by Northern Center | May 24, 2023
We are proud to officially launch our newest program, Adventure Borealis. This program of the Northern Center will provide natural history based excursions with a goal of creating safe, supportive spaces for communities that the outdoor industry has historically...
by Katie McClellan | May 11, 2023
After over 150 years under the same regulatory scheme, the United States is in dire need of mining regulation reform—but some of the latest bills proposed on the issue would make matters worse, not better. Northern Center urges legislators to support the Clean Energy...
by Elisabeth Balster Dabney | Apr 28, 2023
It is an extreme honor to announce my appointment as permanent Executive Director of the Northern Alaska Environmental Center. Since 2014, the Northern Center has been my professional home. It has been more than that, though. The meaningful work of the Northern Center...
by Jill Richie | Apr 27, 2023
A few weeks ago in Fairbanks, we were thrilled to unveil this year’s featured art by Jill Richie. As we select our featured artist, we look for someone who embodies the spirit of Northern Alaska – and Jill does just that. At the final event in our annual...
by Board Secretary | Mar 24, 2023
Renew or increase your donation to support NAEC Update: Through the generous matching donation from an anonymous donor, we are able to double your impact in supporting our programs and our defense of the Arctic. Donate this April to help us meet our goal of $30,000! ...
by Katie McClellan | Mar 7, 2023
Photo by Alexis Bonogofsky, USFWS. The Northern Alaska Environmental Center (Northern Center) acknowledges that we work throughout the unceded territories of the Indigenous Peoples of Alaska. We honor the ancestral and ongoing land and water stewardship and...
by northern | Nov 9, 2022
Donate before Giving Tuesday (November 29) to make twice the impact thanks to a generous donor who will match up to $15,000. Go to northern.org/donate and choose “No Ambler Road” in the drop down menu. Every caribou in the image above represents a $1,000...
by northern | Oct 20, 2022
This summer, local artist Andrew Brooks took on a large-scale project for the Northern Center, painting the 40 foot conex in our backyard. Andrew uses his art to focus on promoting environmental conservation. When he moved from Colorado to Alaska, he immediately...
by northern | Oct 3, 2022
Tickets for Northern Center’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival are available here. Each year, Wild & Scenic Film Festival shares an urgent call to environmental action with attendees across the country and around the world. The flagship festival each year is the...
by Katie McClellan | Sep 22, 2022
On Tuesday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) opened a 45-day scoping period to guide the process of drafting a Supplemental Environmental Impact Analysis (SEIS) for the proposed Ambler Road. BLM’s stated intent is to identify issues with its previous analysis of...
