Most of us know someone–or are someone–who finds it hard or even impossible to sit in the same room with a family member because of politics. It makes sense considering the chasms that have worsened these past few years. Many of us feel threatened in one way or another and struggle with how to bridge the divide. Building bridges across the dinner table can help us mend and come together to solve the problems ahead of us. … Read More

When people use the phrase “for the birds,” they trivialize what they consider unimportant, but there’s a reason we talk about the canary in the coal mine. What happens to the birds happens to us. We cannot untangle our health … Read More

I have experienced many, many bear encounters–coastal brown bears in southwest and southeast Alaska, and black bears in central Alaska—but when I joined a trip to Barter Island with five other participants I got my first chance to see the “white bears” as the people we met in the Arctic called them. … Read More

Tracy Lohman came to Alaska 29 years ago. She celebrates June 21, the summer solstice, as her first day in her new home. She remembers taking a drive down Turnagain Arm to explore the Portage Glacier. I saw the glacier … Read More

What worries an Alaska climate expert? When climate specialist Rich Thoman of the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks shared graphs and data with Anchorage residents last week, he pointed out a bevy … Read More

Tracy Lohman does development work for Trustees, and has lived in Alaska for nearly 30 years. Here she talks about falling in love with Alaska every day. I arrived in Alaska summer solstice 1990. A local told me that the … Read More

During the Earth Day weekend, artists, performers, thinkers and students from around the world will amass at the Earth Matters on Stage symposium at the University of Alaska Anchorage. The purpose? To put the planet center stage. “I’m very big … Read More

Polar bears and sea snails tell a human story I just got back from Barter Island and the Inupiaq village of Kaktovik, where I joined a handful of Trustees’ long-time supporters in watching polar bears in the wild. What amazing … Read More

  Nancy Lord will read at a Trustees community reading and conversation this month. We asked her a few questions about literary genre, science, and how to weave story from the sea. Here are her thoughts on how science tells … Read More

  Alaska author Nancy Lord will read from her new book, “ph: A Novel,” at a free outreach event hosted by Trustees for Alaska. Join us on Oct. 3 at the Cynosure Brewing Company in Anchorage, 144 E Potter Dr. … Read More