Small things, big bears—Alaska News Brief March 2026
Remember back during the pandemic when people started seeing more animals in cities? A...
16 March, 2026
News on Arctic lawsuits and lease sales
By Dawnell Smith The Trump administration continues using whatever means it chooses, even when unlawful and without consideration of impacts, to...
16 March, 2026
YOU ROCK 4EVER XOXO—Alaska News Brief February 2026
The retail sector makes a big deal of Valentine’s Day. There’s money to be made, of...
12 February, 2026
Arctic news—threats loom over the Arctic Refuge and Southern Brooks Range
By Madison Grosvenor A series of federal actions and legal developments this month...
12 February, 2026
Time to talk to the critters—Alaska News Brief January 2026
As I check off my to-do list before heading to Ecuador for...
14 January, 2026
Our Arctic Refuge litigation ramps up, and caribou herd populations show a decline
By Dawnell Smith Yesterday we filed an amended and supplemental complaint in our 2020 lawsuit challenging the shoddy Trump leasing...
14 January, 2026
A heart two sizes too small can grow after all—Alaska News Brief December 2025
A bone chill keeps pestering me this holiday season. At times, the forecast for warmth and merriment feels superficial at best. I mean, it’s...
18 December, 2025
With gratitude to you, we sue—Alaska News Brief November 2025
This week we sued the Alaska State Board of Game and the...
14 November, 2025
We sued Interior for illegally trading away public lands in Izembek Refuge
By Dawnell Smith While Alaskans faced job furloughs and worried about food and...
14 November, 2025
Our common cause is each other—Alaska News Brief October 2025
Earlier this month, the remnants of a typhoon that originated in the...
17 October, 2025
The Ambler con job
By Dawnell Smith The Trump administration just made it clear who and what...
17 October, 2025
The year ahead, the year behind—Alaska News Brief September 2025
Sometimes it feels like we’re moving lickety-split toward a goal, keeping a...
12 September, 2025
The big gamble
by Peg Tileston, founder and longtime board member When we founded Trustees for...
11 September, 2025
What is the Administrative Procedure Act?
By Madison Grosvenor Who makes sure federal agencies play by the rules when...
11 September, 2025
Darkness before the dawn—Alaska News Brief August 2025
In 1650, after living through about eight years of civil war in...
13 August, 2025
Bloom Again—a book about us
By Dawnell Smith Marybeth Holleman found herself taking a leap of faith. The...
13 August, 2025
The real Moby Dick story—Alaska News Brief July 2025
The true story that inspired the iconic book “Moby Dick” tells a...
10 July, 2025
The big bad budget bill and what Alaska stands to lose
By Madison Grosvenor While fireworks lit up the sky this Fourth of July,...
10 July, 2025
Waste no time—the Arctic needs you to speak up right now
Last week the Trump administration took another swing at the Arctic and...
24 June, 2025
What the midnight sun reveals—Alaska News Brief June 2025
The sun ignites life, and a whole world rises up. The rhubarb in...
18 June, 2025
Court ruling lets ConocoPhillips dig in on the Willow oil project
By Dawnell Smith An appellate court decision last week allows ConocoPhillips to continue...
18 June, 2025
Live like a hermit crab—Alaska News Brief May 2025
I’d like to live like a hermit crab, carrying my protective shell...
16 May, 2025
A brutally dangerous budget bill and how you can help stop it
By Dawnell Smith Congress is misusing a budget process to try to push...
16 May, 2025
Beyond control: The fight for science, ethics, and coexistence in Alaska’s predator policies
By Madison Grosvenor Last month’s court ruling that found the State of Alaska’s...
16 May, 2025
It’s been a month, and I’m pissed off—Alaska News Brief April 2025
Sigh. It’s been a month and then some. Late in March we got...
14 April, 2025
Wildlife management or managing ourselves—a look at predator control practices in Alaska
By Madison Grosvenor Last month, the Alaska Wildlife Alliance secured a major victory...
14 April, 2025
The law under fire—what does NEPA do?
By Dawnell Smith Decades ago, bulldozers plowed interstate highways across the country without...
19 March, 2025
How to drink from a fire hydrant—Alaska News Brief February 2025
How do you drink from a fire hydrant? Well, first, take a deep...
14 February, 2025
Our response to the Trump administration’s industrialization agenda in Alaska
The Trump administration released a rash of executive orders on Jan. 20....
21 January, 2025
President Jimmy Carter’s visionary stand for Alaska
by Dawnell Smith President Jimmy Carter died this month, but his lifelong expression...
15 January, 2025