Defending the Arctic in court
Our lawyers called out the illegal and destructive sell-off of Arctic lands...
Alaska Native people have lived and thrived in the Arctic since time immemorial. Alaska’s Arctic region provides key habitat for wildlife, including caribou, polar bears, waterfowl, and an array of animals that rely on it for food, protection, and as the birthing, nesting and nursery grounds for their young.
Oil and gas drilling, mining, and industrialization pollute the land, water, and air, disrupt migration routes, degrade wildlife habitat, diminish people’s access to traditional foods and activities. Drilling for and burning fossil fuels accelerates the climate crisis in a region where sea ice and permafrost are melting faster than ever.
Trustees for Alaska fights to protect the Arctic by providing free legal counsel to clients and strategic leadership for coalitions to defend the health of the region and its resources. This work includes holding public agencies accountable to their obligations under the law.
Our latest Arctic work:
Our lawyers called out the illegal and destructive sell-off of Arctic lands...
I started at Trustees in 1994 as an intern working on Cook Inlet...
Speak up now to keep and expand protected areas in the National...
Last month the Bureau of Land Management proposed a revised management plan...
The Trump administration continues to put industry interests ahead of public health...
Two projects - the Ambler road and the Willow oil and gas...
I have experienced many, many bear encounters--coastal brown bears in southwest...
The Arctic Refuge Defense campaign includes an array of Alaska and national...
One of the benefits of working at Trustees for Alaska is that...
What does Alaska’s budget chaos have to do with a proposed private...
Today Trustees for Alaska and Bahr Law Offices filed a lawsuit calling...
Complicity takes many shapes. It can show up as apathy, distraction, and...
An Arctic Refuge protections bill will go to the House floor in...
A historic vote moved the bipartisan House Bill 1146, the Arctic Cultural and...
In December the Trump administration released a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS)...
[caption id="attachment_9233" align="alignright" width="272"] Caribou in the Arctic Refuge. Photo by Subhankar...
[caption id="attachment_7014" align="alignright" width="380"] The Gwich'in people consider the coastal plain of...
[caption id="attachment_8958" align="alignleft" width="349"] Teshekpuk Lake teems with birds in the spring...
A Canadian mining company wants Alaska to finance a private industrial road...
[caption id="attachment_8958" align="alignright" width="442"] Brant goose in the Western Arctic. Photo by...
Peggy Tileston is a board member and one of the founders of...
Today Trustee's attorneys presented oral arguments before the U.S. District Court detailing...
We don't need Twitter to tell us that the Trump administration couldn't...
[caption id="attachment_6554" align="alignright" width="273"] Courtesy Audubon Alaska[/caption] Industry spin causes peril in the...
[caption id="attachment_8518" align="alignright" width="405"] The Gwich'in Nation flag flew during the week...
Rally for the Arctic: Help the Gwich’in protect their way of life [caption...
Here in Alaska, the month of May often lingers longer than our...
The Trump administration ignored public opinion and human rights last month when...
On April 20, the anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the...