We went to court in December to stop ConocoPhillips from doing road building, blasting, and gravel mining as part of its Willow project in the western Arctic’s National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. A lot has changed since then, but not the project’s … Read More

  The Ninth Circuit Court ruled today to uphold the National Park Service’s authority to manage boating activities on navigable rivers within park boundaries in Alaska. Trustees represented thirteen conservation groups in the case, Sturgeon v. Frost, by filing an … Read More

  Salmon returned to Bristol Bay in force this month. Unfortunately, so did the push to put foreign mining interests before Alaska fish. By turning back on protections, the EPA turns its back on Bristol Bay and its communities. Today, … Read More

The US District Court ruled that the Wishbone Hill 25-year permit for Wishbone Hill is invalid.… Read More

Press Release: US Supreme Court remands question of the National Park Service’s authority to manage its waterways to the Ninth Circuit.… Read More

After six years of litigation, the Seward Coal Loading Facility case has settled. The Facility will get a Clean Water Act permit, clean up its operations, and pay for conservation projects in the Seward area through the Kachemak Heritage Land Bank.… Read More

A Federal judge rules to protect Izembek Wilderness from a proposed road from King Cove to Cold Bay that would have gone through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.… Read More

Press Release: Court victory for wilderness in the Arctic Refuge… Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2015 Contacts: Pamela Miller, (907) 222-7714 (o); (907) 242-9991 (cell) Meg Matthews, [email protected] / 206.291.5942 U.S. Supreme Court Decision a Victory for Seward’s Resurrection Bay Court Declines to Hear Appeal from Companies that Have Dumped … Read More