The State wants public money to pay for a privately owned road in Izembek
By Dawnell Smith The Alaska Department of Transportation has proposed that federal and state money pay for a road...
16 July, 2026
Look to the tundra—the truth of the Mulchatna bear killing program
By Madison Grosvenor Note: This blog contains graphic images of dead bears. Across the...
16 July, 2026
Another failed Arctic Refuge lease sale and other Arctic news
By Madison Grosvenor Congress and the Trump administration made big revenue promises about...
16 June, 2026
Help protect the Arctic Refuge. Write your “Dear Big Oil” letter now
by Dawnell Smith The Trump administration plans to auction off public land sacred...
06 May, 2026
Bad news for bears, wolves, and even raptors
By Madison Grosvenor The Trump administration again stripped away what little federal protection remains for bears and wolves...
15 April, 2026
Stopping an unconstitutional Mulchatna bear killing program before it reloads this spring
By Madison Grosvenor Early this month, we filed an emergency motion asking the court to stop...
15 April, 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
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
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
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
The Ambler con job
By Dawnell Smith The Trump administration just made it clear who and what...
17 October, 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
Bloom Again—a book about us
By Dawnell Smith Marybeth Holleman found herself taking a leap of faith. The...
13 August, 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
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
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
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
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
Good news for the Arctic Refuge—no bids submitted in latest lease sale
By Madison Grosvenor This month, the U.S. Department of the Interior held the...
15 January, 2025
What’s the Izembek Refuge land swap and road proposal really about?
By Dawnell Smith In the early 1980s and for decades after, Alaska legislators,...
20 December, 2024
The fifth decade—goodbye coal, hello chaos
By Dawnell Smith The last decade feels like a dust storm—like a blur...
22 November, 2024
Some things always/never change: Alaska News Brief October 2024
By Teresa Clemmer, legal director We’ve had an incredibly rainy summer—fifth wettest on...
18 October, 2024
Drinks with Ashley—because Texas wasn’t big enough
By Dawnell Smith Ashley Boyd caught herself off guard this summer when she...
18 October, 2024
Local and global – Megan’s drive to learn about and support environmental protection
By Megan Mason Dister I grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, where I loved...
18 October, 2024
Ashley goes from city life to dry cabin to Trustees
By Ashley Donovan Growing up in sunny Ventura County, California, I thought of...
18 October, 2024