by Northern Center | Jun 6, 2026
This summer, the Northern Alaska Environmental Center is excited to welcome Ella to the team! Originally from Eugene, Oregon, Ella will be a senior this fall at Washington and Lee University, where she is majoring in Environmental Studies and Politics. Her studies...
by Northern Center | Jun 6, 2026
On June 5, the Trump administration held another oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. They will likely try to call it a success. The facts tell a different story. Of the 58 tracts offered, only 5 received bids. Of nearly 689,000 acres...
by Northern Center | Jun 6, 2026
Wiseman residents are facing an immediate and unacceptable crisis. Because of the recent Dalton Utility Corridor land order revocation, lands that Wiseman residents have long relied on for harvesting firewood, fish, and wildlife have been thrown into legal...
by Northern Center | Jun 6, 2026
Alaska’s rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands, and salmon habitat belong to the public. They sustain fish and wildlife, support subsistence and cultural practices, provide recreation and transportation, and connect communities across the state. Now, proposed changes to...
by Northern Center | Jun 6, 2026
Public comments due July 6, 2026 All photos are credited to David Pisaneschi Teshekpuk Lake is one of the most ecologically important places in Alaska’s Arctic. Located within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, or NPR-A, Teshekpuk Lake and the surrounding...
by Northern Center | Jun 6, 2026
This summer, Northern Alaska Environmental Center is proud to partner with the Alaska Songbird Institute to support hands-on youth and community science in Interior Alaska. Through ASI’s long-running Tree Swallow Ecology Program, interns and young students are...
by Northern Center | Jun 1, 2026
Photo Credit: Jim Taylor Alaska’s rivers, streams, and lakes sustain fish, wildlife, and communities across the state. For Alaska Native Tribes, rural residents, subsistence users, watershed councils, conservation groups, and everyday Alaskans, protecting water is not...
by Northern Center | Jun 1, 2026
On June 1, Trilogy Metals announced that the proposed $35.6 million federal strategic equity investment in the company has been extended to July 31, 2026. While the company framed the extension as a procedural step to allow more time to finalize transaction documents,...
by Gale K. Vick | May 28, 2026
The Ambler Road Project Creates Immense Challenges for Wild Fish [1] Part 5: The High Cost of Culvert Maintenance – June 2026 Gale K. Vick [2] Map courtesy of Dr. Kevin Fraley, Wildlife Conservation Society Alaska has an essential culvert problem. We have...
by Board Secretary | May 28, 2026
Alaska has long been shaped by resource development. Mining, energy, fisheries, timber, and infrastructure have all played major roles in the state’s economy and in the lives of communities across the Interior and western Alaska. As demand grows for minerals used in...
