Alaska News Brief May 2025—Live like a hermit crab
I’d like to live like a hermit crab, carrying my protective shell...
16 May, 2025
News Blog
A brutally dangerous budget bill and how you can help stop it
By Dawnell Smith Congress is misusing a budget process to try to push...
16 May, 2025
Stay here and fight, stay here and dance
By Christin Swearingen “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens...
16 May, 2025
Beyond control: The fight for science, ethics, and coexistence in Alaska’s predator policies
By Madison Grosvenor Last month’s court ruling that found the State of Alaska’s...
16 May, 2025
Alaska News Brief April 2025—It’s been a month, and I’m pissed off
Sigh. It’s been a month and then some. Late in March we got...
14 April, 2025
360 degrees around
By Tracy Lohman The flight from Seattle to Tokyo was ten-plus hours and...
14 April, 2025
On beings and biomes—a year in the tundra
By Madison Grosvenor Alaska’s tundra is a land of extremes, where life has...
14 April, 2025
Wildlife management or managing ourselves—a look at predator control practices in Alaska
By Madison Grosvenor Last month, the Alaska Wildlife Alliance secured a major victory...
14 April, 2025
Alaska News Brief March 2025—the gutting of public lands
I never watched “The Apprentice” and don’t revel in people getting fired....
19 March, 2025
The law under fire—what does NEPA do?
By Dawnell Smith Decades ago, bulldozers plowed interstate highways across the country without...
19 March, 2025
Beings and biomes: keystone and indicator species
By Madison Grosvenor Imagine walking under the masonry arch of an old castle....
18 March, 2025
How to focus on Fridays
By Madison Grosvenor If you’ve seen Trustees on social media over the last...
18 March, 2025
Alaska News Brief February 2025–how to drink from a fire hydrant
How do you drink from a fire hydrant? Well, first, take a deep...
14 February, 2025
What does the law do? ANILCA and public lands in Alaska
Welcome to our first piece in a series of articles about what...
13 February, 2025
On beings and biomes–the Wolverine
By Dawnell Smith Wolverines belong to winter. They thrive in the cold, the mountains,...
13 February, 2025
Showing Alaska our love—the places, beings, and experiences that fill our hearts
In Alaska, February brings more hours of sunlight after months of long...
13 February, 2025
Our response to the Trump administration’s industrialization agenda in Alaska
The Trump administration released a rash of executive orders on Jan. 20....
21 January, 2025
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
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