Dear Supporter: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one step closer to permanent protection from oil and gas development. After decades of advocacy to keep drilling out of the Arctic Refuge, Trustees for Alaska and our coalition partners continue to … Read More

Dear Supporter: Spring is here a little early this year, which is a welcome relief from ice and very little snow. Soon, young salmon will begin their journeys to the ocean where some will survive to be caught for a … Read More

Dear Supporter: Let’s Not Trade Salmon for Coal Across Cook Inlet from Anchorage lies a wild salmon stream that a coal mining company wants to destroy for a strip mine. We think that’s a bad idea, which is why we represent … Read More

Dear Supporter,  In last month’s edition of the Alaska Brief I shared with you a synopsis of the important cases we’ll be working on in 2015 with you. This month, I’m giving you more information about how we are working in … Read More

Dear Supporter, As we begin 2015 and look ahead, I am also reflecting on 2014 and all that Trustees for Alaska accomplished with your support. There were many reasons to celebrate, from President Obama protecting Bristol Bay from oil and … Read More

  Dear Supporter:  This December is very special to Trustees for Alaska. It marks the 40th anniversary of our founding. Many people played a role back in those early days, but none more than Anchorage icon, Peg Tileston, and the … Read More

Dear Supporter: For years the State of Alaska has had a thing about predators. They don’t like them. Rules regarding hunting predators, like wolves and bears, have increasingly been expanded by the Board of Game to include previously illegal—and unconscionable—hunting … Read More

Dear Supporter: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals announced decisions in two cases based in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve earlier this week. Both appeals challenged the authority of the National Park Service over navigable rivers running through federal park lands. … Read More

Dear Supporter: Last month we all watched in horror as the tailings dam at the Mt. Polley copper and gold mine failed, dumping 1.9 billion gallons of tailings into the surrounding watershed. Nothing could have made the worst cast scenario … Read More

Dear Supporter: As a supporter of Trustees for Alaska you believe in using the power of the law to protect our environment. What you may not know is the nuts and bolts of the legal process. There are complaints and … Read More