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
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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
The outside life–an ode to icy slopes and jampacked campgrounds
I’ve been incredibly lucky to call Alaska my home for over 11...
14 December, 2022
To make is to share, a winter solstice reflection
Every December as the shortest day of light approaches, we like to...
14 December, 2022
Joyfully pressing the pause button: Alaska News Brief November 2022
I don’t know about you, but I need a break. It’s been a...
16 November, 2022
Between a rock and a hard place: the road to Ambler
In the first piece in our series on mining in Alaska, we...
16 November, 2022
A climber’s reflection: Being in that exact spot, at that exact moment
I always wanted to climb as a kid. As soon as I...
15 November, 2022
The heaviness of change: Alaska News Brief October 2022
Lately I’ve been hamstrung by the heaviness of change. It doesn’t take much...
22 October, 2022
Between a rock and a hard place: Pushing for “green energy” mining could replace one catastrophe with another
By Dawnell Smith Clean energy is in the air these days—in the sun,...
22 October, 2022
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We’re looking for a staff attorney, legal director, and communications coordinator We’re hiring...
22 October, 2022
A recipe for well being
By Brian Litmans, legal director Brian in the desert, 2020. Just after I...
21 October, 2022
In memory of a fierce advocate for good: Alaska News Brief September 2022
We lost a friend and board member to cancer last month. Glo...
20 September, 2022
A Pebble mine update: Can we just let the salmon run?
The Pebble mine proposal has upturned lives and posed a constant threat...
20 September, 2022
A trip to the South Brooks Range makes the Ambler road threat palpable
One of the things that most struck me in flying across the...
20 September, 2022
From disillusionment to advocacy–my path to environmental law
Growing up, I probably wouldn’t have considered myself an “environmentalist.” No, I wasn’t...
19 September, 2022
Playing on the Chattahoochee floodplains seeded my interest in legal advocacy
I grew up along the Chattahoochee River in Georgia, just north of...
19 September, 2022
An August surprise: Alaska News Brief August 2022
Last week I flew down to Iowa to surprise my sister Julie...
17 August, 2022
The ache and the awe of tender gravity
Marybeth Holleman’s first book of poetry, “tender gravity,” came out this month,...
17 August, 2022
The Arctic on the precipice
By Dawnell Smith Alaska faces serious climate impacts, pollution concerns, and industrial pressures....
17 August, 2022
My summers with dirt
By Tracy Lohman Vine-ripe goodness from Tracy's greenhouse. Photo by Tracy Lohman. Gardening is...
17 August, 2022