Interns on the issues: Does Alaska view wolves as vermin or vital species?
Our summer interns, Kat, Catherine and Hannah, have already jumped into legal research...
30 June, 2017
News Blog
Interns on the issues: Can we co-exist with migratory birds?
Our summer interns, Kat, Catherine and Hannah, have already jumped into legal...
29 June, 2017
Climate change puts Arctic communities in peril
Whether living in the Arctic or an urban center in the Lower...
21 June, 2017
Self-taught artist paints rural Alaska life
[caption id="attachment_6813" align="alignright" width="307"] Courtesy Ryder Erickson.[/caption] Ryder Erickson makes paintings from his...
21 June, 2017
Art that reflects the land
[caption id="attachment_6813" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ryder with one of his paintings. Courtesy Ryder...
21 June, 2017
How do you make a clean city?
[caption id="attachment_6801" align="alignright" width="300"] Tracy on the Coastal Trail. Anchorage. Photo by...
15 June, 2017
Meet our 2017 summer interns!
Each year interns spend their summer with Trustees for Alaska. They conduct...
30 May, 2017
Alaska Brief Newsletter–May 2017
Dear Supporter: After the disappointing rollbacks of important regulations like the predator control...
18 May, 2017
Pebble mine PR prompts Bristol Bay eye roll
[caption id="attachment_6633" align="alignright" width="447"] Fishing defines Bristol Bay, home to the largest...
17 May, 2017
Pebble, EPA cut backroom deal
[caption id="attachment_6638" align="alignleft" width="316"] Bristol Bay has said no to Pebble mine...
17 May, 2017
Alaska’s outsized impact
Jordan Schoonover interned with Trustees for Alaska in the summer of 2012...
15 May, 2017
New Nunamta leadership fights for Bristol Bay
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday May 4, 2017 Nunamta Aulukestai (Caretakers of Our Land) Announces...
04 May, 2017
The Western Arctic needs protection
The name makes it sound like a giant oil field—the National Petroleum...
01 May, 2017
UAA student stretches legal experience
[caption id="attachment_6517" align="alignright" width="300"] Trustees intern seeks a legal career[/caption] Madeleine is an...
24 April, 2017
Alaska Brief Newsletter — April 2017
Dear Supporter: We have good reason to celebrate this month. The company that wanted...
18 April, 2017
Chuitna salmon saved!
In our line of work, good news often comes in small packages. This time it...
12 April, 2017
There’s a bear behind you!
[caption id="attachment_6434" align="alignright" width="269"] Steve on a ridge over the Beaufort Sea,...
12 April, 2017
New Pebble permit requires $2 million bond
Today, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued a new permit...
11 April, 2017
Predator control in Alaska
"You can't let nature run wild: predator control in Alaska" by Peter...
28 March, 2017
What did we learn from the Exxon Valdez?
[caption id="attachment_6357" align="alignleft" width="421"] Courtesy the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council[/caption] The...
22 March, 2017
Alaska Brief Newsletter — March 2017
Scott Pruitt's attack on science is an attack on our communities. When...
17 March, 2017
See polar bears in the wild!
Observing wild polar bears in their natural habitat is truly a remarkable...
16 March, 2017
Good deeds stick
An Alaska campaign to bolster conservation efforts relies on one simple theory:...
14 March, 2017
A click to save the wild
Matt Mead grew up skiing, hunting, fishing, mountain biking and hiking in...
13 March, 2017
Why do I do this work?
[caption id="attachment_6580" align="alignleft" width="150"] Katie and Bella[/caption] Katie Strong, staff attorney [caption id="attachment_6581" align="alignright"...
22 February, 2017
Give with your PFD
Alaska’s big wild life We measure Alaska with superlatives—the tallest mountains, the wildest...
21 February, 2017
Alaska Brief Newsletter — February 2017
Dear Supporter: Maybe you heard the story of the senator who persisted when...
20 February, 2017
Alaska Brief Newsletter — January 2017
Dear Supporter: First, let me say thank you for your tremendous generosity to...
20 February, 2017
Alaska Brief Newsletter — December 2016
Dear Supporter: On November 9th, we woke up to a stark new reality...
20 February, 2017