Alaska News Brief January 2025–Hello, 2025. We’re ready for you.
Throughout 2024, we threw parties and shared funny and true stories about...
15 January, 2025
News Blog
On beings and biomes–the boreal forest
Welcome to the first in our series called “beings and biomes.” For...
15 January, 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
Good news for the Arctic Refuge—no bids submitted in latest lease sale
By Madison Grosvenor This month, the U.S. Department of the Interior held the...
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
The 50th Anniversary series: Landmark cases
By Dawnell Smith A winning lawsuit can set the stage for legal interpretations...
20 December, 2024
What’s the Izembek Refuge land swap and road proposal really about?
By Dawnell Smith In the early 1980s and for decades after, Alaska legislators,...
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
The fifth decade—goodbye coal, hello chaos
By Dawnell Smith The last decade feels like a dust storm—like a blur...
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
Some things always/never change: Alaska News Brief October 2024
By Teresa Clemmer, legal director We’ve had an incredibly rainy summer—fifth wettest on...
18 October, 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
D1 stands for doggone good news for Alaska!
By Madison Grosvenor In a decision that echoes across the mountains, rivers, and...
17 September, 2024
Jumping on the hamster wheel. Alaska News Brief August 2024
No matter what happens with the election, we at Trustees will be...
16 August, 2024
The fourth decade—the fight for salmon and wildlife
By Madison Grosvenor Trustees for Alaska started its fourth decade in the new...
16 August, 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
What you can do for the West Su—and other acts of love
By Dawnell Smith To the west of the Susitna River lies a huge...
16 August, 2024
Holding sway: Alaska News Brief July 2024
I keep asking myself, how do you quiet the mind when witnessing...
17 July, 2024
An Agiak adventure to remember
By Teresa Clemmer To celebrate our 50th Anniversary, a cohort of Trustees for...
17 July, 2024
A lackluster hunting rule and the latest onslaught of lawsuits
By Dawnell Smith We got the blahs last month when the National Park...
17 July, 2024
Good news on Ambler, D1 lands, and the western Arctic
By Madison Grosvenor We should all joyfully yelp and holler for the good...
17 July, 2024
Sunshine Mania: Alaska News Brief June 2024
By Vicki Clark As I get older, summer mania hits me more intensely....
18 June, 2024