Let the sun shine in—Alaska News Brief June 2026
Soon the longest day of sunlight in North America will embrace us:...
The season of care—Alaska News Brief May 2026
The month of May tends to make people happy and keep them...
YOU ROCK 4EVER XOXO—Alaska News Brief February 2026
The retail sector makes a big deal of Valentine’s Day. There’s money to be made, of...
Time to talk to the critters—Alaska News Brief January 2026
As I check off my to-do list before heading to Ecuador for...
Press releases : 2025
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Our common cause is each other—Alaska News Brief October 2025
Earlier this month, the remnants of a typhoon that originated in the...
On beings and biomes—wetlands as the center of our everything
By Madison Grosvenor In Crossing the Swamp, poet Mary Oliver immerses us...
The big gamble
by Peg Tileston, founder and longtime board member When we founded Trustees...
Darkness before the dawn—Alaska News Brief August 2025
In 1650, after living through about eight years of civil war in...
On beings and biomes—caribou and their migrations
By Madison Grosvenor Each year in Alaska, caribou carve their way across...
The big bad budget bill and what Alaska stands to lose
By Madison Grosvenor While fireworks lit up the sky this Fourth of...
A brutally dangerous budget bill and how you can help stop it
By Dawnell Smith Congress is misusing a budget process to try to...
On beings and biomes—a year in the tundra
By Madison Grosvenor Alaska’s tundra is a land of extremes, where life...Press Releases: 2025
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2025 Press Releases March 25, 2025: Court ruling lets AIDEA keep Arctic...
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How to focus on Fridays
By Madison Grosvenor If you’ve seen Trustees on social media over the...
Our response to the Trump administration’s industrialization agenda in Alaska
The Trump administration released a rash of executive orders on Jan. 20....
Hello, 2025. We’re ready for you—Alaska News Brief January 2025
Throughout 2024, we threw parties and shared funny and true stories about...
The 50th Anniversary series: Landmark cases
20 Dec, 2024
in 50th anniversary, America's Arctic, Bristol Bay, Clean Air and Water, Wild Lands & Wildlife
By Dawnell Smith A winning lawsuit can set the stage for legal...
in 50th anniversary, America's Arctic, Bristol Bay, Clean Air and Water, Wild Lands & Wildlife
Alaska News Brief November 2024. Giving knits the world together
By Chase Hensel, board chair I was staying with friends in a...
The fifth decade—goodbye coal, hello chaos
22 Nov, 2024
in 50th anniversary, America's Arctic, Bristol Bay, Litigation, News, Wild Lands & Wildlife
By Dawnell Smith The last decade feels like a dust storm—like a...
in 50th anniversary, America's Arctic, Bristol Bay, Litigation, News, Wild Lands & Wildlife
Press Releases: 2023
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2023 Press Releases Dec. 19, 2023: Ninth Circuit Court lets ConocoPhillips continue...
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Some things always/never change: Alaska News Brief October 2024
By Teresa Clemmer, legal director We’ve had an incredibly rainy summer—fifth wettest...
An Agiak adventure to remember
By Teresa Clemmer To celebrate our 50th Anniversary, a cohort of Trustees...
A lackluster hunting rule and the latest onslaught of lawsuits
By Dawnell Smith We got the blahs last month when the National...
The third decade—clean water, mud-slinging, and nature running wild
18 Jun, 2024
in 50th anniversary, America's Arctic, Bristol Bay, Clean Air and Water, Litigation, Wild Lands & Wildlife
By Madison Grosvenor Trustees for Alaska’s third decade focused heavily on the...
in 50th anniversary, America's Arctic, Bristol Bay, Clean Air and Water, Litigation, Wild Lands & Wildlife
The second decade—dialed up to 11
By Dawnell Smith If you sum up the 1980s in a few...
Alaska needs to get a handle on AIDEA’s unfettered spending spree.
By Dawnell Smith The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority spends millions...
The promise of Spring. Alaska News Brief March 2024
Greetings! It’s an honor to be standing in for Vicki while she’s...