Alaska Brief–March 2019
Cook Inlet stretches 180 miles from the Gulf of Alaska to Anchorage,...
Army Corps railroads public process
Last month, Trustees submitted comments on the proposed Pebble mine on behalf...
Sharing the wild with bears
Our legal director Valerie Brown just spent some time sharing the wild...
Alaskans want Bristol Bay protected
Why hurry through a public comment period for a controversial mega-mining proposal...
Alaska’s wild life just miles from the city
Trustees interns always explore the Alaska wilderness with new eyes and perspectives....
How do you make a clean city?
What makes Tracy Lohman thankful every day? Knowing that she can...
Alaska Brief Newsletter–May 2017
Dear Supporter: After the disappointing rollbacks of important regulations like the predator...
Chuitna salmon saved!
In our line of work, good news often comes in small packages. This...
Good deeds stick
An Alaska campaign to bolster conservation efforts relies on one simple theory:...
Court Reaffirms Coal Mining Win for Matanuska Valley Residents
The court reaffirmed its earlier decision that stale, decades-old coal mining permits cannot stand, ensuring that any mining at Wishbone Hill will have to protect neighborhoods, watersheds, and wildlife.Alaska Brief Newsletter – July 2016
The July issue of the Alaska Brief includes stories on winning the Wishbone Hill expired permit lawsuit, the shut down of the Knik Arm Bridge, monthly donor Jane Sauer and Kim Williams Congressional testimony at yet another hearing on the Pebble Mine.
Court Rules that Coal Mine Permits Expire Automatically
In a decision that protects the Matanuska Valley and its residents, the Court ruled that permits for the Wishbone Hill Coal mine expired and that an agency decision finding that they were valid was incorrect.
Press Release: Wishbone Hill Permit Invalid
The US District Court ruled that the Wishbone Hill 25-year permit for Wishbone Hill is invalid.
Governor Says No to Knik Arm Bridge
A decade of working to stop the proposed Knik Arm Bridge came to end this week when Governor Walker shut it down.
Marine Biology to Environmental Advocate
Trustees for Alaska's Executive Director Vicki Clark tells her story on how and why she works to protect Alaska.
Chuitna EIS Delayed
The Army Corps delays the Chuitna EIS due to the incomplete application from PacRim.
Chuitna Water Reservation Challenged
Chuitna Citizens Coalition’s water reservation is being challenged. PacRim continues its permit applications to build a mine for coal nobody wants.IMPORTANT CASES IN 2016
12 Jan, 2016
in America's Arctic, Clean Air and Water, Climate Change, Marine Ecosystems, News, Wild Lands & Wildlife
Trustees for Alaska's important cases for 2016 in five programmatic areas of climate change, America's Arctic, clean air and water, marine ecosystems, and wild lands and wildlife.
in America's Arctic, Clean Air and Water, Climate Change, Marine Ecosystems, News, Wild Lands & Wildlife
2015 Conservation Victories: The Year in Review
23 Dec, 2015
in America's Arctic, Clean Air and Water, Climate Change, Marine Ecosystems, News, Wild Lands & Wildlife
Trustees for Alaska achieved many victories for conservation during 2015 including protection of the Arctic Refuge, Pebble permits ruled unconstitutional, predators protected, and many more.
in America's Arctic, Clean Air and Water, Climate Change, Marine Ecosystems, News, Wild Lands & Wildlife
Pebble Subpoenas Mine Opponents
Pebble subpoenas are being sent to over 60 individuals, tribes, Native Corporations, Universities, retail companies and conservation groups in its attempt to stop EPA from shutting down the proposed mine.
Mixed Victory for Salmon on the Chuitna River
Chuitna Citizens Coalition was granted one of its three requested water rights on Middle Creek, an important tributary, and salmon spawning and rearing habitat, of the Chuitna River, where PacRim wants to strip mine for coal.
2015 Summer Interns
Three legal interns spent the 2015 summer with Trustees for Alaska. Interns provide critical legal support to Trustees at the same time as they gain valuable on the ground legal experience.
Final Hearing on Water for Salmon
Final hearing set for precedent setting water reservation applications to preserve water for salmon in the Chuitna River watershed in an area where PacRim wants to destroy 14 miles of a salmon stream to mine for coal.
Bombing at Eagle River Flats
Fifty years of unrestricted, year-round Army training bombing extensively contaminated Eagle River Flats and resulted in large-scale bird mortality. Public outcry and a lawsuit filed by Trustees for Alaska resulted in bombing restrictions that have been incredibly successful in protecting birds. Now, the Army seeks to resume bombing already proven to wreak ecological havoc.More Pebble News: Alaska Brief Newsletter – June 2015
June 2015 issue of Trustees for Alaska's electronic newsletter Alaska Brief.Wilderness Recommended! Alaska Brief Newsletter – May 2015
Dear Supporter: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one step closer to...
Beluga Resident Fights Dirty Coal
CLIENT PERSPECTIVE: Judy Heilman, member of the Chuitna Citizens Coalition, shares her...Water for Salmon, Not Coal: Alaska Brief Newsletter – March 2015
Dear Supporter: Let’s Not Trade Salmon for Coal Across Cook Inlet from Anchorage...