Court action calls for stop to ConocoPhillips’ harmful Willow construction
We filed a motion in U.S. District Court requesting a preliminary injunction...
23 December, 2020
News Blog
A court win protects Kenai brown bears—a new rule threatens them
The good news is that a November court win upheld the prohibition...
16 December, 2020
Sprinting to court to stop the Arctic Refuge sell-off
We sprinted to court this week to stop the outgoing administration from...
15 December, 2020
Lame duck administration plans Arctic Refuge lease sale in January
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced today that it will issue...
03 December, 2020
What will it take to protect Bristol Bay forever?
The U.S. Army Corps denied a permit for the proposed Pebble mine...
03 December, 2020
Key Pebble permit denied!
Good news! Today the Army Corps denied a Clean Water Act permit...
25 November, 2020
We just sued Interior for illegal, premature approval of massive Arctic oil and gas project
We’re taking the Interior Department, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and U.S....
18 November, 2020
Legal fellow Lauren Sherman wants to protect the magical and essential
Legal fellow Lauren Sherman joined Trustees in September. Here, she talks about...
18 November, 2020
In memory and celebration of Todd Radenbaugh
Our friend and longtime Trustees board member Dr. Todd Radenbaugh died at...
29 October, 2020
Speak out for wildlife in the Kenai Refuge
In June 2020, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed allowing manipulative...
21 October, 2020
Growing up in the mountains inspires climber to protect Alaska lands
Lang Van Dommelen joined Trustees as legal assistant in June 2020. Here,...
20 October, 2020
Getting a jump on the ole’ bucket list– and a legacy too
Being in the mountains was always something I dreamt about. I grew...
02 October, 2020
Alaska News Brief September 2020: A bedrock law in peril
The National Environmental Policy Act, affectionately called NEPA in the alphabet soup...
18 September, 2020
Take care of the land and it will take care of you
Fannie Dock talks about growing up in Bristol Bay: I was born...
16 September, 2020
Riding across a Texas ranch taught me that to love land is to protect it
Our office manager Ashley Boyd talks about how ranch life taught her...
16 September, 2020
A rundown on our August lawsuits
Our August lawsuits charge Interior and federal agencies with derailing public input,...
28 August, 2020
Lawsuit calls out NPS for paving way for destructive hunting practices
We sued the Interior Department and National Park Service for illegally adopting...
26 August, 2020
Lawsuit calls out illegal plan to sell off the nation’s largest public land
We went to court again—the second time this week--charging the U.S. Bureau...
25 August, 2020
We stand with the Gwich’in in court to protect sacred lands in the Arctic Refuge
The Gwich’in Steering Committee and allied groups took Interior to court today...
24 August, 2020
Alaska News Brief August 2020: The Long term consequences of greed
Like a lot of you, I feel a sense of chaos and...
23 August, 2020
Ten years is forever until it flies
We’re proud and thrilled that two of our senior staff attorneys have...
21 August, 2020
Trump gives Arctic Refuge to Big Oil
The Trump administration adopted a devastating leasing and drilling plan that gives...
17 August, 2020
We’re taking Trump to court over bogus Ambler decision
We sued the Trump administration to challenge its illegal approval of the...
04 August, 2020
Alaska News Brief July 2020: Look for the light
I'm packing right now for a trip to McNeil River next week....
21 July, 2020
Pebble in a time of COVID
Greed drives the Pebble project, and the pandemic hasn’t changed that. Pebble’s “business...
17 July, 2020
Trump’s plan to wreck the Arctic
Trump agencies have become conveyor belts for moving public lands into industry...
17 July, 2020
Intern makes way to Alaska via Zoom!
I am so grateful to the legal team at Trustees for being...
16 July, 2020
Alaska News Brief June 2020: Endless pressure, endlessly applied
I came to Trustees as a staff attorney in 2007 and recall...
17 June, 2020
Trump targets wildlife in Alaska
Despite the global pandemic and significant civil unrest, this administration has been...
16 June, 2020
Welcoming new folks, celebrating new roles
The “hunker down” that started in March didn’t lighten our workload, but...
16 June, 2020