In May, our summer interns, Maggie and Jenna, jumped into legal research and writing. Summers do fly. Next week Maggie Massey will finish her time with us and do a road trip back to Oregon where she will finish her last … Read More

An Alaska Superior Court Judge ruled last week that the State of Alaska’s delay in making decisions on water use applications that support protecting fish habitat is unreasonable. A court order gives DNR until June 30 to adjudicate the applications. … Read More

Dear Supporter: We have good reason to celebrate this month. The company that wanted to put a coal strip mine through 14 miles of salmon streams in the Chuitna River watershed announced that it has stopped pursuing a permit. This is fantastic … Read More

In our line of work, good news often comes in small packages. This time it came in a status update from PacRim Coal, LP.  For years, the company has been seeking a permit to mine through 14 miles of salmon streams in the Chuitna River watershed across Cook Inlet from Anchorage. In a … Read More

The Army Corps delays the Chuitna EIS due to the incomplete application from PacRim.… Read More

Chuitna Citizens Coalition’s water reservation is being challenged. PacRim continues its permit applications to build a mine for coal nobody wants.… 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

Alaska Miners Association’s Bridge to Fishermen Falls Flat Early in November, the Alaska Miners Association (AMA) held their week-long annual convention. An opinion piece by AMA’s Executive Director Deantha Crockett was published at the start of the convention noting that … Read More

Chuitna Citizens Coalition was granted one of its three requested water rights on Middle Creek, an important tributary, and salmon spawning and rearing habitat, of the Chuitna River, where PacRim wants to strip mine for coal.… Read More