Posts by Monica Scherer:

Operation ROAM heads to the Arctic Refuge

Monica Scherer | July 17, 2021

This July, Alaska Wilderness League, Love is King and Operation Roam are launching our inaugural expedition. The destination: the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Read more

Forging connections through a “Geography of Hope”

Monica Scherer | August 20, 2020

For many of us, Alaska represents what author Wallace Stegner called “the geography of hope,” a place that captivates and inspires millions who feel our country is richer for having truly wild, vast and largely intact landscapes where herds of...

Our first virtual lobby day for the Tongass National Forest

Monica Scherer | August 14, 2020

At Alaska Wilderness League, “your land, your voice” is one of our guiding principles. And now more than ever we need you to use your voice on behalf of our public lands in Alaska. But this time, we’re using a...

Vashraii K’oo: An Arctic Refuge Experience

Monica Scherer | March 27, 2020

Alaska Wilderness League and Soul River Inc. recently joined forces to bring a multimedia photo exhibit on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to life. Read more

Communities Come Together To Stand With The Gwich’in

Monica Scherer | April 12, 2019

On the evening of March 5, nearly two hundred people gathered in a ballroom on the campus of the University of New Mexico to lend their voice to the overwhelming call for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to reject...

David Thoreson Shares His Arctic Journey

Monica Scherer | November 6, 2015

Photographer and sailor David Thoreson recently appeared at venues across New Jersey, and in St. Louis, Missouri, to present Arctic Journeys in an Era of Climate Change: Stories and Photos, speaking about his travels and firsthand observations of how climate...

South Carolina Kindergartners Accept Arctic Challenge

Monica Scherer | February 19, 2015

Once upon a time, there was a plucky school in South Carolina that wondered how its students could help protect the Arctic. The question traveled far and wide, until finally it landed at Alaska Wilderness League…and we had a very...