Our longtime friend and supporter Nancy Lord used to set-net on the west side of Alaska’s Cook Inlet. Beluga whales “often passed our camp in huge pods, often more than a hundred at a time, and sometimes when we were in our skiff we’d cut the motor just to drift among them,” she said. “They always avoided our nets.” … Read More

We’ve all heard the old sayings, “There’s a sucker born every day” and “Every many for himself,” but right now the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the deep and catastrophic flaws in those worldviews. The pandemic necessitates collective care, not exploitation. It requires prioritizing the most vulnerable over conveniences and profit. … Read More

Alaskans can show their love by giving part or all of their Permanent Fund Dividend to nonprofits like Trustees for Alaska. You can make a real-world difference by using Pick.Click.Give. when filling out your PFD application, or by going back … Read More

A red and white bobber brought Stacy Studebaker to Alaska.
Her journey started when she was just 5 or 6 years old, and her father gave her a bamboo fishing rod with a bobber, hook, and worm.
She grew into and out of fishing gear over the years as the two of them fished from the East Coast to the West Coast, from Florida to the Rocky Mountains, from the southeast to the Far North.
“They say the love of nature develops in the hearts of fly fishermen,” Stacy said.
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I started at Trustees in 1994
as an intern working on Cook Inlet water quality issues, and later as a staff attorney and legal director who took the Pebble project to court in 2009. Yep,
we’re in court again on Pebble, and still fighting to keep pollutants out of Cook Inlet, but our partnerships and coalitions have evolved and grown.

In my nearly six years as
executive director, I’ve learned one thing–that change is coming, even when it
feels like the change we need won’t budge. … Read More

We believe that you cannot separate the fight for civil rights and human rights from the fight for clean water and healthy foods—i.e., salmon returning to unpolluted rivers and caribou nourished on unindustrialized lands—and for the peoples’ voice and agency over their homelands and communities. Here, we share some of the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that inspires our work. … Read More

Four Trustees’ board members have received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Alaska Conservation Foundation for their work protecting Alaska lands, waters, wildlife and people. Let’s introduce them!… Read More

It’s our birthday on Dec. 16–and this year we get to blow out 45 candles! We may need to invest in some carbon credits! 😉

To celebrate, we’d like to take a deep breath and reflect with
gratitude on all the people who commit to taking care of Alaska, the planet,
and each other. We want to first acknowledge and honor the leaders and elders
who have come before us, guided us, and taught us to think generations ahead.… Read More

Heidi Helling comes to Trustees by way of research and field work. Here, she talks about her journey from wolves and snow dynamics to legal assistant. … Read More

Trustees shares its staff wish list, and hopes that all your wish lists give you the inspiration and hope, some time outside in the moonlight or sun, and time with the people and animals you love. … Read More