Apply now: Featured Artist 2024

Apply now: Featured Artist 2024

by | Dec 5, 2023

Photo provided by Jill Richie, 2023 Featured Artist  Every year, the Northern Alaska Environmental Center has the honor of commissioning an Alaska-based artist whose work embodies the spirit of Northern Alaska to create an original piece for our organization. The...
Act on Ambler: SEIS comment period open

Act on Ambler: SEIS comment period open

by | Oct 30, 2023

In mid-October, the Biden administration released a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the proposed 211-mile Ambler industrial mining road through Alaska’s Brooks Range. This region is home to numerous Athabaskan and Iñupiat villages and the...
Take Action: Arctic Comment Periods

Take Action: Arctic Comment Periods

by | Sep 21, 2023

ARCTIC REFUGE SEIS AND PUBLIC COMMENT Earlier this month, we celebrated the news that Interior Secretary Deb Haaland had canceled the last remaining oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which were held by the Alaska Industrial Development and...
Northern Abundance Weekend

Northern Abundance Weekend

by | Aug 15, 2023

Live music from Quinn Christopherson. Film screenings featuring Alaska stories. Cooking demonstrations from chef Flora Deacon. And much, much more.  Northern Abundance Weekend, August 25-27, will be jam-packed with events celebrating all that the North has to offer....
Update: Defend the Brooks Range

Update: Defend the Brooks Range

by | Jul 26, 2023

Earlier this year, Northern Center and our partners launched the Defend the Brooks Range coalition to protect the future of Alaska’s Brooks Range. With the support of True Blue Strategies, we are working side by side with local, state, and national conservation and...