Northern Alaska
Environmental Center
Promoting conservation of the environmentand sustainable resource stewardship in Interior and Northern Alaskathrough education and advocacy.
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A 50-Year Bet on the North Slope: What Alaska Approved for STAK and What Comes Next
On November 10, 2026, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources approved a 50-year negotiated lease for STAK Energy Corporation’s proposed North Slope energy and data center campus. The State has now committed approximately 715 acres of public land to a project that...
AIDEA’s Houston Land Transfer Was Approved. What Changed — and What Can Alaskans Do Now?
On November 10, 2026, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources issued its Final Finding and Decision for ADL 234762, approving the transfer of approximately 6,800 acres of state land near Houston to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA)....
Alaska Communities Push for Data Center Oversight: Upcoming Public Meetings and Opportunities to Speak Up
From Fairbanks to the Mat-Su Valley and Cook Inlet, Alaskans are raising questions about large-scale data center development, environmental protections, and the use of public resources. Here's what is happening and how you can participate. Across Alaska, proposals for...
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The Northern Alaska Environmental Center
The Northern Alaska Environmental Center is an Alaska-based conservation organization dedicated to protecting the land, waters and wildlife of Interior and Northern Alaska for current and future generations to use and enjoy. We understand the unique challenges of living in Alaska and seek to balance natural resource development with conserving what makes Alaska special.
The Northern Center is committed to defending special places in Northern and Interior Alaska from irresponsible extraction activities, and promoting local initiatives to protect the health and way of life of people living in Fairbanks and Interior Alaska.
We acknowledge that we work throughout the unceded territories of the Indigenous Peoples of Alaska; that our office is located on the traditional territories of the Lower Tanana Dené Athabascan Peoples. We honor the ancestral and ongoing land and water stewardship and place-based knowledge of the peoples of these territories.
Our Guiding Principles
- Believes that a healthy environment is a prerequisite for a sustainable economy.
- Bases conservation decisions on sound science and ethics.
- Uses our stakeholders’ energy, expertise and enthusiasm to strengthen the organization.
- Seeks opportunities to collaborate with federal, state and local government agencies, and with other organizations to enhance our effectiveness.
- Supports the establishment, protection and appropriate stewardship of designated Wilderness areas, as well other less-restrictive management that protects sustainable uses of non-Wilderness wild lands.
- Values healthy and intact ecosystems where habitat fragmentation is minimized and wildlands are respected.
- Favors stewardship over intensive management of natural resources, in order to meet the needs of the present generation without jeopardizing the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
- Encourages the implementation of clean energy technologies and management practices that minimize air, water and noise pollution and impacts on habitat.
- Supports public processes—including use of legal, legislative, and administrative systems—in natural resource use decisions.
- Expects to comment on issues in our areas of expertise and interest.
- Puts our greatest effort into issues whose results are irreversible or long lasting.
- Employs clear, honest communication and constructive dialogue.
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