Air view of Pedro Bay area on Illiamna Lake, Alaska. Photo George Wuerthner
In December, the Pedro Bay Native Corporation (PBC) in Alaska placed 44,000 acres of its property under a $20 million conservation easement that may be the nail in the coffin for the proposed Pebble Gold and Copper Mine […]
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Izembek National Wildlife Refuge is a 315,000 acre protected landscape located on the Alaskan Peninsula, a chain of volcanos that eventually leds to the Aleutian Islands.
Former President Jimmy Carter has filed an AMICUS CURIAE supporting a rehearing of a District Court decision to allow a road to be constructed across […]
Continue Reading →Let’s stop the destructive road into the Brooks Range for good.
Write now to kill the Ambler access road.
The Kobuk River near the village of Kobuk, Brooks Range, Alaska. Photo George Wuerthner
While most attention of conservation groups has focused on proposals to drill in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge, […]
Continue Reading →Allen River, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska. Photo George Wuerthner
Hats off to High Country News for publishing A quest for Alaska oil sparks a fight over tribal sovereignty by Max Graham in their July 6th edition. It represents a good start in providing a more balanced perspective on […]
Continue Reading →Peaks in the Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska. Photo George Wuerthner
While most Americans were focused on the seditious events in Washington DC, the Trump Administration approved the right of way for the 211 Mile Ambler road across Alaska’s Brooks Range southern edge. The route will access mineral deposits near […]
Continue Reading →Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke has directed the National Park Service to reverse Obama-era directives implemented in October of 2015 that prohibited certain “hunting” practices in Alaskan national park units.
Zinke is attempting to reinstate the killing of black bears with cubs and hunting them with dogs, hunting grizzlies over bait like donuts and bacon, […]
Continue Reading →The Izembek Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is one of the gems of the entire National Wildlife Refuge System. The refuge is a critical feeding ground for waterfowl to store up energy before traveling from Alaska to and from points south. In spring and fall, nearly all of the world’s population of Emperor and Brant geese […]
Continue Reading →The Plan to Turn Brooks Camp Into a Theme Park-
By Dr. Barrie Gilbert
One of Alaska’s most treasured bear-viewing sites is about to be turned into a destination theme park, sacrificing grizzly bear habitat on the altar of commercial development. After a decade of development planning, EIS and public input, once aimed at […]
Continue Reading →Arctic mosquitoes explode in number
Scientists uncover likely pathogenic “giant viruses”
Superabundant mosquitoes-
One of the predictions about a warming, changing climate is that it provides conditions for the spread of biological material we hate and is harmful to wildlife as well. Two recent developments in the Arctic show that this is no longer […]
Narrow focused Chief of Alaska Fish and Game Wildlife Chief’s resignation cause for rejoicing among many-
Corey Rossi is the kind of guy wildlife biologists don’t like. He had a narrow focus on big game hunting and what he thought would result in the maximum production of moose, caribou and a handful of other hunted […]
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