Alaska Wilderness League staff and supporters live in every corner of this country. Whenever concerned citizens voice their passion for Alaska’s wilderness in the media, we catalog it. Below you'll find Alaska in the news, as well as the most recent press releases from the League.
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Arctic Refuge 
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Alaska National Forests 
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Trump administration advances plan to cut protections for largest national forest
(The Guardian, 9/24/20)
Trump Administration to Announce Plan to Open Tongass Forest to Logging
(The New York Times, 9/24/20)
Shell Plans to Resume Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration in Arctic Alaska
(High North News, 9/23/20)
Quannah Chasinghorse Is Fighting to Save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(Teen Vogue, 9/22/20)
Oil Titans Mulling Arctic Drilling Targeted by Activist Groups
(Bloomberg, 9/17/20)
Gwich’in Voices Speak Out Against Oil Drilling in Alaska
(YES! Magazine, 9/7/20)
New rules for killing bears, wolves in national preserves challenged
(The Cordova Times, 9/1/20)
Trump administration sued over Arctic Refuge
(The Cordova Times, 8/31/20)
Interior Department sued over revised NPR-A plan
(Alaska Journal of Commerce, 8/28/20)
Environmental groups challenge rule change on controversial hunting practices in National Preserves
(Alaska Public Media, 8/27/20)
CPAWS joins litigation against drilling plan
(The Associated Press, 8/26/20)
Greens sue over Alaska drilling plan
(Politico Morning Energy, 8/26/20)
Greens ask court to halt predator kills in Alaska preserves
(E&E News, 8/26/20)
Environmental groups sue to block drilling in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
(The Associated Press, 8/26/20)
2 lawsuits challenge Trump’s drilling plan in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(The Associated Press, 8/25/20)
Trump’s Arctic Drilling Plan Challenged Over Polar Bear Threat
(Bloomberg, 8/24/20)
Agency reverses position, dealing setback for proposed Pebble mine
(Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 8/24/20)
Indigenous group, allies sue feds over 'illegal' leases in ANWR
(KTVA, 8/24/20)
The Trump Administration Is Getting Sued for Opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Drilling
(Gizmodo, 8/24/20)
How to Reverse Course on Trump’s Environmental Damage
(The New York Times, 8/22/20)
Trump Administration Approves Oil Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(Sunset Magazine, 8/21/20)
Debate grows over plan to open Alaskan arctic refuge to drilling
(NBC News/The Today Show, 8/19/20)
9th Circ. Urged To Consider Caribou In Alaska Drill Plan
(Law 360, 8/18/20)
US approves oil, gas leasing plan for Alaska Wildlife refuge
(The Associated Press, 8/17/20)
US approves oil leasing plan for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; environmentalists call it 'shameless'
(USA Today, 8/17/20)
Interior Secretary Approves Oil Drilling in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge
(The Wall Street Journal, 8/17/20)
Trump finalizes drilling plan for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(The Washington Post, 8/17/20)
Trump administration announces plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Arctic Wildlife Refuge
(ABC News, 8/17/20)
Trump Administration Finalizes Plan to Open Arctic Refuge to Drilling
(The New York Times, 8/17/20)
Trump in final push to open up Alaska's Arctic refuge to oil and gas drilling
(The Guardian, 8/17/20)
Trump Administration Finalizes Drilling Plans in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(U.S. News & World Report, 8/17/20)
Trump Administration to approve oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic Refuge
(The Hill, 8/17/20)
Final Willow review out; production estimate grows again
(Alaska Journal of Commerce, 8/14/20)
BLM mum on lease sale in Alaska reserve. That's a first
(E&E News, 8/12/20)
The Man Determined to Deliver Trump’s Alaskan Oil Promise
(Politico, 8/8/20)
300 green groups say Senate has 'moral duty' to reject Trump's public lands nominee
(The Hill, 8/3/20)
Alaska Tribes Petition to Preserve Tongass National Forest Roadless Protections
(InsideClimate News, 7/31/20)
Climate Change, Oil Development Threaten Alaska’s Polar Bears
(EcoWatch, 7/26/20)
The Trump administration hates the National Environmental Protection Act
(The Hill, 7/18/20)
Alaska at center of Trump administration’s drive to drill public lands during pandemic
(ABC News, 7/9/20)
9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the offering of NPR-A oil leases was legal
(KTUU, 7/9/20)
Polar Bear Moms Stick to Their Dens Even Faced With Life-Threatening Dangers Like Oil Exploration
(InsideClimate News, 7/7/20)
NPR-A land use plan sacrifices wildlife protection for oil
(Anchorage Daily News, 7/6/20)
Alaska Drilling Plan Envisions Walrus Stampedes, Climate Impacts
(Bloomberg, 6/27/20)
Federal Judge Sends Logging Project on POW Back to the Drawing Board
(SitNews, 6/26/20)
Court deals potentially fatal blow to logging plan for tens of thousands of acres of Tongass National Forest
(Alaska Public Media, 6/25/20)
Trump administration moves to make millions more acres available for oil and gas leasing in Alaska reserve
(Anchorge Daily News, 6/25/20)
The Revolution Will Not Be Muted
(Patagonia, 6/16/20)
Troubled Tundra
(Earth Island Journal, 6/15/20)
Meet the founders of Ben & Jerry's
(Business Insider, 6/14/20)