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Alaska

About Our Work

Alaska, often described as "America's Last Frontier," is famed for its immense wilderness and abundant wildlife. It is home to the nation's only Arctic region, the largest national forest in the U.S. -- the Tongass -- and a rich native culture that dates back millennia. Our Alaska office works to safeguard public lands, waters and wildlife from destructive oil and gas drilling, mining, and logging and works to protect Alaska's marine and coastal ecosystems.

 

Quick Facts

Year opened: 1978
Appeals court: Ninth Circuit

 

Office Information

325 Fourth Street
Juneau, AK 99801
(907) 586-2751
akoffice @earthjustice.org

441 W 5th Avenue, Ste. 301
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 277-2500
akoffice @earthjustice.org

Managing Attorney
Eric Jorgensen

Attorneys
Shawn Eisele
Madeline Gallo
Erik Grafe
Holly Harris
Michael Mayer
Colin O'Brien
Tom Waldo

Litigation Assistant
Iris Korhonen-Penn

Litigation Assistant/Administrative Coordinator
Sarah Saunders

Office Manager
Barbara Frank

Press Contact
John McManus


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Office Spotlight

An Alaska judge says the cruise ship industry, and the agency that regulates it, needs to clean up its act.  Read more.

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