WILD ALASKA BLOG
Press Release: President Biden, EPA Secures Southwest Alaska’s Salmon Future
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final decision prohibiting the construction of the massive Pebble mine in the world-famous headwaters of Alaska’s Bristol Bay.
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League Supports Arctic Film Screenings in Portland
In January, Alaska Wilderness League teamed up with partners in Portland to host two exciting and well-attended film events.
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Beauty Within the Beast
Conservation biologist Stephen Stringham shared incredible highlights and spectacular photos from half a century of living with Alaska’s bears.
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Major Roadless Rule victory for the Tongass!
In a win for Southeast Alaska communities, wildlife, and the climate, today the U.S. Forest Service reinstated Roadless Rule protections across the Tongass rainforest in Southeast Alaska.
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League Leads Rally to Stop Willow in Washington, D.C.
Alaska Wilderness League led environmental, Indigenous, and climate activists at a rally outside the White House calling on the Biden Administration to reject the proposed Willow oil development in Alaska’s western Arctic.
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Press Release: Alaska Wilderness League Board of Directors Appoints Kristen Miller as Executive Director of Alaska Wilderness League and Alaska Wilderness League Action
Alaska Wilderness League is pleased to announce the promotion of Kristen Miller to executive director of the League and its 501(c)4 affiliate organization, Alaska Wilderness League Action (AWLA).
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Bears 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 MorePress Release: Alaska Wilderness League Announces Inaugural Recipient of Storytelling Grant Award
At a recent event, the Alaska Wilderness League community gathered together to celebrate Alaska’s wildest places and announce the inaugural recipient of the Adam Kolton Alaska Storytelling Grant Award.
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Alaska Wilderness League Announces Inaugural Recipient of Storytelling Grant Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 29, 2022Contact: Aileo Weinmann | aileo@alaskawild.orgAlaska Wilderness League Announces Inaugural Recipient of Storytelling Grant Award Polly Andrews to help others tell their stories via youth workshopsWashington, D.C. – At a recent event, the Alaska Wilderness League community gathered together to celebrate Alaska’s wildest places and announce the inaugural recipient of the Adam Kolton…
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Activists Travel to Hartford for the Arctic Refuge
On November 10, Alaska Wilderness League supporters joined many of our Arctic National Wildlife Refuge partners at a rally in Hartford, CT calling on Travelers Insurance to adopt a policy against insuring oil projects in the Arctic Refuge. The well-attended rally included a crowd of more than 50 listening to speakers before walking together over…
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