Alaska News Brief May 2025—Live like a hermit crab
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
Alaska News Brief April 2025—It’s been a month, and I’m pissed off
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
Alaska News Brief February 2025–how to drink from a fire hydrant
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
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
Alaska News Brief December 2024. Keep bringing the light.
Winter just started, according to the astronomical calendar, but most Alaskans have...
20 December, 2024
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
Bingo! Come Fall into 50 with us: Alaska news brief September 2024
I spent 16 days at sea in August, starting in Southampton, England,...
17 September, 2024
What Alaska animal would you be? We asked a few board members and their answers are telling
By Dawnell Smith Here in the last months of our 50th year and...
17 September, 2024
D1 stands for doggone good news for Alaska!
By Madison Grosvenor In a decision that echoes across the mountains, rivers, and...
17 September, 2024
Holding sway: Alaska News Brief July 2024
I keep asking myself, how do you quiet the mind when witnessing...
17 July, 2024
A lackluster hunting rule and the latest onslaught of lawsuits
By Dawnell Smith We got the blahs last month when the National Park...
17 July, 2024
Good news on Ambler, D1 lands, and the western Arctic
By Madison Grosvenor We should all joyfully yelp and holler for the good...
17 July, 2024
Music to our ears: Alaska News Brief May 2024
We got snow this month, but no matter, because the birds keep...
17 May, 2024
Are you a joyful animal? — Alaska News Brief April 2024
I returned to the office last week after spending part of my...
19 April, 2024
The promise of Spring. Alaska News Brief March 2024
Greetings! It’s an honor to be standing in for Vicki while she’s off...
26 March, 2024
What would Vic do? Alaska News Brief November 2023
We lost an inspiring human being last month when Vic Fischer died...
08 December, 2023
Do Interior’s latest actions mean the Arctic is finally protected? Not yet. The devil is in the details.
The Biden administration did several things earlier this month that could lead...
15 September, 2023
Joyfully pressing the pause button: Alaska News Brief November 2022
I don’t know about you, but I need a break. It’s been a...
16 November, 2022
Permitting process severely underestimates mining spills in Alaska
A report released this month shows that the number of documented spills...
15 April, 2022