Posts by Hilary Stamper
Beauty Within the Beast
Conservation biologist Stephen Stringham shared incredible highlights and spectacular photos from half a century of living with Alaska’s bears.
Read MoreBears Without Barriers: Room to Roam from the Tongass to the Arctic
Alaska is home to both the largest population of brown bears in any North American state or province and the United States’ only polar bears. The state has some of the only landscapes left in the world that can provide brown bears and polar bears with the space they need to survive.
Read MoreChatting “Newtok” and climate justice with Patagonia
Join us for an extra special Geography of Hope conversation with the filmmakers behind the new film “Newtok.”
Read MoreThe importance of Indigenous representation
Join us for a conversation with Princess Daazhraii Johnson, a Neets’aii Gwich’in writer, director, producer, actor and advocate.
Read MorePolar bears on the edge, with Steven Kazlowski
Photo Credit: Steven Kazlowski, LeftEyePro.com Join us for a conversation with internationally renowned polar bear photographer Steven Kazlowski.
Read MoreA thousand trails home, with Seth Kantner
Author Seth Kantner shares stories from his new book, a stunningly lyrical firsthand account of a life spent hunting, studying and living alongside caribou in wild Alaska.
Read MoreThe Salmon Way: An Alaska State of Mind
Alaska Wilderness League was honored to conclude our second season of our Geography of Hope series talking Tongass National Forest with our great friend, Amy Gulick.
Read MoreAlaska’s land, its people and global evolution — an artist’s perspective
What does Alaska have to share with the world? Through the artist’s perspective, guests Lindsay Carron and Polly Andrews describe the special qualities of Alaska’s land and people that connect us to the earth and its evolution.
Read MoreA Shape in the Dark: Living and Dying with Brown Bears
The League’s most recent Geography of Hope presentation — featuring Drew Hamilton and Bjorn Dilhe, and highlighting Bjorn’s upcoming book “A Shape in the Dark” — offered a unique chance to experience Alaska’s brown and black bears and learn from Bjorn’s lifelong experiences with and passion for these animals.
Read MoreYour Voice Can Make A Difference
Through creating and nurturing relationships with our members of Congress, we can ensure our voices are heard. [Post written by Amelia Weeder and John Kashwick. Above, Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) is sworn in by former Secretary of State John Kerry. (U.S. Congress)]
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