The raspberries in my yard started to pop this week, sweet and plump, and fiery purple fireweed blooms started to reach their peak. It gets dark now, too, and animals fervently prepare for winter—as do we. 

August tells me to gather and process food, button up summer projects, finish chores, prepare for winter, and soak up the last warmth of sunny (though cooler) days every chance I get. Predictably, and also suddenly, summer’s end foretells itself via wilted flowers and late season blossoms, growth surges and decay.… Read More

Earlier this month the Biden administration released a regulation that allows oil and gas operators in Alaska to harass polar bears and walruses in the Beaufort Sea when exploring for oil and gas, extracting or transporting fossil fuels, and when building infrastructure. This regulation imperils already threatened polar bears on the Beaufort Sea.… Read More

Oil and gas projects permitted by the State must comply with the strong protections in Article VIII of the Alaska Constitution. The public has the right to have a say in decisions that impact our public trust resources before those decisions are made. But that’s not happening. … Read More

The Alaska Supreme Court stood by its decision that the Alaska Constitution requires consideration of the impacts of oil and gas projects and public input into decisions that impact our lands and waters.… Read More

Today, in a case brought by Trustees for Alaska, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that DNR has to look at all of the impacts, including cumulative impacts, of oil and gas exploration and development. Click here for the Opinion. DNR … Read More

A superior court judge ruled that the public will have the opportunity to participate in DNR’s decisions about whether other uses, such as subsistence hunting and fishing, and the public’s resources are jeopardized at each phase of oil and gas … Read More