Drinks with lawyers: Geoff finds work that matters
By Dawnell Smith The summer after third grade, Geoff Toy joined his family...
20 December, 2023
Darkness my old friend
By the staff [caption id="attachment_19796" align="alignright" width="300"] Suzanne seeking light while she can...
20 December, 2023
What would Vic do? Alaska News Brief November 2023
We lost an inspiring human being last month when Vic Fischer died...
08 December, 2023
Meet attorney Siobhan McIntyre
Siobhan joined Trustees in October 2023 after working many years in the...
14 November, 2023
Legal fellows agree that Alaska’s where it’s at for environmental law
Trustees for Alaska’s legal fellowships allow lawyers new to environmental law to...
14 November, 2023
Drinks with lawyers—Joanna makes it to the big leagues
In grade school, Joanna Cahoon got a robust “atta girl” after arguing...
20 October, 2023
Meet a few folks who commit to protecting Alaska and supporting Trustees
We want to introduce you to a few Trustees supporters who donate...
20 October, 2023
Successes and milestones: It’s time to throw a party! Alaska News Brief September 2023
We’re closing out the 2023 fiscal year with high hopes for continued...
15 September, 2023
Vicki talks about the other world
As a kid growing up in Iowa, there were no oceans. What...
15 September, 2023
Teresa Clemmer talks about the zigzag way
By Teresa Clemmer The trajectory of my life has always been more of...
14 September, 2023
Good change comes around. Alaska News Brief August 2023
It’s always good to have something to celebrate when new folks come...
18 August, 2023
Drinks with lawyers–Lydia’s quarter-life crisis
Lydia Heye joined Trustees as a legal fellow in September 2022 after...
18 August, 2023
Why I want to swim with whales. Alaska News Brief July
Talking about the weather isn’t chitchat anymore. When wildfires turn the sky apocalyptic...
18 July, 2023
Drinks with lawyers—Rachel makes a case for shiny red shoes
Rachel’s family knew she would be a lawyer before she did. Her grandfather...
18 July, 2023
Sketching nature, respect and wonder
By Geoff Toy I grew up running around in the woods near my...
18 July, 2023
The light always returns: Alaska News Brief June 2023
Earlier this month, I joined my mom on her last—for now—“bucket list”...
22 June, 2023
Drinks with lawyers—Katie talks about going into the unknown
At 28 and just a few years out of law school, Katie...
21 June, 2023
When I grow up, I’m gonna be outdoors!
Lydia grew up wanting to be outdoors; and then the pandemic made...
21 June, 2023
Drinks with lawyers: Bridget on doing good and paying the bills
If you heard about ConocoPhillips’ new Willow oil and gas project, you...
16 May, 2023
It’s choice, not fate, on climate. Alaska News Brief April 2023.
Too many pandemic lessons have gotten lost as the engine of “normal”...
14 April, 2023
Finding joy on mountain ridges
When I was little, my mother asked my brother and I to...
13 April, 2023
How a week of news tastes like a soggy cabbage sandwich: Alaska News Brief March 2023
I took some time off to see my family in early March....
17 March, 2023
How pandemic shifts brought Theresa Soley to Trustees
A cartoonized image of Theresa. By Theresa Soley The pandemic has meant changes...
14 March, 2023
A Homer couple uses Pick.Click.Give. to protect the places they love
Rika and John Mouw settled in Alaska from the mountains of Colorado...
28 February, 2023
A long walk in the Arctic
Late last June, I drove from my home in Anchorage to Fairbanks...
21 January, 2023
The outside life–an ode to icy slopes and jampacked campgrounds
I’ve been incredibly lucky to call Alaska my home for over 11...
14 December, 2022
To make is to share, a winter solstice reflection
Every December as the shortest day of light approaches, we like to...
14 December, 2022
Joanna is finishing her legal fellowship. She has words.
Two years ago, I left my position as a disability rights attorney...
16 November, 2022
A climber’s reflection: Being in that exact spot, at that exact moment
I always wanted to climb as a kid. As soon as I...
15 November, 2022