Call for Submissions
The Northern Center announces an open call for submissions for contributions to our semi-annual print and digital publication, The Northern Line, as well as rolling submissions for our website and Medium channel. Currently, calls are for all platforms, placement to...
The Northern Center is hiring!
The Northern Alaska Environmental Center is hiring a Director of Administration and Finance. See the complete job description below. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to executive director Elisabeth Balster Dabney at dabney@northern.org if you have any...
Countering the Administration’s Pandemic Profiteering
While Alaskans, like people around the world, have “hunkered down,” putting personal and professional projects, events, and celebrations on hold, finding creative ways to support vulnerable community members, and risking our own health and safety to show up for work,...
Opportunity in the Midst of Transformation
It has been a dramatic and anxiety-inducing week. Like many of you, I have been glued to the news trying to understand what I need to keep myself and my loved ones safe, and what this means for Alaska as a whole. The week started with a severe downturn in the stock...
Call for 2020 Featured Art
Each year, The Northern Alaska Environmental Center chooses an artist whose work embodies the spirit of Northern Alaska, and features an original work on publicity materials. In 2019, we tried out something different, and featured one image, Apay’uq...
Defending the Western Arctic
The current IAP was only recently completed, after years of working on a compromise, and yet this administration is determined to see Arctic Alaska only as a place to exploit for industrial profit,” said Ryan Marsh, Arctic Program Coordinator for the Northern Alaska Environmental Center. “The Reserve is home to some of the richest lands and waters in Alaska, including Teshekpuk Lake and its surrounding wetlands. It is home to hundreds of species of migratory birds, caribou, polar bears, as well as the communities who have been stewards of these lands since long before they were designated a ‘petroleum reserve.’ Given all we know about the Western Arctic, and all we know about the impacts of climate change, especially in the North, it’s insulting and destructive that our government is advocating for more extraction, not less.
Interested in joining the Northern Center’s Board of Directors?
Read or download more information about joining our Board of Directors, and contact board president Lois Barger at lois.rundell@gmail.com with any questions. Information for Board Applicants Board of Directors Job Description Board Member...