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
News Blog
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
Geoff’s farewell means “see you around”
By Geoff Toy When I accepted the fellow position at Trustees, it was...
18 June, 2024
Pulling the Pebble mine out of Alaska’s XTRATUFs
By Dawnell Smith A pebble underfoot can make walking unpleasant and irritating, and...
18 June, 2024
The third decade—clean water, mud-slinging, and nature running wild
By Madison Grosvenor Trustees for Alaska’s third decade focused heavily on the oil...
18 June, 2024
Music to our ears: Alaska News Brief May 2024
We got snow this month, but no matter, because the birds keep...
17 May, 2024
The second decade—dialed up to 11
By Dawnell Smith If you sum up the 1980s in a few words,...
17 May, 2024
Drinks with Lang—new routes and the economies of play
By Dawnell Smith Lang Van Dommelen typically arrives at the office early with...
17 May, 2024
Lydia’s (not forever) farewell to her love at first sight
Up until my last year of law school, Alaska was never on...
16 May, 2024
Are you a joyful animal? — Alaska News Brief April 2024
I returned to the office last week after spending part of my...
19 April, 2024