Northern Alaska Environmental Center
Promoting conservation of the environment and sustainable resource stewardship in Interior and Northern Alaska through education and advocacy
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Alaska Begins Process to Review Statehood Act Land Selections for Relinquishment
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced that it is beginning a process to relinquish some of the State’s remaining Statehood Act land selections. Importantly, DNR has not yet identified a final list of specific parcels that will be relinquished....
AIDEA Board Meeting Tomorrow: What’s on the Agenda and How to Comment by 4 PM Today
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) Board will meet Wednesday, August 26, 2026, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The meeting includes a vote on up to $25 million in additional funding for the West Susitna Access Road, updates on several major AIDEA...
Major Energy, Land and Community Issues Before the FNSB Assembly on August 27
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly will meet on Thursday, August 27, and several items before the Assembly could have long-term implications for Interior residents, local taxpayers, public lands, energy policy, and community health. Among the most notable are a...
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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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