The 50th Anniversary series: Landmark cases
By Dawnell Smith A winning lawsuit can set the stage for legal interpretations...
20 December, 2024
The fourth decade—the fight for salmon and wildlife
By Madison Grosvenor Trustees for Alaska started its fourth decade in the new...
16 August, 2024
Litigation 101: Can the state leapfrog lower courts to get straight to the Supreme Court? (Yes, the Pebble train wreck is back.)
Alaska's governor wants to leapfrog established legal processes to push forward the...
18 August, 2023
In memory of a fierce advocate for good: Alaska News Brief September 2022
We lost a friend and board member to cancer last month. Glo...
20 September, 2022
A Pebble mine update: Can we just let the salmon run?
The Pebble mine proposal has upturned lives and posed a constant threat...
20 September, 2022
What will it take to permanently protect Bristol Bay? First, speak out.
The EPA is listening, so speak up to protect Bristol Bay salmon,...
16 June, 2022
EPA proposes protecting Bristol Bay from the Pebble mine
The EPA just took an important step toward protecting Bristol Bay salmon,...
26 May, 2022
The Bristol Bay way = no Pebble mine
This week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its next steps and...
19 November, 2021
Alaska News Brief August 2021: When the raspberries pop
The raspberries in my yard started to pop this week,...
18 August, 2021
EPA must protect Bristol Bay once and for all
For years, Alaskans have made it clear that trading salmon for copper...
29 July, 2021
Alaska New Brief March 2021: A year can change everything… and nothing
It’s hard to believe it has been a year since we first...
16 March, 2021
Our 2021 view of the lawsuits and issues
Things look far rosier now than a year ago when it comes...
16 March, 2021
Alaska News Brief January 2021: When relief comes to light
Many of us feel a palpable sense of relief right now.We just...
03 February, 2021
Pebble update 2021: State of Alaska vs. Alaskans
On Friday Jan. 6, during the siege on the Capitol, Gov. Dunleavy...
27 January, 2021
December 2020 News Brief–A winter reverie with Loki
Sharing the same space really matters. It helps us understand each other...
23 December, 2020
What will it take to protect Bristol Bay forever?
The U.S. Army Corps denied a permit for the proposed Pebble mine...
03 December, 2020
Key Pebble permit denied!
Good news! Today the Army Corps denied a Clean Water Act permit...
25 November, 2020
In memory and celebration of Todd Radenbaugh
Our friend and longtime Trustees board member Dr. Todd Radenbaugh died at...
29 October, 2020
Alaska News Brief September 2020: A bedrock law in peril
The National Environmental Policy Act, affectionately called NEPA in the alphabet soup...
18 September, 2020
Take care of the land and it will take care of you
Fannie Dock talks about growing up in Bristol Bay: I was born...
16 September, 2020
Alaska Brief–October 2019
When people use the phrase "for the birds," they trivialize what they consider...
20 November, 2019
We sued Trump’s EPA for gutting protections, clearing path for Pebble
We took Trump’s EPA to court today for breaking the law when...
09 October, 2019
Seattle fish tales
We went to Seattle this month to celebrate the connection between Alaska...
20 September, 2019
Alaska Brief–July
Complicity takes many shapes. It can show up as apathy, distraction, and...
26 July, 2019
Failure is the new complicity
We submitted over 400 pages in comments on the Army Corps’ draft...
19 July, 2019
How does the Army Corps’ draft EIS break the law?
Trustees for Alaska and the Sierra Club Environmental Law Program just submitted...
01 July, 2019
Pebble is an unwelcome guest
The science used to justify the proposed Pebble mine lacks credibility. The...
16 May, 2019
Alaska Brief–April 2019
Happily, the sun has returned, with wild flowers, devil's club, mosquitoes,...
26 April, 2019