A historic vote moved the bipartisan House Bill 1146, the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, out of the House Natural Resources Committee this month. The bill would restore protections for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife … Read More

  Federal employees got zero dollars on their paychecks. Air and water quality monitoring ceased in some communities. Trash accumulated at national parks. The consequences of the current government shutdown are severe and enduring, and will only get worse as … Read More

In June, delegates of the Gwich’in Nation unanimously reaffirmed a resolution to protect the birthplace and nursery grounds of the Porcupine caribou herd.  The resolution calls for the United States Congress to recognize the human rights of the Gwich’in people … Read More

Rally for the Arctic: Help the Gwich’in protect their way of life Last month, hundreds of Alaskans showed up at public hearings to oppose oil and gas leasing in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Some of … Read More

Officials from the Interior Department set up meetings in Kaktovik, Utgiagvik, Fairbanks and Anchorage to advance their agenda of leasing the Arctic Refuge as fast as they can. The Interior deputy secretary spoke at the Alaska Support Industry Alliance meeting … Read More

This month–and in the same week!–Trustees filed two lawsuits taking the Trump administration to court. The first suit challenges Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for using an unlawful land exchange process to take away public land and wilderness to build a road. The … Read More

  “Every Who down in Whoville, the tall and the small, Was singing! Without any presents at all!” –Dr. Seuss, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” Today marks the 57th anniversary of the establishment of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and … Read More