Alaska News Brief January 2026—time to talk to the critters
As I check off my to-do list before heading to Ecuador for...
14 January, 2026
News Blog
Our Arctic Refuge litigation ramps up, and caribou herd populations show a decline
By Dawnell Smith Yesterday we filed an amended and supplemental complaint in our 2020 lawsuit challenging the shoddy Trump leasing...
14 January, 2026
Between a rock and a hard place—hard rock mining’s toxic stew
By Dawnell Smith Industrial mining destroys the lands where it blasts, drills, crushes, and digs. It poisons streams, rivers, and lakes and requires perpetual...
14 January, 2026
Beings and biomes—life in the subnivean zone
By Madison Grosvenor The snow is finally falling in Southcentral. I have eagerly awaited skiing on fresh...
14 January, 2026
Alaska News Brief December 2025—a heart two sizes too small can grow after all
A bone chill keeps pestering me this holiday season. At times, the forecast for warmth and merriment feels superficial at best. I mean, it’s...
18 December, 2025
Margaret Williams talks about the Arctic
By Margaret Williams, Trustees board member As a kid growing up in a...
18 December, 2025
A gratitude challenge
Winter solstice always invites a moment of pause. It gives us an...
16 December, 2025
On beings and biomes—sea ice is everyone’s business
By Madison Grosvenor Though frozen, the sea ice biome is anything but still....
16 December, 2025
Alaska News Brief November 2025—With gratitude to you, we sue
This week we sued the Alaska State Board of Game and the...
14 November, 2025
We sued Interior for illegally trading away public lands in Izembek Refuge
By Dawnell Smith While Alaskans faced job furloughs and worried about food and...
14 November, 2025
The Alaska Board of Game blew off the State Constitution when advancing its plan to gun down every bear possible
By Madison Grosvenor We took the Alaska Board of Game to court last...
14 November, 2025
On beings and biomes–eelgrass is the sexiest plant alive
By Dawnell Smith Once upon a time, a land plant got salty. [caption id="attachment_20558"...
14 November, 2025
Alaska News Brief October 2025—Our common cause is each other
Earlier this month, the remnants of a typhoon that originated in the...
17 October, 2025
Winter is coming—and the threat to the Arctic is seismic
By Dawnell Smith When you hear oil companies talk about looking for oil...
17 October, 2025
The Ambler con job
By Dawnell Smith The Trump administration just made it clear who and what...
17 October, 2025
On beings and biomes—wetlands as the center of our everything
By Madison Grosvenor In Crossing the Swamp, poet Mary Oliver immerses us in...
17 October, 2025
Alaska News Brief September 2025—The year ahead, the year behind
Sometimes it feels like we’re moving lickety-split toward a goal, keeping a...
12 September, 2025
On beings and biomes—the perpetual homecoming of migratory birds
by Dawnell Smith Three years ago, a four-month-old bar-tailed godwit flew nonstop for...
12 September, 2025
The big gamble
by Peg Tileston, founder and longtime board member When we founded Trustees for...
11 September, 2025
What is the Administrative Procedure Act?
By Madison Grosvenor Who makes sure federal agencies play by the rules when...
11 September, 2025
Alaska News Brief August 2025— Darkness before the dawn
In 1650, after living through about eight years of civil war in...
13 August, 2025
Bloom Again—a book about us
By Dawnell Smith Marybeth Holleman found herself taking a leap of faith. The...
13 August, 2025
On beings and biomes—caribou and their migrations
By Madison Grosvenor Each year in Alaska, caribou carve their way across thousands...
13 August, 2025
On why making a will is kindness
By Dawnell Smith When someone dies, someone else grapples with their stuff. They...
13 August, 2025
Alaska News Brief July 2025—The real Moby Dick story
The true story that inspired the iconic book “Moby Dick” tells a...
10 July, 2025
The big bad budget bill and what Alaska stands to lose
By Madison Grosvenor While fireworks lit up the sky this Fourth of July,...
10 July, 2025
On beings and biomes—beluga whales
By Dawnell Smith Beluga whales look every bit as darling as the ones...
10 July, 2025
What does the Endangered Species Act do?
By Madison Grosvenor Alaska is undergoing rapid change. Melting sea ice, thawing permafrost,...
10 July, 2025
Waste no time—the Arctic needs you to speak up right now
Last week the Trump administration took another swing at the Arctic and...
24 June, 2025
Alaska News Brief June 2025—What the midnight sun reveals
The sun ignites life, and a whole world rises up. The rhubarb in...
18 June, 2025