, we are connected and are in this together.
What do we mean by “clean water”?
You would think the one thing people everywhere would get behind and...
Alaska Brief–March 2019
Cook Inlet stretches 180 miles from the Gulf of Alaska to Anchorage,...
Why do I do this work?
Katie Strong, staff attorney Growing up on the shores of Lake Superior...Alaska Brief Newsletter – July 2016
The July issue of the Alaska Brief includes stories on winning the Wishbone Hill expired permit lawsuit, the shut down of the Knik Arm Bridge, monthly donor Jane Sauer and Kim Williams Congressional testimony at yet another hearing on the Pebble Mine.
Governor Says No to Knik Arm Bridge
A decade of working to stop the proposed Knik Arm Bridge came to end this week when Governor Walker shut it down.IMPORTANT CASES IN 2016
12 Jan, 2016
in America's Arctic, Clean Air and Water, Climate Change, Marine Ecosystems, News, Wild Lands & Wildlife
Trustees for Alaska's important cases for 2016 in five programmatic areas of climate change, America's Arctic, clean air and water, marine ecosystems, and wild lands and wildlife.
in America's Arctic, Clean Air and Water, Climate Change, Marine Ecosystems, News, Wild Lands & Wildlife
Mixed Victory for Salmon on the Chuitna River
Chuitna Citizens Coalition was granted one of its three requested water rights on Middle Creek, an important tributary, and salmon spawning and rearing habitat, of the Chuitna River, where PacRim wants to strip mine for coal.
Protecting Alaska’s Western Arctic
Trustees for Alaska works to protect the Special Areas and wildlife resources of the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska in the face of increased energy development and the escalating impacts of climate change.
Mixing Oil with Water
Trustees for Alaska has worked for decades with a coalition of tribes and other organizations to protect the clean water, fish, and wildlife resources of Cook Inlet.
40 Years of Defending Alaska – 1974-2014
15 Dec, 2014
in America's Arctic, Clean Air and Water, Climate Change, Marine Ecosystems, News, Wild Lands & Wildlife
1974-1984: The First Decade Beirne Homestead Initiative Trustees for Alaska challenged the...
in America's Arctic, Clean Air and Water, Climate Change, Marine Ecosystems, News, Wild Lands & Wildlife
March 2013 Legal Brief Newsletter
Greetings, I used to enjoy seeing beluga whales frolicking in the waters...Predator Control Program Said to Violate “Sustained Yield” Requirement in State Constitution
Populations of wildlife eradicated by allowing aerial hunting In a brief filed...
Settlement Negotiated on Cook Inlet Dredging
In August 1999, Trustees for Alaska successfully negotiated an agreement with the...