Posts by Anja Semanco

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 5/21/2025 Contact: Anja Semanco | 724-967-2777 | anja@alaskawild.org  Following the House passage of the Budget Reconciliation Bill, Kristen Miller, Executive Director at Alaska Wilderness League, released the following statement:  “While we are relieved and grateful that harmful provisions related to the Western Arctic and Ambler Road were removed from the Budget Reconciliation bill…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 5/14/2025 Contact: Anja Semanco | 724-967-2777 | anja@alaskawild.org  Following the confirmation of Deputy Secretary of the Interior Department, Katharine MacGregor, a long-time oil and gas proponent, Alex Cohen, Government Affairs Director at Alaska Wilderness League, released the following statement:  “From Trump term one, we already know Katharine MacGregor’s confirmation will be a disaster…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 05/02/2025 Contact: Anja Semanco | 724-967-2777 | anja@alaskawild.org  Washington, D.C. – The release of House Natural Resource’s budget reconciliation bill text late last night reveals provisions that would dramatically expand oil and gas development in Alaska’s Arctic regions while limiting environmental review and restricting judicial oversight. “Alaska’s public lands and waters are directly…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 4/29/2025 Contact: Anja Semanco | 724-967-2777 | anja@alaskawild.org  Washington, D.C. — Today, a powerful coalition of congressional champions, Indigenous leaders, and public lands advocates gathered to announce the reintroduction of the Arctic Refuge Protection Act, a bill that would permanently protect the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as designated wilderness—the highest level of…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 3/14/2025 Contact: Anja Semanco | anja@alaskawild.org | 724-967-2777  Alaska Wilderness League Honors the Legacy of Rep. Raúl Grijalva, Champion for Public Lands  Washington, D.C. – Alaska Wilderness League joins the conservation community in mourning the loss of Representative Raúl Grijalva, a steadfast champion for America’s wild places and an unwavering defender of the…

“Trump’s allies are ready to gamble away Alaska’s wild places for profits that don’t exist, and Doug Burgum will just be another rubber stamp for Trump’s reckless energy agenda. That isn’t the leadership our public lands need,” said Kristen Miller, executive director of Alaska Wilderness League. “Burgum’s loyalty to Trump ignores both the economic realities…