Toxic gold mining along rivers crossing the British Columbia-Alaska border threatens critical ecosystems and the sovereign rights of Alaska Native communities.

More than 200,000 people call on Interior to expand protections against oil and gas drilling.

Six resolutions opposing a proposed land exchange and road in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, adopted by the Native Village of Hooper Bay, Sea Lion Corporation, Native Village of Paimiut, Chuloonawick Native Village, Native Village of Saint Michael, and Chevak Traditional Council.

The Native Village of Hooper Bay seeks help to protect its community from irreparable harm that could result from a proposed land exchange and road in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness Area.

Earthjustice joins Alaska’s Tribes and conservation groups in applauding the Department of Interior’s decision – and the thorough study and public process that informed it.

Earthjustice joins Tribes in applauding the safeguarding of Alaska’s federally-managed lands critical for food security and the protection of intact ecosystems

The Chevak Traditional Council passed and approved a resolution on Aug. 22, 2024, opposing a proposed land exchange and road in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.

National Marine Fisheries Service did not use best available science or develop conservation alternatives to protect ocean habitats in the Gulf of Alaska as required under federal law

Oceana argues that the National Marine Fisheries failed to meet obligations under the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the National Environmental Policy Act to protect corals, sponges and other seafloor habitats from bottom trawling.

The Native Village of St. Michael adopted a resolution on Aug. 9, 2024 opposing a proposed land exchange and road in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.

Canada’s decision effectively silences Tribes as slew of gold and copper mines upriver in British Columbia threaten ecological hotspot

The Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission (SEITC), consisting of Alaska Tribes rooted along Canada’s transboundary rivers, requests that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights call on Canada and B.C. to adopt and implement precautionary measures to prevent irreparable harms to SEITC resulting from the impending approval and construction of the Eskay Creek Revitalization Project, a large gold and silver mine in the transboundary Unuk River in British Columbia.

The Biden administration adopted new protections for millions of acres of the Arctic in April. Now it’s time for the next step.

A judge overturned the Biden administration’s reckless lease sale in Cook Inlet, citing threats to the rare beluga whale.

El fallo a favor de grupos ambientalistas resalta las preocupaciones sobre la supervivencia de las ballenas beluga

Ruling in favor of environmental groups highlights concerns about endangered whales

Federal court reverses offshore oil lease sale that threatened belugas off Alaska’s coast

Expanding Western Arctic protections will help safeguard irreplaceable Arctic ecosystems from harmful fossil fuel development