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Alaska Wilderness League in the News
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Will the Tongass timber wars ever be over?
(SitNews, 7/18/21)
Biden Administration to restore protections to Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
(Digital Journal, 7/17/21)
Biden Reinstates Roadless Rule, Bans Logging in Tongass
(Our Daily Planet, 7/16/21)
Biden ends Trump plan to log Alaska rainforest dubbed ‘the lungs of North America’
(The Independent, 7/16/21)
U.S. to end large, old-growth timber sales in Alaska forest
(The Associated Press, 7/15/21)
U.S. to restore protections for Alaska's Tongass forest
(Reuters, 7/15/21)
Biden To Restore Protections For America’s Largest National Forest
(Huff Post, 7/15/21)
BIPOC Outdoor Activists Join Forces With Alaska Wilderness League and Gwich’in People
(Travel Experience Live, 7/10/21)
Duluth outdoor activist hikes into Arctic Refuge debate
(Duluth News Tribune, 7/10/21)
Appeals court upholds challenge to Pebble Mine ruling
(Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 6/21/21)
Biden Reverses One of Trump’s ‘Most Reckless and Irresponsible’ Decisions
(Gizmodo, 6/11/21)
Biden moves to reverse Trump opening of Alaska forest to logging
(Reuters, 6/11/21)
Forests are crucial to combating climate change — will Biden rise to the challenge?
(AlterNet, 6/10/21)
On Alaska Oil Drilling, Biden Walks a Difficult Path in Search of Bipartisanship
(InsideClimate News, 6/7/21)
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge just got a reprieve — but it’s not safe yet
(National Geographic, 6/3/21)
Biden Aims to End Arctic Drilling. A Trump-Era Law Could Foil His Plans.
(The New York Times, 6/2/21)
Biden Suspends Trump-Era Arctic Drilling Leases in Wildlife Refuge Cherished by Environmentalists
(People, 6/2/21)
Biden Suspends Oil Leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge While Supporting Drilling Elsewhere in Alaska
(EcoWatch, 6/2/21)
Biden Urged to Go Further After ‘Strong Step’ Toward Protecting Arctic Refuge From Drilling
(Alaska Native News, 6/2/21)
Biden administration suspends oil and gas leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(The Washington Post, 6/1/21)
Biden Suspends Drilling Leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(The New York Times, 6/1/21)
Biden suspends oil leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge
(The Associated Press, 6/1/21)
Biden suspends Trump-era oil and gas leases in Alaska refuge
(Reuters, 6/1/21)
Lorraine Netro awarded the Glen Davis Conservation Prize
(Yukon News, 5/30/21)
Biden’s Justice Department Is Defending a Trump-Era Plan to Drill the Arctic
(Earther, 5/28/21)
Biden backs enormous Trump-era Alaska oil drilling project opposed by environmentalists
(The Independent, 5/28/21)
Biden administration throws support behind Willow oil project
(Alaska Public Media, 5/27/21)
Environmentalists condemn Biden's backing of Alaska oil drilling project
(Reuters, 5/27/21)
Biden officials condemned for backing Trump-era Alaska drilling project
(The Guardian, 5/27/21)
Biden Administration Defends Huge Alaska Oil Drilling Project
(The New York Times, 5/26/21)
The outdoors are so white. Here’s how Lena Waithe and Jimmy Chin could change that
(Fast Company, 5/25/21)
Meet Chad Brown, founder of Love is King
(Outside Business Journal, 5/17/21)
Arctic coastal drilling rules stay
(Politico Morning Energy, 5/10/21)
Interior drops Trump proposal for Arctic offshore drilling
(The Associated Press, 5/7/21)
Adam Kolton, 53, Dies; Led Fight to Protect Alaskan Refuge
(The New York Times, 5/3/21)
Adam Kolton, who helped fend off development in Alaska’s wild places, dies at 53
(The Washington Post, 4/30/21)
Remembering Adam Kolton
(Our Daily Planet, 4/30/21)
Adam Kolton, defender of the Arctic refuge, dies
(E&E News, 4/27/21)
Kolton, Champion for Collaborative Conservation, Left ‘Indelible Mark’ on Wildlife, Arctic Conservation
(National Wildlife Magazine, 4/26/21)
Agriculture Department urged to stop funding logging roads in Tongass
(The Cordova Times, 4/22/21)
The Calming, Healthful Joy of Visiting an Old-Growth Forest Near You
(Bloomberg, 4/22/21)
Conservation and climate groups call on USDA to end subsidies for Tongass logging
(SitNews, 4/20/21)
Haaland Pivots Interior Toward Renewable Energy
(Outside Online, 4/19/21)
Hurtigruten Will Donate to Protect Alaskan Wildlife
(Travel Pulse, 4/19/21)
Hurtigruten to Donate 1% of Alaska Cruise Cost to Charity
(Cruise Industry News, 4/19/21)
Haaland begins work of reversing Trump's pro-fossil fuel, anti-climate agenda
(Hatch Magazine, 4/17/21)
Interior secretary revokes Trump-era energy orders
(Alaska's News Source, 4/17/21)
'Watershed Moment' as Haaland Revokes Trump-Era Orders, Creates Climate Task Force
(EcoWatch, 4/17/21)
Moderate nominee shifts battle line over deputy post
(E&E News, 4/15/21)
Ninth Circuit Court Confirms Obama-Era Protections for Arctic, Atlantic Oceans
(YubaNet, 4/14/21)
Appeals court backs drilling protections reinstated by Biden
(The Hill, 4/13/21)
Conservation Alliance Awards $1.1 million to Indigenous-Led Conservation Projects
(Inside Outdoor Magazine, 3/31/21)
Here Are 9 Gorgeous Minutes On Why ANWR Must Remain Wild
(Adventure Journal, 3/25/21)
White House pulls nominee for Interior’s No. 2 post after opposition from centrists
(The Washington Post, 3/23/21)
Haaland's Confirmation as Interior Secretary Hailed as 'Historic and Hopeful Moment'
(EcoWatch, 3/16/21)
Interior to review federal fossil fuel program, Trump public land fire sale
(YubaNet, 3/9/21)
Kaktovik Iñupiat Corp. blames feds for missed ANWR deadline
(Alaska Public Media, 2/26/21)
Kaktovik Iñupiat Corporation misses key deadline to do seismic work in Arctic refuge this winter
(Alaska Public Media, 2/22/21)
500 NGOs Implore Senate Leaders to Confirm Deb Haaland for Interior
(EnviroNews, 2/22/21)