The Urgency in Alaska
Alaska is a globally-significant landscape and a one-of-a-kind conservation opportunity no longer available elsewhere in the United States
© Steve Hillebrand
Three years ago, Alaska Conservation Foundation recognized the growing concern surrounding increased mining activity in our state. In response, we organized the Alaska Conference on Mining Impacts and Prevention, a pivotal event that galvanized statewide interest and engagement on this issue. The resounding success of the conference and feedback from grassroots partners indicated a need […]
The fate of 28 million acres of public lands in Alaska lies in the hands of the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and they want to hear from you. The BLM released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to consider the impacts of opening public lands to private mining and oil and gas extraction. […]
Since the 1950s, Alaska’s economy has relied on boom and bust extractive industries. With industrial-scale logging, natural gas, and oil industries continuing to decline, Alaska is already beginning to invest heavily into a new era of boom and bust extraction in the form of industrial-scale mining for transition metals and minerals. Mining and associated activities […]
The headwaters region of Bristol Bay, Alaska – the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery – is the proposed site of a gigantic open pit mine.
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is America’s largest and most wild natural environment. Although remote and seemingly protected, this sensitive ecosystem has recently come under threat of oil and gas drilling. Learn more so you can join us in protecting this magnificent place.