Will Alaska Supreme Court let Alaskans vote on how the state protects fish?
Trustees for Alaska went to the Alaska Supreme Court today to argue...
Eighty percent of Alaska is public land. This includes national parks, forests, refuges, and wilderness areas teeming with life and healthy populations of animals like whales, wolves, caribou, moose, bears, wolverines, salmon and a diverse array of fish, birds, small mammals, and insects. Many of these species are unique to the state or have been endangered or eliminated from areas in the rest of the country.
Under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Alaska gained substantial protections for lands deemed important to the nation. Agencies regulate some of these lands for multiple uses and face intense pressure from the industry to allow resource extraction in protected areas. The demand for increased motorized access, new road construction, oil and gas exploration and extraction, large-scale industrial mining, aggressive predator control measures like brown bear baiting, and other exploitive activities threaten these lands and the flora and fauna dependent on them. Trustees keeps a watchful eye on how state and federal agencies enforce the laws and regulations meant to safeguard our public lands and resources.
Trustees for Alaska went to the Alaska Supreme Court today to argue...
Why hurry through a public comment period for a controversial mega-mining proposal...
Why did Nunamta Aulukestai, a coalition of Alaska Native Village Corporations and...
Last month, scientists and Bristol Bay residents testified before the Alaska House...
Officials from the Interior Department set up meetings in Kaktovik, Utgiagvik, Fairbanks...
[caption id="attachment_3496" align="alignright" width="456"] The pot of gold at the end of...
Our client joined other organizations from the Bristol Bay region in Telling First...
Trustees for Alaska grew up protecting the Arctic Refuge. In fact, we...
Lawsuit challenges Zinke and his public land giveaway [caption id="attachment_7958" align="alignright" width="300"] The...
Update: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers posted the proposed Pebble mine...
Canada’s Northern Dynasty Minerals, the parent company of Pebble Limited Partnership, has...
[caption id="attachment_7774" align="alignright" width="382"] Caribou in Gates of the Arctic National Preserve.[/caption] Alaskans...
[caption id="attachment_7714" align="alignright" width="263"] Photo by Bob Waldrop[/caption] Longtime commercial fisherman appeals to...
October brought good news I love the fall season. The smell of change cuts...
An Alaska Superior Court ruling today allows Alaskans to move forward with...
The Ninth Circuit Court ruled today to uphold the National Park Service’s...
Emily Charles organized a protest outside the Anchorage office of the Environmental...
[caption id="attachment_7235" align="alignleft" width="394"] Caribou calves in the Western Arctic. Photo by...
Kat, Catherine and Hannah finished their summer internships with Trustees, but they wrote...
[caption id="attachment_7163" align="alignleft" width="300"] Catherine at Portage Pass. Photo courtesy Catherine Danley.[/caption] Catherine,...
[caption id="attachment_6725" align="alignright" width="168"] Kat Henrichs[/caption] I am a committed bicycle commuter. I...
[caption id="attachment_5691" align="alignright" width="383"] Brown bear sow and cubs. The Interior wants...
Trustees interns always explore the Alaska wilderness with new eyes and perspectives....
[caption id="attachment_6726" align="alignright" width="141"] Hannah Oakes[/caption] Trustees interns always explore the Alaska wilderness...
Our summer interns, Kat, Catherine and Hannah, have already jumped into legal...
Our summer interns, Kat, Catherine and Hannah, have already jumped into legal research...
Our summer interns, Kat, Catherine and Hannah, have already jumped into legal...
[caption id="attachment_6813" align="alignright" width="307"] Courtesy Ryder Erickson.[/caption] Ryder Erickson makes paintings from his...
[caption id="attachment_6813" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ryder with one of his paintings. Courtesy Ryder...
Dear Supporter: We have good reason to celebrate this month. The company that wanted...