Alaska News Brief February 2023. I’m still shoveling. Let the celebration begin!
Here we are, well into Alaska’s notorious faux spring, where we’re so...
17 February, 2023
The bad news can be made good and the good news better. Stop Willow and protect the Arctic Refuge.
The ConocoPhillips Willow oil and gas proposal is on the move--and so...
17 February, 2023
Litigation 101: How did a magistrate imperil already vulnerable polar bears?
Recently, a magistrate judge with the federal District Court in Alaska issued...
17 February, 2023
What’s up with rules around hunting bears and wolves on federal lands in Alaska?
We've been in court over hunting rules on national park lands, including...
17 February, 2023
Hitting the books again: Alaska News Brief January 2023
We had some big changes at Trustees last year. We moved into a...
21 January, 2023
Park Service proposes hunting rule protecting wildlife in national park lands in Alaska
The National Park Service released a proposed rule earlier this month that...
20 January, 2023
We argued in Ninth Circuit Court to protect Izembek & all national parks and refuges in Alaska
On a sunny December afternoon in Pasadena, California, we argued before a...
14 December, 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
The ache and the awe of tender gravity
Marybeth Holleman’s first book of poetry, “tender gravity,” came out this month,...
17 August, 2022
Howling pierced the morning quiet
We looked up the hillside and saw a pack of five or...
17 May, 2022
Litigation 101: What is a petition for a rehearing en banc and why did we file one?
We filed a petition en banc late last month asking the entire...
16 May, 2022
Stories can teach, stories can lie: Alaska News Brief April 2022
It doesn’t take long spending time with dogs, bears, birds and bees...
15 April, 2022
What’s going on in Juneau?
The Alaska legislature finishes its first session of the year in mid-May,...
15 April, 2022
All the wings in motion. Alaska News Brief February 2022
The thick sludge of winter can get to me sometimes. The dark,...
18 February, 2022
We went to court to protect bears and wolves in the Kenai Refuge
We argued in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 18...
17 February, 2022
Hurtful feelings and hard conversations: Alaska News Brief January 2022
It’s hard for me to understand why we can’t look directly at...
21 January, 2022
Ungrateful // grateful: Alaska News Brief November 2022
Okay, it’s true. Sometimes I want to stay in bed. It’s cold and...
22 November, 2021
Cold hands and fat bears: Alaska News Brief October 2021
Seriously, I got really cold hands, along with an amazing birthday week...
15 October, 2021
Salmon ahead, salmon behind: Alaska News Brief September 2021
The salmon season is behind us, and ahead of us, too. That’s...
16 September, 2021
Polar bears can’t go to court, but we can
We just sued the Biden administration for issuing a regulation that allows...
16 September, 2021
The island life of Kenai Refuge brown bears
Every year, Alaskans head to the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge for boating,...
15 September, 2021
Alaska News Brief August 2021: When the raspberries pop
The raspberries in my yard started to pop this week,...
18 August, 2021
Biden regulation imperils polar bears
Earlier this month the Biden administration released a regulation that allows oil...
18 August, 2021
Courtroom déjà vu: Protecting Izembek Refuge again
Yesterday we argued in court again to stop a bogus land swap...
05 August, 2021
Alaska News Brief June 2021: Getting your hands dirty helps
A few weeks ago, I took some time off to pick up...
16 June, 2021
Dunleavy’s bogus “Unlock Alaska” initiative
This the second in a series about how a Supreme Court decision...
15 June, 2021
Alaska News Brief May 2021: Shining light on what the world could be
In our work, we sometimes talk about going on the defensive. For...
19 May, 2021
A look back on “that hovercraft case”
You might have heard Governor Dunleavy recently announce the “Unlock Alaska” initiative....
19 May, 2021
Alaska New Brief March 2021: A year can change everything… and nothing
It’s hard to believe it has been a year since we first...
16 March, 2021