Just Say No to Coal: Alaska Brief Newsletter – February 2015
Dear Supporter, In last month’s edition of the Alaska Brief I shared with...Important Cases for 2015: Alaska Brief Newsletter – January 2015
Dear Supporter, As we begin 2015 and look ahead, I am also...Important Cases in 2015
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in America's Arctic, Clean Air and Water, Climate Change, Marine Ecosystems, Wild Lands & Wildlife
Trustees for Alaska is working on important conservation issues and legal cases...
in America's Arctic, Clean Air and Water, Climate Change, Marine Ecosystems, Wild Lands & Wildlife
40 Years of Defending Alaska – 1974-2014
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in America's Arctic, Clean Air and Water, Climate Change, Marine Ecosystems, News, Wild Lands & Wildlife
1974-1984: The First Decade Beirne Homestead Initiative Trustees for Alaska challenged the...
in America's Arctic, Clean Air and Water, Climate Change, Marine Ecosystems, News, Wild Lands & Wildlife
Board Member Bob Childers Honored with Lifetime Achievement Conservation Award
Alaska Conservation Foundation is holding its annual Conservation Achievement Awards banquet this...
Welcome 2014 Summer Interns!
Each year interns arrive to spend their summer with Trustees for Alaska....
Protecting the People and Places in the Colville River Delta
Nuiqsut is located on the Colville River Delta, the largest delta on...February 2010 Legal Brief
Dear Friend, One of the hallmarks of Trustees for Alaska is our...
A farewell to Trustees’ co-founder Rod Cameron—Alaska News Brief September 2026
This week, our attorneys argued before a panel of the 9th Circuit...
Stacy Studebaker—the pull of sand and sea air
By Dawnell Smith Come summertime, Stacy Studebaker and her husband Mike Sirofchuck...
On beings and biomes—lichens and mosses
By Madison Grosvenor On all my hikes throughout Alaska, while I would...
On beings and biomes—the role of the river
By Madison Grosvenor As seasons shift and ice gives way to current,...
Interior’s fist pumping lease sale and Big Oil’s gluttonous ride—Alaska News Brief April 2026
The Interior Department held a lease sale last month that offered a...
Beings and biomes—Alaska’s iconic brown bear
By Ashley Donovan, legal fellow Every summer, dozens of massive, powerful brown bears converge along the braided...
Beings and biomes—life in the subnivean zone
By Madison Grosvenor The snow is finally falling in Southcentral. I have eagerly awaited skiing on...
On beings and biomes—sea ice is everyone’s business
By Madison Grosvenor Though frozen, the sea ice biome is anything but...
On beings and biomes—the perpetual homecoming of migratory birds
by Dawnell Smith Three years ago, a four-month-old bar-tailed godwit flew nonstop...
What is the Administrative Procedure Act?
By Madison Grosvenor Who makes sure federal agencies play by the rules...
The real Moby Dick story—Alaska News Brief July 2025
The true story that inspired the iconic book “Moby Dick” tells a...
On beings and biomes—beluga whales
By Dawnell Smith Beluga whales look every bit as darling as the...
Live like a hermit crab—Alaska News Brief May 2025
I’d like to live like a hermit crab, carrying my protective shell...
It’s been a month, and I’m pissed off—Alaska News Brief April 2025
Sigh. It’s been a month and then some. Late in March we...
The gutting of public lands—Alaska News Brief March 2025
I never watched “The Apprentice” and don’t revel in people getting fired....
The law under fire—what does NEPA do?
By Dawnell Smith Decades ago, bulldozers plowed interstate highways across the country...
Beings and biomes: keystone and indicator species
By Madison Grosvenor Imagine walking under the masonry arch of an old...
What does the law do? ANILCA and public lands in Alaska
Welcome to our first piece in a series of articles about what...
President Jimmy Carter’s visionary stand for Alaska
by Dawnell Smith President Jimmy Carter died this month, but his lifelong...
Keep bringing the light. Alaska News Brief December 2024.
Winter just started, according to the astronomical calendar, but most Alaskans have...