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Fostering Advocacy to Safeguard Alaska’s Waters

Three years ago, Alaska Conservation Foundation recognized the growing concern surrounding increased mining activity in our state. In response, we organized the Alaska Conference on Mining Impacts and Prevention, a pivotal event that galvanized statewide interest and engagement on this issue. The resounding success of the conference and feedback from grassroots partners indicated a need […]

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Safeguarding Alaska’s Public Lands and Waters from Industrial Scale Mining

Since the 1950s, Alaska’s economy has relied on boom and bust extractive industries. With industrial-scale logging, natural gas, and oil industries continuing to decline, Alaska is already beginning to invest heavily into a new era of boom and bust extraction in the form of industrial-scale mining for transition metals and minerals. Mining and associated activities […]

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Save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is America’s largest and most wild natural environment. Although remote and seemingly protected, this sensitive ecosystem has recently come under threat of oil and gas drilling. Learn more so you can join us in protecting this magnificent place.