In 2020 we went to court to stop a U.S. National Park Service rule from allowing sport hunting activities like brown bear baiting on national preserves in Alaska. We won in 2022 when a U.S. District Court judge found the rule unlawful and sent it back to Park Service to fix. Now there’s a new proposed rule and there’s a lot to like about it. … Read More
We argued in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 18 to defend a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to protect brown bears and wolves in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge from the state of Alaska’s aggressive targeting … Read More
We sued the Interior Department and National Park Service for illegally adopting a rule that would open up national preserves in Alaska to destructive hunting practices like killing brown bears over bait and killing wolves during the denning season.… Read More
Despite the global pandemic and significant civil unrest, this administration has been relentlessly dismantling bedrock environmental laws and regulations. In its latest actions affecting Alaska, the Interior Department takes aim at wolves, bears, coyotes, and other wildlife in National Preserves in Alaska and in the most-visited wildlife refuge in the state, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.… Read More
It sounds sketchy because it is—using spotlights in dens to kill grizzly sows with cubs, wolves with cubs, or using donuts to bait grizzlies, or dogs to hunt black bears. Yet right now, the Department of the Interior has proposed … Read More
Two Alaskans made the news last month after lying about unlawfully killing a female bear and her cubs. One of the headlines noted the vulnerability and timing of the killing: A mother bear and two ‘shrieking’ newborn cubs were killed … Read More
Our legal director Valerie Brown spent time sharing the wild with bears this summer. Now she invites you to help help protect them from the proposed Pebble mine. McNeil bears need your help. I just returned from my fifth trip … Read More
Our legal director Valerie Brown just spent some time sharing the wild with bears. Here she talks about how the proposed Pebble mine could destroy one of her favorite places in Alaska. I just returned from my fifth trip to … Read More
Running into a bear can turn into the story of a lifetime. Running into a bear 30 times over can turn into a bevy of true tall tales. With plenty of tales to tell, Steve Bickerstaff’s wrote and self-published … Read More
The Fish and Wildlife Service adopted new sport hunting regulations for National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. The rule bans practices promoted by the Alaska State Board of Game to reduce populations of wolves and bears. This is a significant win for Alaska’s wildlife.… Read More