Posts Tagged ‘Advocate’
Storytelling on the Kuskokwim with Polly Andrews
Amidst planning and preparations for activities in late summer and early fall, Polly Andrews graciously offered a new composition and song as a gift to Alaska Wilderness League. In doing so, Polly shared that the song was made possible in part by the support of the 2022 Adam Kolton Alaska Storytelling Grant Award, enabling her to partner with Yup’ik (Ossie Kairaiuak, Chefornak) and Cup’ik (Michael Ulroan, Chevak) artists. Those partnerships will continue thanks to the grant award, in addition to upcoming workshops with the Kuspuk School District (in the Kuskokwim River village of Lower Kalskag) and North Star Behavioral Health center.
Read MoreProtections for America’s Arctic: What You Need to Know
Did you catch the good news? Last week, the Biden administration announced a suite of actions to protect diverse landscapes across America’s Arctic, recognizing the importance of Alaska’s public lands and waters for communities, biodiversity and our global climate. Oil and gas development across the Arctic is a major threat, and these announcements get us…
Read MoreStorytelling on the Kuskokwim: An Update from Polly Andrews
In fall 2022, Alaska Wilderness League was pleased to announce the inaugural recipient of its Adam Kolton Alaska Storytelling Grant: Polly Andrews. Since that time, Polly has remained busy and recently offered an update to the League community, including supporters of the Adam Kolton Memorial Fund whose donations make this grant award possible. The Adam…
Read MoreMember Spotlight: A Long Overdue Trip to the Arctic Refuge
From fishermen to childcare workers, we all spent the spring and summer of 1989 in the chaos of the massive oil spill – trying to protect nearly a billion juvenile salmon, attending countless town meetings, scooping up oil using fishing boats, cleaning oil drenched birds and witnessing the collapse of the herring fishery.
Read MoreProposed Land Exchange in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Raises Legal Questions
Today the Department of the Interior published a Notice of Intent to prepare a supplemental environmental review of a possible land exchange involving Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge for a road.
Read MoreAlaska Wilderness League Announces Inaugural Recipient of Storytelling Grant Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 29, 2022 Contact: Aileo Weinmann | aileo@alaskawild.org Alaska Wilderness League Announces Inaugural Recipient of Storytelling Grant Award Polly Andrews to help others tell their stories via youth workshops Washington, 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…
Read MoreInaugural Adam Kolton Alaska Storytelling Grant
We are pleased to share the details about our inaugural Adam Kolton Alaska Storytelling Grant as the October 19, 2022 application deadline quickly approaches. Established in memory of our late executive director, Adam Kolton, this Storytelling Grant is a merit-based, unrestricted award of $20,000 to a practicing professional storyteller of exceptional talent and ability who…
Read MoreTrump sold off the Arctic Refuge — Congress must end this boondoggle
Republicans opened the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling in 2017, but Congress still has the power and the opportunity to reverse this disastrous Trump-era policy.
Read MoreAmerica’s climate forest must be protected
If the Biden administration expects to be the climate leader it promised, the nation’s forests must remain protected from further extraction and destruction.
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