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Stormy Hamar, a Haida artist and carver and a member of the Organized Village of Kasaan Tribal Council, is working to protect the remaining old-growth trees on Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest. (David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice)
Article November 4, 2026

What the Tongass Needs is Time to Heal, Not More Logging

The Organized Village of Kasaan is fighting alongside other Southeast Alaska tribes and forest advocates to defend the Tongass National Forest.
Press Release: Victory November 3, 2026

Alaska Tribes Win Legal Fight Against Destructive Gold Dredging Operation Near Nome

The court finds the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to follow key environmental laws when approving a fill permit but stops short of remanding the authorization
document November 2, 2026

Court Decision: IPOP Mining Operation in Alaska

The U.S. District Court in Alaska found the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers acted arbitrarily when approving a controversial suction dredge gold mining operation proposed about 30 miles east of…
Caribou on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Florian Schulz / protectthearctic.org)
Press Release October 30, 2026

Court Hears Arguments in Legal Challenge to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Leasing Program

Meanwhile, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, an Alaska-sponsored corporation, quietly submitted an exploration application to federal agencies
The Teshekpuk Lake area. Much of the Western Arctic is classified as wetlands. In summer, these areas become critical habitat to millions of birds that travel here from six continents to breed and raise their young. (Gerrit Vyn / Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Press Release October 8, 2026

Trump Administration Seeks to Exempt Western Arctic Oil and Gas Exploration from Environmental Review and Public Comment

The administration’s proposed categorical exclusion aims to fast track and cut the public out of oil exploration approvals in the Western Arctic
Revillagigedo Island in Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Anita Gould)
Press Release September 30, 2026

Legal Action Seeks to Halt Old-Growth Logging Sale in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

The sale is part of the massive South Revilla old-growth logging project near Ketchikan that would harm subsistence users, jeopardize wildlife, and drain taxpayer dollars
document September 30, 2026

Tongass South Revilla Preliminary Injunction Motion

A Southeast Alaska Tribe and two conservation groups filed a motion in federal court in Alaska to halt the first timber sale connected to a recently-approved, large-scale, old-growth logging project…
Musk oxen were hunted to extinction in Alaska, but were reintroduced with animals from Greenland nearly a century ago. Today, herds roam free across the state, including the Western Arctic Reserve. (Gerrit Vyn / Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
feature September 16, 2026

Guide to Public Hearing for Arctic Drilling

This is our last chance to speak directly to BLM and urge them to protect the Arctic from unnecessary drilling.
In the News: The Hill September 4, 2026

Trump administration moves to fast-track oil drilling approvals in Alaska

Erik Grafe, Managing Attorney, Alaska Office: “These are large-scale, industrial activities that cause permanent damage to sensitive Arctic ecosystems, nearby communities, and the climate.”
Caribou make their way across the Teshekpuk Lake area of northern Alaska. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
Press Release September 4, 2026

Trump Administration Proposes Regulations to Rubber Stamp Drilling in Alaska’s Western Arctic

The regulations proposed at the request of the oil industry seek to greenlight potentially massive new oil development in sensitive areas of the Western Arctic
Revillagigedo Island in Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Anita Gould)
Press Release August 27, 2026

Lawsuit Aims to Halt Massive Old-Growth Logging Project in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

Forest Service’s old-growth logging plan will harm subsistence use and jeopardize wildlife, drain taxpayer dollars
document August 27, 2026

South Revilla Complaint: Tongass National Forest

A Southeast Alaska Tribe and two conservation groups filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a 15-year, large-scale old-growth logging project in the Tongass National Forest on…
In the News: High Country News August 26, 2026

Arctic drilling in Alaska won’t get environmental review in new proposal

Jeremy Lieb, Attorney, Alaska Office: “Drilling and seismic exploration for oil and gas in the Arctic are large-scale, industrial activities that cause significant, lasting negative impacts to the environment and nearby communities.”
In the News: Alaska Native News August 20, 2026

Tongass defenders continue to fight ‘unjustifiable’ move to rescind Roadless Rule

Kate Glover, Attorney, Alaska Office: “The Tongass is still healing from a half century of intensive, clearcut logging. The region has moved on, and its economy today depends on intact forests, not clearcuts.”
Elk in the Rapid River Roadless area in Idaho’s Nez Perce National Forest. (John McCarthy / The Wilderness Society)
feature August 18, 2026

Timeline of the Roadless Rule

A timeline of the creation of and 25-year fight to defend the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Policy.
A photographer makes pictures of old-growth trees in the Siuslaw National Forest in western Oregon. (David Herasimtschuk)
Press Release August 18, 2026

Earthjustice Responds to Trump Administration Attack on Roadless Rule

Despite widespread opposition, Forest Service seeks to lift protections across 45 million acres of national forestlands
The Roadless Rule protects about half of the Tongass in Alaska, the crown jewel of the National Forest system and home to nearly one-third of all old-growth temperate rainforest remaining in the entire world. (Carlos Rojas / Getty Images)
Press Release August 18, 2026

Conservationists Blast Federal Proposal to Bulldoze Forestlands

U.S. Forest Service announces proposal to rescind Roadless Rule, threatening millions of acres of national forestlands
In the News: Courthouse News Service August 10, 2026

Alaskan fishing management on the hook in Ninth Circuit

Kate Glover, Attorney, Alaska Office: “All the court needs to decide is a straightforward legal question: Can the Fisheries Service meet its obligation to minimize all adverse effects on all designated essential fish habitat by using only two tests to identify those adverse effects?”