Alaska Brief–January 2020
I started at Trustees in 1994 as an intern working on Cook Inlet...
28 January, 2020
Support the Western Arctic now!
Speak up now to keep and expand protected areas in the National...
17 January, 2020
The Western Arctic needs you
Last month the Bureau of Land Management proposed a revised management plan...
11 December, 2019
Another Arctic land grab
The Trump administration continues to put industry interests ahead of public health...
21 November, 2019
Two “under the radar” projects that threaten the Arctic
Two projects - the Ambler road and the Willow oil and gas...
17 October, 2019
Cold with a chance of bears
I have experienced many, many bear encounters--coastal brown bears in southwest...
17 October, 2019
Act now
The Arctic Refuge Defense campaign includes an array of Alaska and national...
02 October, 2019
Witnessing a historic vote
One of the benefits of working at Trustees for Alaska is that...
20 September, 2019
The road to a budget black hole
What does Alaska’s budget chaos have to do with a proposed private...
22 August, 2019
Lawsuit calls out agencies violating FOIA
Today Trustees for Alaska and Bahr Law Offices filed a lawsuit calling...
31 July, 2019
Alaska Brief–July
Complicity takes many shapes. It can show up as apathy, distraction, and...
26 July, 2019
U.S. House to vote on Arctic Refuge protections
An Arctic Refuge protections bill will go to the House floor in...
17 July, 2019
Historic vote to protect the Arctic Refuge
A historic vote moved the bipartisan House Bill 1146, the Arctic Cultural and...
16 May, 2019
In Defense of the Arctic Refuge
In December the Trump administration released a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS)...
13 March, 2019
Stand for the Arctic Refuge
[caption id="attachment_9233" align="alignright" width="272"] Caribou in the Arctic Refuge. Photo by Subhankar...
27 February, 2019
Act now to protect the Arctic Refuge
[caption id="attachment_7014" align="alignright" width="380"] The Gwich'in people consider the coastal plain of...
16 January, 2019
Save the Western Arctic
[caption id="attachment_8958" align="alignleft" width="349"] Teshekpuk Lake teems with birds in the spring...
16 January, 2019
Ambler road rears its head
A Canadian mining company wants Alaska to finance a private industrial road...
20 December, 2018
Alaska’s largest Arctic lake threatened
[caption id="attachment_8958" align="alignright" width="442"] Brant goose in the Western Arctic. Photo by...
06 December, 2018
“Frontier” land grab continues
Peggy Tileston is a board member and one of the founders of...
19 November, 2018
Trustees argues in court: BLM broke the law
Today Trustee's attorneys presented oral arguments before the U.S. District Court detailing...
21 September, 2018
Alaska Brief Newsletter–September 2018
We don't need Twitter to tell us that the Trump administration couldn't...
18 September, 2018
Peril in the Western Arctic
[caption id="attachment_6554" align="alignright" width="273"] Courtesy Audubon Alaska[/caption] Industry spin causes peril in the...
14 September, 2018
Gwich’in Nation resolves to protect Arctic Refuge
[caption id="attachment_8518" align="alignright" width="405"] The Gwich'in Nation flag flew during the week...
25 July, 2018
Alaskans rally for the Arctic Refuge
Rally for the Arctic: Help the Gwich’in protect their way of life [caption...
15 June, 2018
Alaska Brief Newsletter–May 2018
Here in Alaska, the month of May often lingers longer than our...
23 May, 2018
It’s time to stand with the Gwich’in
The Trump administration ignored public opinion and human rights last month when...
15 May, 2018
Interior steamrolls oil and gas leasing in the Arctic Refuge
On April 20, the anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the...
19 April, 2018
Gathering for the public interest
Our newest attorney Bridget Psarianos joined thousands of people from around the country...
14 March, 2018