Ambler road threatens dozens of communities. Join the fight to stop it.
The proposed Ambler industrial transportation corridor, commonly called the Ambler road, threatens...
20 October, 2023
A Homer couple uses Pick.Click.Give. to protect the places they love
Rika and John Mouw settled in Alaska from the mountains of Colorado...
28 February, 2023
Joyfully pressing the pause button: Alaska News Brief November 2022
I don’t know about you, but I need a break. It’s been a...
16 November, 2022
Between a rock and a hard place: the road to Ambler
In the first piece in our series on mining in Alaska, we...
16 November, 2022
Between a rock and a hard place: Pushing for “green energy” mining could replace one catastrophe with another
By Dawnell Smith Clean energy is in the air these days—in the sun,...
22 October, 2022
A trip to the South Brooks Range makes the Ambler road threat palpable
One of the things that most struck me in flying across the...
20 September, 2022
Stories can teach, stories can lie: Alaska News Brief April 2022
It doesn’t take long spending time with dogs, bears, birds and bees...
15 April, 2022
Biden administration recognizes some, not all, legal problems with Ambler road approvals
The Biden administration failed to rescind permits for the Ambler road proposal...
22 February, 2022
An Arctic wish list with 2022 resolve
Our work feels less frantic and chaotic than it did a year...
17 December, 2021
Cold hands and fat bears: Alaska News Brief October 2021
Seriously, I got really cold hands, along with an amazing birthday week...
15 October, 2021
Interior seeks pause on Arctic road litigation, threat to people, land remains
Late last month the Interior Department requested a 60-day stay of action...
15 October, 2021
A rundown on our August lawsuits
Our August lawsuits charge Interior and federal agencies with derailing public input,...
28 August, 2020
Alaska News Brief August 2020: The Long term consequences of greed
Like a lot of you, I feel a sense of chaos and...
23 August, 2020
We’re taking Trump to court over bogus Ambler decision
We sued the Trump administration to challenge its illegal approval of the...
04 August, 2020
AIDEA uses health crisis to funnel cash to industrial road
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority used the Covid-19 crisis to...
21 April, 2020
Alaska Brief–October 2019
When people use the phrase "for the birds," they trivialize what they consider...
20 November, 2019
Two “under the radar” projects that threaten the Arctic
Two projects - the Ambler road and the Willow oil and gas...
17 October, 2019
The road to a budget black hole
What does Alaska’s budget chaos have to do with a proposed private...
22 August, 2019
Ambler road rears its head
A Canadian mining company wants Alaska to finance a private industrial road...
20 December, 2018
Ambler project endangers wildlife and people
[caption id="attachment_3496" align="alignright" width="456"] The pot of gold at the end of...
16 February, 2018
Say no to the proposed Ambler road
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA), a state agency, has...
15 January, 2018
Speak out against the proposed road to Ambler
[caption id="attachment_7774" align="alignright" width="382"] Caribou in Gates of the Arctic National Preserve.[/caption] Alaskans...
20 November, 2017
2016 Triumphs, Challenges: The Year in Review
Celebrating the successes of 2016: Pebble subpoenas tossed out; Trustees argue for...
16 December, 2016
A Major Road Block for the Ill-Conceived Road to Ambler
Federal agencies reject AIDEA's application to build a 220-mile road to Ambler...
11 February, 2016
IMPORTANT CASES IN 2016
Trustees for Alaska's important cases for 2016 in five programmatic areas of...
12 January, 2016
Mining News Update
Alaska Miners Association’s Bridge to Fishermen Falls Flat Early in November, the Alaska...
11 December, 2015
The Ambler Road to Ruin Grinds On
The Road to Ambler is a remnant from Governor Sean Parnell’s ill-conceived...
12 November, 2015
2014: The Year in Review
Looking back over the last twelve months, Trustees for Alaska and everyone...
22 December, 2014