Dear Friend, Trustees for Alaska works strategically to address some of the most important environmental issues affecting Alaska. We represent a wide range of clients from native villages, community and citizen groups, local and national conservation groups, statewide coalitions, hunting and fishing groups, as well as individual Alaskans. Please read on to learn more about some of our current work. Sincerely, Trish Rolfe Executive Director   Global warming is devastating ecosystems in Alaska, and coastal communities are being disproportionately impacted. Alaska Native people living on the coast are witnessing many changes in seasonal patterns, sea ice and animals. In recent years, Bering Sea ice has been forming later in the year and melting early in spring. Regular scientific surveys show that during recent years that were especially warm, 45 species of fish shifted the center of their range northward. While ocean temperatures vary year-to-year, the trend over time is expected to be warming. With rising temperatures and changes in annual sea ice, commercially valuable fish species are expanding to more northern waters. Large-scale fishing fleets are increasing the pressure to expand operations into these new areas. … Read More

Dear Friend, Trustees for Alaska works strategically to address some of the most important environmental issues affecting Alaska.  We represent a wide range of clients from native villages, community and citizen groups, local and national conservation groups, statewide coalitions, hunting and fishing groups, as well as individual Alaskans.  Please read on to learn more about some of our current work. Sincerely, Trish Rolfe Executive Director Update: Ninth Circuit Decides Not to Rehear Challenge to EPA’s Delegation of NPDES Program to Alaska In the last Trustees for Alaska Legal Brief, we discussed the ongoing challenge to EPA’s delegation of the NPDES program to Alaska.  We filed a Petition for Rehearing by both the … Read More

Dear Friend, Trustees for Alaska works strategically to address some of the most important environmental issues affecting Alaska. We represent a wide range of clients from native villages, community and citizen groups, local and national conservation groups, statewide coalitions, hunting … Read More

Dear Friend, Trustees for Alaska works strategically to address some of the most important environmental issues affecting Alaska.  We represent a wide range of clients from native villages, community and citizen groups, local and national conservation groups, statewide coalitions, hunting and fishing groups, as well as individual Alaskans.  Please read on to learn more about some of our current work. Sincerely, Trish Rolfe Executive Director Judge Orders Trial in Lawsuit Challenging the Proposed Pebble Mine’s Exploration Permits Trustees for Alaska had a big victory in court on July 12, in our landmark constitutional lawsuit challenging exploration and water use permits for the proposed Pebble Mine.  The judge ruled in our favor and against the State of Alaska and Pebble Limited Partnership on their motions for summary judgment.  The court’s decision means that the plaintiffs, … Read More

Dear Friend, Trustees for Alaska works strategically to address some of the most important environmental issues affecting Alaska. We represent a wide range of clients from native villages, community and citizen groups, local and national conservation groups, statewide coalitions, hunting … Read More

Dear Friend, One of the hallmarks of Trustees for Alaska is our capacity to respond to a wide range of threats from one end of this vast state to the other. We are unique in our ability to provide free … Read More

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  One of the hallmarks of Trustees for Alaska is our capacity – honed over the course of 35 years on the frontlines of environmental advocacy – to respond to a wide range of threats from one end of this … Read More

Bristol Bay Residents Ask Supreme Court to Uphold Dumping Ban on Toxic Mine Wastes Decision Will Determine Whether Pebble Mine Can Legally Pollute the Headwaters of the World’s Largest Sockeye Salmon Fishery Trustees for Alaska, representing Native villages and commercial … Read More