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
Showing Alaska our love—the places, beings, and experiences that fill our hearts
In Alaska, February brings more hours of sunlight after months of long...
13 February, 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
Alaska News Brief December 2024. Keep bringing the light.
Winter just started, according to the astronomical calendar, but most Alaskans have...
20 December, 2024
All we want for solstice is more light
The longest night is upon us, and that means seconds, minutes, and...
20 December, 2024
Alaska News Brief November 2024. Giving knits the world together
By Chase Hensel, board chair I was staying with friends in a coastal...
22 November, 2024
Drinks with lawyers—Siobhan McIntyre peers through the looking glass
By Dawnell Smith Over coffee, Siobhan McIntyre talks about peering through the looking...
22 November, 2024
Attorney Michelle Sinnott is back—and still “Into the Wild”
By Michelle Sinnott, staff attorney Eddie Vedder and the soundtrack to “Into the...
22 November, 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
Putting the garden to bed
By Tracy Lohman, development director Gardening brings me great joy. From sowing the...
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
We all win big at Fall into 50! An art photo auction, live music, and bomber door prizes, too
By Dawnell Smith Like every small but mighty nonprofit, Trustees for Alaska raises...
17 September, 2024
Fall into 50 with us! (And leave with The One photo you can’t live without)
By Dawnell Smith Big milestones deserve extra love, so we’re throwing a fall...
16 August, 2024
Sunshine Mania: Alaska News Brief June 2024
By Vicki Clark As I get older, summer mania hits me more intensely....
18 June, 2024
Geoff’s farewell means “see you around”
By Geoff Toy When I accepted the fellow position at Trustees, it was...
18 June, 2024
Drinks with Lang—new routes and the economies of play
By Dawnell Smith Lang Van Dommelen typically arrives at the office early with...
17 May, 2024
Lydia’s (not forever) farewell to her love at first sight
Up until my last year of law school, Alaska was never on...
16 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
Meet Madison from Michigan—and hear how Alaska whispered her north
By Madison Grosvenor, communications specialist I grew up in a small town in...
19 April, 2024
It’s our 50th anniversary. Come party with us!
By Dawnell Smith Do you love fabulous music, dancing, and the eager verve...
25 March, 2024
So long and thanks to all the whales! Alaska News Brief February 2024
By the time you read this, I’ll have already celebrated carnival in...
23 February, 2024
Drinks with devo – Tracy makes good choices
By Dawnell Smith Tracy Lohman grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood steeped in...
23 February, 2024
It’s our 50th year! Let’s blow out the candles together. Alaska News Brief January 2024
Nothing calls for a party like the big 5-0, so celebrate we...
19 January, 2024
50th Anniversary: Founders Peg and Rod talk about the need, the now, the future
By Dawnell Smith We’re in our 50th year of holding polluters accountable and...
19 January, 2024
Drinks with lawyers – Vicki follows the whales
By Dawnell Smith Vicki remembers her fifth grade teacher asking everyone in class...
19 January, 2024
Winter solstice and navigating extremes: Alaska News Brief December 2023
It may be just me, but it seems like folks have been...
20 December, 2023
The twelve days of litigation
By Dawnell Smith No matter how often we write the North Pole with...
20 December, 2023