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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The Ambler Road Project Creates Immense Challenges for Wild Salmon
Part 2: The Culvert Dilemma - April 2026 Gale K. Vick is a 57 year resident of Alaska with a long history of research and commentary on fisheries policy for various organizations. Part 1 of this series on the Ambler Road challenges to wild salmon identified some...
The Ambler Road Project Creates Immense Challenges for Wild Salmon – Part 1
Part 1 — April 3, 2026 Gale K. Vick (1) is a 57 year resident of Alaska with a long history of research and commentary on fisheries policy for various organizations. Living in Alaska for over five decades has taught me one true thing – we are at the same time a very...
The Ambler Road Project Creates Immense Challenges for Wild Salmon – Part 1
Part 1 — April 3, 2026 Gale K. Vick (1) is a 57 year resident of Alaska with a long history of research and commentary on fisheries policy for various organizations. Living in Alaska for over five decades has taught me one true thing – we are at the same time a very...
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April 11
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Northern Alaska Environmental Center – Fairbanks – 830 College RoadThe 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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