How building a house in Idaho changed national wetlands policy and now threatens waterways in Alaska
In late May, the U.S. Supreme Court again stepped out of its...
22 June, 2023
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Drinks with lawyers—Katie talks about going into the unknown
At 28 and just a few years out of law school, Katie...
21 June, 2023
When I grow up, I’m gonna be outdoors!
Lydia grew up wanting to be outdoors; and then the pandemic made...
21 June, 2023
Hooray, spring has come! Alaska News Brief May 2023
There’s a meme that’s been going around Alaska for months now. It...
17 May, 2023
Going to court again to protect already vulnerable polar bears
We went to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last month...
17 May, 2023
Drinks with lawyers: Bridget on doing good and paying the bills
If you heard about ConocoPhillips’ new Willow oil and gas project, you...
16 May, 2023
Spring into Alaska.
Welcome to Trustees for Alaska and our spring celebration! It’s May, after...
06 May, 2023
It’s choice, not fate, on climate. Alaska News Brief April 2023.
Too many pandemic lessons have gotten lost as the engine of “normal”...
14 April, 2023
Protect the Western Susitna River area from unnecessary development
Learn about the proposed West Susitna Industrial Access Road through our storymap....
14 April, 2023
Litigation 101: What’s a motion for a preliminary injunction and how did ours play out in our Willow litigation?
Motions can ask the judge to do an array of things, like...
14 April, 2023
Why we like a proposed Park Service rule prohibiting destructive hunting practices on national preserves
In 2020 we went to court to stop a U.S. National Park...
14 April, 2023
Finding joy on mountain ridges
When I was little, my mother asked my brother and I to...
13 April, 2023
How a week of news tastes like a soggy cabbage sandwich: Alaska News Brief March 2023
I took some time off to see my family in early March....
17 March, 2023
When the Secretary withdrew a land exchange that traded away vital wetlands in Izembek Refuge, did it put this issue to bed? Not yet.
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced on March 14 that the...
17 March, 2023
Case closed: Supreme Court declines to hear case, ban on brown bear-baiting in the Kenai Refuge stands
By Theresa Soley, communications coordinator Expired bread and donuts stuffed into five-gallon buckets,...
17 March, 2023
We sued the Biden administration’s approval of the Willow project. Let’s pause now to share these words from SILA
By Dawnell Smith The Biden administration released its final decision on the ConocoPhillips...
14 March, 2023
How pandemic shifts brought Theresa Soley to Trustees
A cartoonized image of Theresa. By Theresa Soley The pandemic has meant changes...
14 March, 2023
BREAKING: Biden administration approves Willow project, locking in massive greenhouse gases for decades
The Biden administration approved the ConocoPhillips’ Willow project today, locking in oil...
13 March, 2023
A Homer couple uses Pick.Click.Give. to protect the places they love
Rika and John Mouw settled in Alaska from the mountains of Colorado...
28 February, 2023
Alaska News Brief February 2023. I’m still shoveling. Let the celebration begin!
Here we are, well into Alaska’s notorious faux spring, where we’re so...
17 February, 2023
The bad news can be made good and the good news better. Stop Willow and protect the Arctic Refuge.
The ConocoPhillips Willow oil and gas proposal is on the move--and so...
17 February, 2023
Litigation 101: How did a magistrate imperil already vulnerable polar bears?
Recently, a magistrate judge with the federal District Court in Alaska issued...
17 February, 2023
What’s up with rules around hunting bears and wolves on federal lands in Alaska?
We've been in court over hunting rules on national park lands, including...
17 February, 2023
A long walk in the Arctic
Late last June, I drove from my home in Anchorage to Fairbanks...
21 January, 2023
Hitting the books again: Alaska News Brief January 2023
We had some big changes at Trustees last year. We moved into a...
21 January, 2023
Park Service proposes hunting rule protecting wildlife in national park lands in Alaska
The National Park Service released a proposed rule earlier this month that...
20 January, 2023
Make your click matter by picking Trustees!
Right now and until March 31, Alaskans can support Trustees for Alaska...
20 January, 2023
A bittersweet farewell: Alaska News Brief December 2022
December feels bittersweet this year. Sweet because I love snowy mountains and am...
14 December, 2022
We argued in Ninth Circuit Court to protect Izembek & all national parks and refuges in Alaska
On a sunny December afternoon in Pasadena, California, we argued before a...
14 December, 2022