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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What You Need to Know About the Future of 28 Million Acres of Public Lands
The fate of 28 million acres of public lands in Alaska lies in the hands of the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and they want to hear from you. The BLM released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to consider the impacts of opening public lands to private mining and oil and gas extraction. […]
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 […]
Protect Bristol Bay from Pebble Mine
The headwaters region of Bristol Bay, Alaska – the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery – is the proposed site of a gigantic open pit mine.
Speak Up for the Arctic Refuge
After decades of protection, the federal administration is moving with breakneck speed to industrialize the Arctic Refuge by leasing the coastal plain for oil and gas drilling.
Preserve the Tongass
Alaska’s congressional delegation is pushing to open protected areas of the Tongass National Forest, the largest temperate rainforest on the planet, to harmful logging.
Alaska Conservation & COVID-19
Alaska Conservation Foundation is committed to remaining accessible to all our partners and supporters. Learn how we’re responding to COVID-19.