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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Alaska National Forests 
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Alaska Wilderness League applauds selection of Rep. Debra Haaland to be next Interior Secretary
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (12/17/20)
Indigenous, allied groups go to court to stop issuance of Arctic Refuge leases
Group Statement (12/15/20)
Trump administration assessment of proposed Arctic Refuge seismic exploration recklessly understates impacts
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (12/15/20)
Interior Department harassment authorization risks the lives of threatened polar bears
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (12/8/20)
Trump administration to notice Arctic Refuge lease sale one day after its 60th anniversary
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (12/3/20)
Trump administration denies permit to controversial Pebble Mine proposal in Bristol Bay Watershed
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (11/25/20)
Trump administration seeking last-second rollback of Arctic offshore drilling safety regs
Statement by Leah Donahey, Legislative Director (11/19/20)
Insurance companies pressured to not support oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Statement (11/19/20)
Groups sue Trump agencies for illegal approval of ConocoPhillips' massive Arctic oil & gas project
Group Statement (11/17/20)
Lame-duck Trump makes last-second push to destroy America’s Arctic
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (11/13/20)
Trump Administration Invites Oil Industry to Desecrate Sacred Arctic Refuge
Group Statement (11/13/20)
Biden/Harris win with bold conservation and climate vision; pledge to protect Arctic wilderness
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (11/7/20)
Trump administration to officially roll back roadless protections in Tongass National Forest
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (10/28/20)
Fast-tracked Willow oil project threatens Alaska’s western Arctic
Statement by Kristen Miller, Conservation Director (10/27/20)
Groups condemn continued attack on Arctic Alaska as BLM releases Record of Decision on Willow Project
Group Statement (10/27/20)
Trump administration pushes last-second oil exploration in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (10/23/20)
Prince of Wales Island to Remain Protected from Logging
Group Statement (10/21/20)
House Climate Solutions Bill Would Ban New Arctic Ocean Oil and Gas Leasing
Statement by Leah Donahey, Legislative Director (10/20/20)
Illegal Plans and Decisions Made by William Perry Pendley Must be Retracted
Group Statement (10/6/20)
Trump ready to roll back protections for 9 million acres in America’s largest national forest
Statement by Andy Moderow, Alaska Director (9/24/20)
U.S. Forest Service Pushes to Gut Protections for America’s Climate Forest
Group Statement (9/24/20)
Thirteen groups sue Interior, NPS for paving way for destructive hunting practices
Group Statement (8/26/20)
Groups sue Trump agency for illegal plan to expand leasing, drilling in the NPRA
Group Statement (8/25/20)
New Poll Shows Sweeping Disapproval of Trump’s Arctic Refuge Sell-off
Alaska Wilderness League Release (8/25/20)
Pebble delay a positive step, but EPA needs to act to protect Bristol Bay
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (8/24/20)
Gwich’in and allied groups sue Trump agencies for illegal lease program in Arctic Refuge
Group Statement (8/24/20)
With Arctic Refuge Leasing Plan, Trump Advances his own Teapot Dome Amid a National Health Crisis
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (8/17/20)
Fast-tracked western Arctic oil project continues Trump’s war on Alaska
Statement by Kristen Miller, Conservation Director (8/14/20)
Letter: Pendley should be rejected by Senate for leading Interior position
Group Statement (8/3/20)
Rep. Jared Huffman Introduces Polar Bear Cub Survival Act
Group Statement (7/30/20)
House Appropriations bill provides protections for Alaska public lands
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (7/24/20)
Groups call out Army Corps for negligent review of Pebble’s faulty mine proposal
Group Statement (7/24/20)
Trump NEPA rollback sidelines communities in favor of corporate interests
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (7/15/20)
House Advances Appropriations Bill Protecting Alaska Public Lands and Waters
Statement by Leah Donahey, Legislative Director (7/10/20)
Solving the Climate Crisis: A Congressional Roadmap for Ambitious Climate Action
U.S. House Committee on the Climate Crisis; League support statement here (6/30/20)
New polling shows dramatically low levels of support for drilling in the Arctic Refuge
(Alaska Wilderness League Release, 6/29/20)
Trump administration continues push to hand Western Arctic over to oil and gas industry
Statement by Kristen Miller, Conservation Director (6/26/20)
Court shuts down Interior’s second illegal land deal with King Cove Corp
Group Statement (6/2/20)
Alaska Wilderness League Statement on the Killing of George Floyd
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (6/2/20)
Reprehensible: Energy Secretary Comments Compare Banking Decisions to Racial Redlining
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (5/19/20)
Groups Condemn BLM’s Decision to Hold Virtual Meetings During Pandemic
Group Statement (4/27/20)
Citigroup joins JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Other Major Banks in Shunning Arctic Drilling
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (4/20/20)
BLM Pushes Forward on Western Arctic Development Plan Despite Coronavirus Pandemic
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (3/23/20)
Federal Court Rules Against Massive Old-Growth Rainforest Logging Plan in Alaska
Group Statement (3/12/20)
Appropriations Deal Fails to Hold Trump Administration Accountable for Arctic Leasing Lies
Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (12/16/19)
400,000-plus Blast Trump Administration Plan for Clearcutting in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
Group Statement (12/16/19)
NPR-A Lease Sale Exposes the Insanity of Rushing Sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Statement by Kristen Miller, Conservation Director (12/11/19)
Interior Department, Bureau of Land Management announce plan to gut protections in Western Arctic
Alaska Wilderness League Statement (11/21/19)
BLM moves to gut protected areas in NPRA and Western Arctic
Group Statement (11/21/19)
Rep. Huffman, Sen. Markey push for Accountability, Protecting the Arctic and American Taxpayers
Alaska Wilderness League Statement (11/1/19)