In Alaska
Chad Brown: Photographic Inspiration in the Arctic Refuge
The League’s Geography of Hope series continues with a trip through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge with veteran Chad Brown!
Read MoreIzembek is a wildlife spectacle, even by Alaskan standards
As the debate over a proposed road through the heart of the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge continues, we recognize this wilderness as the wildlife sanctuary it is.
Read MoreA Shape in the Dark: Living and Dying with Brown Bears
The League’s Geography of Hope presentation featuring Drew Hamilton and Bjorn Dilhe, and highlighting Bjorn’s upcoming book “A Shape in the Dark” offers 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 MoreTraveling in 2021: Be smart and safe on the road
Even as vaccines begin to roll out, coronavirus cases are spiking. But so is cabin fever, and it will only get worse as spring approaches, with the dark season giving slowly beginning to yield to the midnight sun.
Read MoreJoe Biden supports 30×30. He should start in Alaska.
Recently we’ve been seeing great news for the environment coming out of Washington, D.C.
Read MoreA new day in Washington, D.C., a new day for Alaska
Cover photo: Caribou blanket the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Peter Mather) On January 20, on his first day in office, President Joe Biden made good on his commitment to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, placing a temporary moratorium on all oil and gas leasing activities on its coastal plain.
Read MoreBiden administration brings hope for conservation, action on climate change
Today, I’m hopeful. With the swearing in of Joseph R. Biden as the 46th President of the United States, we have put behind us a long national nightmare of environmental carnage, and can once again set our sights on bipartisan conservation progress, science-based decision-making, and valuing our public lands for the national treasures that they…
Read MoreAn Arctic Refuge lease sale happened — so what now?
On January 6, as protests in Washington, D.C., morphed into an assault on the U.S. Capitol Building and democracy itself, thousands of miles away officials from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management were opening oil lease bids submitted for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain.
Read MoreSprinting to court to stop the Arctic Refuge sell-off
This post was written by our colleagues at Trustees for Alaska, and you can find the original post here.
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