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22 February, 2017
Alaska Brief Newsletter — February 2017
Dear Supporter: Maybe you heard the story of the senator who persisted when...
20 February, 2017
Keeping the wild in wildlife
March 31, 2017 update Court allows 15 groups to have a voice in...
14 February, 2017
Conservation groups join lawsuits on predator control
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Feb. 8, 2017 Contacts: Pat Lavin, Alaska Representative, Defenders...
07 February, 2017
2016 Triumphs, Challenges: The Year in Review
Celebrating the successes of 2016: Pebble subpoenas tossed out; Trustees argue for...
16 December, 2016
Ninth Circuit Hears Sturgeon v. Frost Hovercraft Case Again
In October 2016, the Ninth Circuit heard argument in a case challenging...
28 October, 2016
Eastern Interior Plan Protects Important Areas
In July 2016, BLM released its Eastern Interior plan, which includes protections...
09 September, 2016
America’s Best Idea, the National Parks, Turns 100
Trustees for Alaska's Staff Attorney Katie Strong shares why national parks are...
24 August, 2016
New Regulations Protect Predators on Wildlife Refuges
The Fish and Wildlife Service adopted new sport hunting regulations for National...
12 August, 2016
Recreational Snow Machining in our National Parks
Wrangell-St. Elias, is considering allowing recreational snow machining in the park, including...
12 August, 2016
National Parks Are Important to Alaska
CLIENT PERSPECTIVE: Jim Adams, the Alaska Region Director of the National Parks...
16 May, 2016
Response Brief Filed in the Izembek Appeal
Brief filed in the legal battle to keep Izembek Refuge protected from...
16 May, 2016
US Supreme Court Decides Not to Decide in Sturgeon Hovercraft Case
The Supreme Court vacated the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Sturgeon v. Frost...
23 March, 2016
U.S. Supreme Court Hears National Parks Case
The U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in Sturgeon v. Frost, a case...
09 February, 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
Celebrating 35 Years of ANILCA
The Alaska National Interest Lands Claims Act, signed into law December 2,...
02 December, 2015
Decision to Protect Izembek Wilderness Appealed
The Alaska District Court upheld the Secretary of the Interior’s decision to...
12 November, 2015
Predators Protected by New Regulations on National Preserves
The National Park Service adopts new sport hunting regulations in Alaska’s national...
11 November, 2015
US Supreme Court to Hear Yukon-Charley Case
The US Supreme Court agrees to review Yukon-Charley case upholding National Park...
06 October, 2015
Izembek Wilderness Protected!
A Federal judge rules to protect Izembek Wilderness from a proposed road...
08 September, 2015
More Studies Will Not Save the Beluga Whale
For decades Trustees for Alaska has been fighting to protect the Cook...
05 August, 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
Court Dismisses Majority of Lawsuit Threatening Wilderness
[caption id="attachment_3596" align="alignright" width="300"] Western sandpipers feed in Kinzarof Lagoon. USFWS photo...
22 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
State Predator Controls Go Too Far for National Preserves
UPDATE: We have submitted comments on behalf of our clients to the National...
11 November, 2014
Wilde and Sturgeon: Appeals Court Decides in Favor of the National Park Service
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the authority of the National...
08 October, 2014
Izembek Road Decision Challenged, Trustees Intervenes
[caption id="attachment_3217" align="alignright" width="255"] Eelgrass channels in Izembek Lagoon as seen from...
15 August, 2014
Trustees Works to Protect the Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge
Trustees for Alaska is going to court once again to protect the...
07 July, 2014