Posts Tagged ‘Wildlife’
Summer Solstice in the Arctic Refuge
By Randy May As we stood on the gravel landing strip in Arctic Village, Alaska, my two new friends and I watched as the tiny tundra plane descended from the Brooks Range, executed a steep hairpin turn, and landed using only the first 100 yards of the strip.
Read MoreBad news for Alaska’s bears and wolves
The Trump administration has been hard on wildlife populations in Alaska, and this past week was no different as it pushes new rules to increase the killing of bears and wolves on Alaska’s public lands. Here’s more info on what they’ve done, and how we plan to fight back.
Read MoreWhere late the sweet birds sang
A guest post from author and professor K. Brenna Wardell, who was raised in Southeast and south central Alaska, primarily on the Kenai Peninsula.
Read MoreFinding yourself in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
This piece originally appeared in Hi Travel Tales. For more on author Michael Hodgson, check out his Amazon page here.
Read MoreClimate change at the top of the world
Last summer, League supporter Ken Fabert took a trip with his daughter to Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow) and Cooper Island in Alaska’s Arctic, and this is what they found.
Read MoreCommunities Come Together To Stand With The Gwich’in
On the evening of March 5, nearly two hundred people gathered in a ballroom on the campus of the University of New Mexico to lend their voice to the overwhelming call for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to reject plans to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and instead, restore protection for the…
Read MoreInterior Rushes To Advance Arctic Drilling
As a part of President Trump’s plan to sell leases for drilling in our nation’s largest wildlife refuge, the Department of the Interior (DOI) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a rushed draft environmental impact statement (EIS) on December 22. This came just shortly before the five-week government shutdown.
Read MoreRoads? Not In This Neck Of The Woods
Even as it appears we may have avoided another government shutdown, the Tongass National Forest remains potentially on the chopping block, and I can’t help but reflect back on my last trip to the Tongass in southeast Alaska.
Read MoreWe Will Never Stop Fighting To Protect The Arctic
This post originally appeared on the Campion Advocacy Fund blog following congressional passage of its tax bill, which opened the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.
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