WILD ALASKA BLOG
Birds on the polar bears’ menu
The Arctic is warming and changing fast, from vanishing sea ice and shifting habitats to what’s on the menu for the region’s top predator.
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The battle over the Arctic Refuge is about more than oil
Drilling in the Arctic Refuge would have devastating impacts on wildlife, beginning with caribou.
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The League says goodbye to an old friend
We were deeply saddened recently to learn of the passing of longtime friend and colleague, John McComb.
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Mic Crenshaw on Operation ROAM: The Arctic Refuge
Love is King and Operation ROAM made its inaugural expedition to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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The Gwich’in and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
A fight against oil development in the Arctic.
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Migrations: A whimbrel’s wayward journey
A GPS tracker reveals an incredible Alaska journey.
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Repealing Arctic Refuge oil program makes fiscal sense
The fight over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been raging for decades, and during that time, Republicans have attempted to use budget reconciliation five times to open the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling, finally succeeding through the 2017 Tax Act.
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IPCC Report: The climate crisis is here, and humans are a major reason why
On August 6, 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Sixth Assessment Report, the sixth such report issued since 1988.
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Fighting for what’s sacred in the Arctic Refuge
“Caribou is our way of life, just like the buffalo is to the Plains Indians. It’s our song, it’s our dance, it’s our story.” — Neets’aii Gwich’in leader Sarah James.
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The importance of land acknowledgments
A land acknowledgment is a formal way to recognize the Indigenous peoples who have come before you, and who were removed — often violently — from their land due to colonization.
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