Your next fly fishing trip to Bristol Bay may be guided by a local Alaska Native teenager! In August, 14 Native youth will attend the Bristol Bay Flyfishing and Guide Academy in Ekwok, a remote subsistence community located on the Nushagak River. Thanks in part to support from ACF, the students will learn the business […]
Community Tool Box Innovation Prize Opens Aug 1
Community Tool Box is sponsoring the 2010 Out of the Box Prize, which will honor promising initiatives that improve community health and development. The Grand Prize will be $5,000 in cash, plus a free customized Workstation designed specifically for your group. A second prize will be $2,000 in cash, with a free WorkStation. The opening date […]
Participate in the “America’s Great Outdoors” Initiative
What are the places you love in your community? Are there efforts underway to protect these areas? How can we better support modern-day land and water conservation? These are just a few of the questions the Obama administration is asking as part of the “America’s Great Outdoors” initiative. Congressional and agency representatives are currently hosting sessions around […]
Save the Date! ACF Conservation Achievement Awards Sept. 24, 2010
The 2010 ACF Conservation Achievement Awards Banquet is just around the corner! And you’re invited. Save the date… When: Friday, September 24, 2010 Time: 6 pm Reception, 7 pm Awards Place: Lucy Cuddy Hall, University of Alaska Anchorage Watch the ACF website for future details and announcement of this year’s winners. For more information about the awards […]
Mapping the Bering Sea
My Experience as an AMCC Intern By Julia Beaty 2010 I was drawn to Alaska for many reasons, not the least of which was adventure. Alaska was this great faraway place that I knew very little about. My family kept telling me that I would be “eaten by a bear,” but I think they didn’t want […]