Alaska News Brief May 2020
No, the "discrimination" of oil companies is not a thing You might have...
22 May, 2020
Trump agencies strip protections for Alaska wolves and bears
The U.S. National Park Service and Fish and Wildlife Service announced today...
20 May, 2020
Lawsuits call out Trump agencies
We filed two lawsuits charging Trump agencies with violating FOIA and environmental...
21 August, 2019
Trump targets wolves
Using planes or helicopters to locate wolves and then land nearby to shoot...
21 August, 2019
We’re taking Trump to Court. Again.
Black brandt stop during migration to feed on the rich eelgrass beds...
07 August, 2019
How does the Army Corps’ draft EIS break the law?
Trustees for Alaska and the Sierra Club Environmental Law Program just submitted...
01 July, 2019
Historic vote to protect the Arctic Refuge
A historic vote moved the bipartisan House Bill 1146, the Arctic Cultural and...
16 May, 2019
Pebble is an unwelcome guest
The science used to justify the proposed Pebble mine lacks credibility. The...
16 May, 2019
Court win protects Izembek!
A federal District Court decision today voids a land exchange deal between the...
29 March, 2019
Say it one more time: No Pebble mine
[caption id="attachment_8282" align="alignright" width="368"] Photo by Carl Johnson[/caption] Once a place gets officially...
30 January, 2019
Still standing for salmon
[caption id="attachment_8906" align="alignright" width="351"] Photo by Bob Waldrop.[/caption] If there’s one thing we...
19 November, 2018
Supreme Court hears hovercraft case
[caption id="attachment_8890" align="alignright" width="342"] Trustees' legal director Valerie Brown and senior attorney...
05 November, 2018
Donuts and bears don’t mix
It sounds sketchy because it is—using spotlights in dens to kill grizzly...
02 November, 2018
Our salmon need you
Help us fight for the future of Alaska salmon Bristol Bay salmon...
31 October, 2018
The legal waiting game
Trustees and its clients will play the legal waiting game this fall...
24 October, 2018
Alaska Brief Newsletter–September 2018
We don't need Twitter to tell us that the Trump administration couldn't...
18 September, 2018
Vote for salmon Nov. 6
[caption id="attachment_8699" align="alignright" width="338"] Alaskans can vote on salmon habitat protection this...
14 September, 2018
Interns on the issues: The fight for Izembek
[caption id="attachment_8668" align="alignright" width="329"] Sea otters in Izembek Lagoon. Photo by USFWS,...
11 September, 2018
Protect bears, wolves now!
Two Alaskans made the news last month after lying about unlawfully killing...
04 September, 2018
Court ruling puts fish habitat measure on statewide ballot
[caption id="attachment_7515" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by USFWS[/caption] An Alaska Supreme Court decision this...
15 August, 2018
Army Corps railroads public process
Last month, Trustees submitted comments on the proposed Pebble mine on behalf...
25 July, 2018
McNeil bears need your help
Our legal director Valerie Brown spent time sharing the wild with bears...
18 July, 2018
Sharing the wild with bears
Our legal director Valerie Brown just spent some time sharing the wild...
22 June, 2018
Supreme Court to hear Sturgeon case
[caption id="attachment_5005" align="alignright" width="378"] Waterway in the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. USFWS...
18 June, 2018
It’s time to stand with the Gwich’in
The Trump administration ignored public opinion and human rights last month when...
15 May, 2018
Will Alaska Supreme Court let Alaskans vote on how the state protects fish?
Trustees for Alaska went to the Alaska Supreme Court today to argue...
26 April, 2018
Alaskans want Bristol Bay protected
Why hurry through a public comment period for a controversial mega-mining proposal...
16 April, 2018
Feds rush Pebble review
Why did Nunamta Aulukestai, a coalition of Alaska Native Village Corporations and...
04 April, 2018