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 to access mining areas as incomplete.… Read More
Federal agencies reject AIDEA’s application to build a 220-mile road to Ambler to access mining areas as incomplete.… Read More
Trustees for Alaska achieved many victories for conservation during 2015 including protection of the Arctic Refuge, Pebble permits ruled unconstitutional, predators protected, and many more.… Read More
The Road to Ambler is a remnant from Governor Sean Parnell’s ill-conceived “Roads to Resources” program. This proposed 220-mile industrial access road would have tremendous impacts on fish and wildlife, which provide vital subsistence resources to communities throughout the region. … Read More
The U.S. District Court rules that oil and gas exploration is not allowed on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The court’s decision shuts down the most recent attempt by the State of Alaska to open the Coastal Plain to damaging oil and gas activities. … Read More
Press Release: Court victory for wilderness in the Arctic Refuge… Read More
In June 2015 several Trustees for Alaska board members and donors traveled to the Aichilik River Valley in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.… Read More
REVISED from 5/26 For Immediate Release: May 27, 2015 Contact: Brian Litmans, Senior Staff Attorney, Trustees for Alaska, (907) 433-2007 Nuiqsuit Subsistence Users Speak Out against Court Decision Court Finds Corps’ After-the-Fact Analysis Adequate ConocoPhillips Allowed to Move Forward with … Read More
U.S. District Court ruled against Nuiqsut subsistence users when it approved a permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps pf Engineers for a Conoco Phillips’ oil and gas project near the community of Nuiqsut. … Read More
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, the United States’ premier wilderness park, stretches across the Arctic Divide and the Brooks Range—America’s northernmost chain of mountains. Second only to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in size, Gates of the Arctic … Read More
Trustees for Alaska is going to court once again to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and its Coastal Plain. This time, because the State of Alaska has brought a lawsuit challenging the Department of the Interior’s denial of the … Read More