by Emily Hikes | Mar 13, 2025
Last month, Advocates for Safe Alaska Highways presented to the House Transportation Committee on public highway safety in the face of an industrial ore haul that runs a distance of 240 miles across three Alaska highways. You still have a chance to let your representatives know that Alaska cannot afford this or future ore hauls.
by Elisabeth Balster Dabney | Mar 12, 2025
We tackle big, regional issues that impact Interior and Arctic Alaska and beyond, and remain a grassroots, Alaska-based nonprofit. To give us strength in this time of extreme challenges, we need to remember why we do this work.
by Emily Mesner | Feb 6, 2025
Every year, we have the honor of commissioning an Alaska-based artist whose work embodies the spirit of northern Alaska to create an original piece for our organization through our Featured Artist program. This year, we are thrilled to have selected Fairbanks artist Tehya McLeod as Northern Center’s 2025 Featured Artist!
by Emily Mesner | Jan 20, 2025
Jazmyn Vent, an Indigenous advocate from Huslia, was part of a group of seven Alaska Native women who recently traveled to Washington D.C. to advocate against Senator Dan Sullivan’s National Defense Authorization Act. She is a recent graduate and aspiring law student...
by Emily Mesner | Nov 27, 2024
Our winter edition of The Northern Line is now available to read online. Each edition of our printed, magazine-style newsletter highlights work we’ve done throughout the year. This spring and summer was an exciting time for the Arctic and our staff have remained...
by Board Secretary | Nov 20, 2024
Created using the Donation Thermometer plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/donation-thermometer/.$5,000Raised $270 towards the $5,000 target.$270Raised $270 towards the $5,000 target.5% At Adventure Borealis, our aim is to deepen connections to Interior Alaska and...
by Katie McClellan | Oct 28, 2024
This past June, Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan added an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would require the Department of the Interior to approve permits for the proposed Ambler Road. This amendment would force the DOI to select Alternative A...
by Debbie S. Miller for the Northern Alaska Environmental Center | Oct 3, 2024
One of the highlights of my life was the day President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalyn, visited our family in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. My sister, Kate, and I were camped on the Okpilak River in the foothills of the Brooks Range along with my two...
by Board Secretary | Sep 18, 2024
Every year the Northern Center commissions artwork by an Alaskan artist that reflects the spirit of our work and shapes ourtheme for the year. This year’s piece is an intricately-beaded dreamcatcher made by Danielle Stickman, titled Ełnena ada, which means “care for...
by Board Secretary | Sep 4, 2024
Art By: Anina Takeff for Fine Acts Want to learn skills to engage in direct action, but don’t know where to start? Join the Northern Center, Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition, Alaska Peace Center, and Young Alaskans Training Fund for “Making Good...
