PRESS RELEASES
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Are you a member of the press, or do you have a media-related question for the League? Contact Aileo Weinmann at 202-538-5038 or email aileo@alaskawild.org. Below you'll find our most recent press releases from the Alaska Wilderness League.
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Video: Alaska Wilderness League Calls on Biden to Stop Climate Disaster
Statement by Dr. Peter Winsor, Executive Director (8/18/22)
Alaska Wilderness League Supports Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management
Statement by Kristen Miller, Conservation Director (7/21/22)
President Biden's Climate Action Must Include Alaska
Statement by Kristen Miller, Conservation Director (7/20/22)
Arctic Drilling Proposal Tests Biden’s Climate Commitment: ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project Incompatible with Biden Climate Pledge
Statement by Kristen Miller, Conservation Director (7/8/22)
Oil industry exodus is a clear sign that it’s time to restore Arctic Refuge protections
Statement by Dr. Peter Winsor, Executive Director (6/2/22)
Biden administration, EPA to protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay Watershed
Statement by Dr. Peter Winsor, Executive Director (5/26/22)
Natural Resources Committee to consider strengthening roadless area protections
Group Statement (5/10/22)
New Western Arctic management plan is a good start, but the Biden administration must go further
Statement by Kristen Miller, Conservation Director (4/25/22)
Biden action to preserve our climate forests a first step, but more is needed
Statement by Dr. Peter Winsor, Executive Director (4/22/22)
Ninth Circuit Court upholds prohibition of brown bear baiting in the Kenai Refuge
Group Statement (4/18/22)
Environmental, climate community calls for immediate confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson
Group Statement (3/24/22)
Ninth Circuit Court ruling threatens land, water, wildlife in Izembek Refuge
Group Statement (3/16/22)
Gwich’in Steering Committee and allies defend suspension of oil and gas leases in the Arctic Refuge
Statement (3/14/22)
Conservation, Climate and Indigenous groups, public say no to ConocoPhillips’ Willow project
Group Statement (3/9/22)
140+ organizations and businesses urge Biden to reject ConocoPhillips' dangerous Willow project
Statement and Letter (3/9/22)
Alaska Wilderness League applauds nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
Statement (2/25/22)
The missing link in Biden’s climate agenda: Letting older trees grow
Group Statement (2/15/22)
Alaska Wilderness League announces Dr. Peter Winsor as new executive director
Statement (2/7/22)
Willow scoping period will allow crucial public engagement on massive Western Arctic oil project
Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting Executive Director (2/3/22)
Groups call on administration to end destructive ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil and gas proposal
Statement and Letter (2/2/22)
Conservation, Indigenous groups and public call for swift restoration of Tongass Roadless protections
Group Statement (1/25/22)
Biden administration to reverse Trump management plan in Western Arctic
Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting Executive Director (1/10/22)
House passes Build Back Better Act that repeals Arctic Refuge oil program
Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting Executive Director (11/19/21)
USDA, Forest Service begin the process to restore protections to America’s largest national forest
Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting Executive Director (11/18/21)
Hurtigruten Expeditions donates to Alaska Wilderness League and Galápagos Conservancy to protect local wildlife
Statement (11/18/21)
Groups urge EPA to protect Bristol Bay by Summer 2022
Group Statement (11/8/21)
Alaska groups to AIDEA: Stop wasting public money
Group Statement (11/4/21)
House unveils Build Back Better Act that repeals Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil program
Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting Executive Director (10/28/21)
Groups tell Biden administration: Don’t forget the forests
Group Statement, Letter (10/28/21)
Biden admin., ConocoPhillips declined to appeal Willow decision in Alaska’s western Arctic
Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting Executive Director (10/20/21)
U.S. polar bears to receive new Endangered Species Act review
Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting Executive Director (10/5/21)
Alaska Wilderness League applauds confirmation of Tracy Stone-Manning to lead U.S. BLM
Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting Executive Director (10/1/21)
Alaska Wilderness League mourns the passing of longtime friend and conservationist, John McComb
Alaska Wilderness League Statement (9/28/21)
Lawsuit calls out allowing oil operators to harm Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears
Group Statement (9/16/21)
Reconciliation to move forward with Arctic Refuge oil program repeal in place
Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting Executive Director (9/9/21)
Indigenous and conservation groups support reconciliation language that repeals Arctic Refuge drilling program
Group Statement (9/9/21)
Biden administration to restart process to protect Alaska's Bristol Bay
Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting Executive Director (9/9/21)
District Court voids permits for ConocoPhillips’ Willow project
Group Statement (8/18/21)
Biden to address flawed Trump environmental review of oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Refuge
Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting Executive Director (8/3/21)
Biden administration to take steps to restore Roadless Rule protections in the Tongass
Statement by Andy Moderow, Alaska Director (7/15/21)
Alaska Wilderness League applauds confirmation of Tommy Beaudreau to #2 at Interior
Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting Executive Director (6/17/21)
Biden administration to address roadless protections in the Tongass National Forest
Statement by Andy Moderow, Alaska Director (6/11/21)
Suspension of Arctic Refuge leases a positive step, but more is needed
Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting Executive Director (6/1/21)
Indigenous and Conservation Groups Applaud Suspension of Arctic Refuge Leases but Call for Further Action
Group Statement (6/1/21)
Biden administration to defend fast-tracked Trump oil project that threatens western Arctic
Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting Executive Director (5/27/21)
Biden administration undermines climate promises by defending Trump era approval of massive Willow project in court
Group Statement (5/26/21)
Interior announces it will abandon Trump effort to weaken Arctic offshore safety regulations
Statement by Leah Donahey, Legislative Director (5/7/21)
Alaska is key to achieving President Biden’s 30x30 goal
Statement by Kristen Miller, Conservation Director (5/6/21)
Alaska Wilderness League mourns the loss of public lands champion Adam Kolton
Statement (4/27/21)
Alaska Wilderness League applauds nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning to lead BLM
Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting Executive Director (6/17/21)
300+ organizations endorse national 30x30 target
Statement (4/20/21)
Conservation and climate groups call on USDA Secretary Vilsack to end taxpayer subsidies for Tongass logging
Statement (4/19/21)
Hurtigruten Expeditions donates 1% of each Alaska booking during Earth Week to protect Alaska wildlife
News Release (4/19/21)
Interior Secretarial Orders revoke destructive Trump policies in Alaska and America’s Arctic
Statement by Kristen Miller, Conservation Director (4/16/21)
115k+ people submit comments to Interior Department urging reforms to federal oil and gas leasing program
Statement (4/15/21)
Ninth Circuit Court confirms Obama-era protections for Arctic, Atlantic oceans
Statement (4/13/21)
Conservation groups call on Congress to fund imperiled species
Statement (4/13/21; Group letter here)
Interior forum on federal fossil fuel program highlights the need for sweeping change
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (3/25/21)
Haaland confirmation a historic moment for Indigenous peoples
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (3/15/21)
Interior to review federal fossil fuel program, Trump public land fire sale
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (3/9/21)