Posts Tagged ‘Wildlife’
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 MoreDiscovering myself while finding true north
Molly Rettig is the author of “Finding True North,” a journey back in time to discover what Alaska was like before the gold rush, and the ensuing resource booms that reshaped Alaska forever.
Read MoreYou can’t drill for oil without insurance
A major insurer is stepping away from risky fossil fuel projects that threaten sacred and pristine Arctic land.
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 MoreSurvival and peril on the edge of a warming world
“The Loneliest Polar Bear” is the heartbreaking but ultimately hopeful story of an abandoned polar bear cub named Nora and the humans working tirelessly to save her and her species from an accelerating climate crisis.
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 MoreMigrations: A whimbrel’s wayward journey
A GPS tracker reveals an incredible Alaska journey.
Read MoreThe forest within: Finding wisdom in the woods
Author Amy Gulick joined us recently on Geography of Hope to share stories from the Tongass National Forest. Below, she discusses “finding wisdom in the woods.”
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