Photo by Florian Shulz
Dalton Highway. Photo by Dave Shaw.
Take Action: Comment Period Now Open on BLM’s Draft Resource Management Plan for 13 Million Acres of Alaska’s Central Yukon Area
On December 11th, the BLM opened a 90-day comment period on its Central Yukon Draft Resource Management Plan, ending March 11. This plan will be used to manage an extensive region of Alaska for the next 20 years, and now we have a chance to weigh in. Virtual public...
Polar bear sow and cubs. Photo by Steven Kazlowski.
Action Alert: Protect Polar Bears from Seismic Testing
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on December 8, 2020, published a proposed Marine Mammal Protection Act Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA), opening a 30-day public review and comment period. If finalized, the IHA would allow the incidental harassment, meaning...
Photo by Nathaniel Wilder
Take Action: Comment Period Opens for BLM’s Call for Nominations for the Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain
The Department of Interior on Tuesday issued a call for nominations and comments on potential oil and gas lease sale tracts which BLM delineated across the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain. This move opens a 30-day comment period and precedes a...Love Is The Way
Love is the Way brings together the voices speaking in defense of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, highlighting the generations of stewardship by Gwich’in and Iñupiaq people. Inspired in part by footage of the late photographer Michio Hoshino, this film explores the friendships, values, and stories shaped by the place, and the strong commitments to its protection. As the Trump administration pushes a decades-old political agenda, this film reminds us of the sacred connections between us, and the ways that a place can teach us how to live with respect and compassion.
Paving Tundra
Ambler mining road would disrupt the Western Arctic Caribou migration, cross over 2,000 rivers & streams, interfere with subsistence lifestyles of rural Alaskans, & cross through @GatesArcticNPS. Sound like a bad idea? We think so too.
Take Action: Seismic testing does not belong on the coastal plain.
Last Friday, Kaktovik Iñupiat Corporation submitted an application to conduct winter seismic testing in the coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge. The application names SAExploration, the Houston-based company embroiled in a seemingly endless string of scandals, as the...
The Northern Center is seeking an Executive Director
The Northern Alaska Environmental Center (Northern Center) is seeking a full-time executive director to inspire and lead the organization’s ongoing critical work to protect the land, waters, wildlife, and people of Interior and Arctic Alaska for current and future...
Photo by Alex Lee
Arctic Oil: Navigating Contradictions Amidst Crises
As a lifelong Alaskan I know how much I currently rely on oil, for my daily lifestyle and my state’s economic engine. I also know that oil extraction and combustion is threatening life as we know it. The contradiction of reliance on, and threat from, oil is at the...
Photo by David Shaw
Responsibility and Regeneration: In Defense of Arctic Alaska
Last month, the Northern Center joined with other members of local, state-wide, and national coalitions in filing three lawsuits in defense of Arctic Alaska. We have a responsibility to defend these lands, waters, and people, and while we continue to work on other...Upcoming Events
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March Forth: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Headed Join the Northern Center for an update of where various conservation issues stand at this time in Alaska. After a tumultuous four years, what can we[...]