Pulling the Pebble mine out of Alaska’s XTRATUFs
By Dawnell Smith A pebble underfoot can make walking unpleasant and irritating, and...
18 June, 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
Drinks with lawyers – Vicki follows the whales
By Dawnell Smith Vicki remembers her fifth grade teacher asking everyone in class...
19 January, 2024
What’s going on in Juneau?
The Alaska legislature finishes its first session of the year in mid-May,...
15 April, 2022
Turning to the sea
Our longtime friend and supporter Nancy Lord used to set-net on the...
19 March, 2020
Army Corps railroads public process
Last month, Trustees submitted comments on the proposed Pebble mine on behalf...
25 July, 2018
How many strikes before Pebble’s out?
Another company backs out of the Pebble mine Yet another company backed out...
25 May, 2018
We should all be water protectors
Last month, scientists and Bristol Bay residents testified before the Alaska House...
28 March, 2018
Science tells a human story
[caption id="attachment_7355" align="alignright" width="225"] Photo by Irene Owsley[/caption] Nancy Lord will read at...
15 September, 2017
Writing on science & hope: Nancy Lord’s “ph: A Novel”
Alaska author Nancy Lord will read from her new book, "ph: A...
15 September, 2017
Interns on the issues: Digging deep into the Pebble mine
Our summer interns, Kat, Catherine and Hannah, have already jumped into legal...
30 June, 2017
What did we learn from the Exxon Valdez?
[caption id="attachment_6357" align="alignleft" width="421"] Courtesy the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council[/caption] The...
22 March, 2017
Governor Says No to Knik Arm Bridge
A decade of working to stop the proposed Knik Arm Bridge came...
07 July, 2016
IMPORTANT CASES IN 2016
Trustees for Alaska's important cases for 2016 in five programmatic areas of...
12 January, 2016
2015 Conservation Victories: The Year in Review
Trustees for Alaska achieved many victories for conservation during 2015 including protection...
23 December, 2015
Exxon Valdez Case Closed Despite Lingering Oil
The 1991 Exxon Valdez settlement case ended in October when the State...
11 November, 2015
Seward Coal Facility Seeks Permit
Seward residents knew for years that coal was dropping into Resurrection Bay...
10 August, 2015
More Studies Will Not Save the Beluga Whale
For decades Trustees for Alaska has been fighting to protect the Cook...
05 August, 2015
U.S. Supreme Court Decision a Victory for Seward’s Resurrection Bay
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2015 Contacts: Pamela Miller, (907) 222-7714 (o); (907) 242-9991 (cell) Meg...
08 June, 2015
Important Cases in 2015
Trustees for Alaska is working on important conservation issues and legal cases...
23 January, 2015
2014: The Year in Review
Looking back over the last twelve months, Trustees for Alaska and everyone...
22 December, 2014
Bristol Bay Permanently Protected from Offshore Oil and Gas
President Obama gave Bristol Bay and the Southeast Bering Sea permanent protection...
17 December, 2014
40 Years of Defending Alaska – 1974-2014
1974-1984: The First Decade Beirne Homestead Initiative Trustees for Alaska challenged the constitutionality of...
15 December, 2014
Compliance Order Allows Business-As-Usual at the Seward Coal Loading Facility
[caption id="attachment_3406" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by Mtn Boy Media[/caption] In response to the...
08 October, 2014
Seward Coal Loading Facility Violates Clean Water Act
[caption id="attachment_3274" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Seward Coal Loading Facility violates Clean Water Act...
04 September, 2014
Seward Alaska Dirty Coal Case Argued Before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
This week, five years into the case, Trustees for Alaska attorney Brian...
16 August, 2014
Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Remains Listed
With the New Year approaching, we (and the Cook Inlet beluga whales)...
01 December, 2011
EPA Challenged for Allowing Toxic Discharges in Cook Inlet
Trustees or Alaska, representing coastal Native villages, commercial fishermen, and Cook Inletkeeper,...
30 April, 2009
Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Listed As Endangered
Cook Inlet’s beluga whales were listed as an endangered species last week....
17 October, 2008
Doing it Wrong, Alaska-Style
On May 3 2002, the Alaska Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the...
01 June, 2002