ACF is pleased to welcome five new members to our Board of Trustees: Amy Gulick (Puget Sound), Lisa Lang (Hydaburg), Dorothy Larson (Dillingham & Anchorage), Anna Plager (Fairbanks), and John Schoen (Fairbanks). We give heartfelt thanks to outgoing board members Verner Stor Wilson III and Drew Cason, who held Emerging Leader seats, and to Carol Kasza and David Hardenburgh for […]
Program Officer transition announcement
Program Officer Polly Carr is leaving ACF to become the Executive Director of Alaska Center for the Environment and Alaska Conservation Voters on June 17, 2013. ACF’s Executive Director Ann Rothe writes, “While we are sad to see Polly leave ACF, we are excited to see her step into this critical role and work with […]
Alaska Native Fund awards $142,000 in total funding for 2013
We are pleased to report that in its second year, the Alaska Native Fund has awarded nine grants totaling $142,000 to support projects addressing indigenous environmental priorities and critical food security issues in Alaska Native communities. Join us in congratulating the grantees on their worthwhile projects.
2013 Grassroots Communities Mining Mini-Grant Program
Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) and Western Mining Action Network (WMAN) The goal of the Mining Mini-grants Program is to support and enhance the capacity building efforts of mining-impacted communities in the U.S. and Canada to assure that mining projects do not adversely affect human, cultural, and the ecological health of communities. Applications are accepted three […]
Merger promises greater conservation power
In response to the high rate of Executive Director turnover and significant shifts in Alaska’s political and economic landscape, in 2009 ACF gathered conservation leaders to begin discussing the challenges hindering effectiveness and innovative strategies for addressing it. Through the Transformers process, these leaders from across Alaska concluded that significant changes in how they approach […]
ACF is moving!
Effective September 24, 2012 ACF’s new address is: 911 West 8th Ave., Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99501. Our phone number will still be (907) 276-1917. Stay tuned for an open house!
ACF co-sponsors the Bristol Bay Fly Fishing and Guide Academy for second year
Looking for a fly fishing guide for your next trip to Bristol Bay? Your guide could be a graduate of the Bristol Bay Fly Fishing and Guide Academy. In its fourth year, the Academy teaches Bristol Bay youth the business of recreational fishing and guiding, and grooms them to be advocates—and leaders—for healthy watersheds and […]
Boots, Bikes, and Bombers by Ginny Hill Wood – Available now
Boots, Bikes, and Bombers is an intimate biography of Ginny Hill Wood, a pioneering Alaska conservationist, outdoorswoman and one of the founders of Alaska Conservation Foundation. Born in Washington in 1917, Wood served as a Women’s Airforce Service Pilot in World War II, and flew a military surplus airplane to Alaska in 1946. Settling in […]
Alaska offers free energy training in June
With a grant from AK Department of Labor, the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council is holding 4 weeks of free trainings from Solar Energy International in Alaska. Schedule includes: PV 101 – Grid-Tie Solar Electric Design and Installation (June 4-8) PV 203 – Battery-Based Solar Electric Design and Installation (June 11-15) Solar Thermal 101 – […]
Alaska Native Fund Letters of Inquiry due July 15th
The Alaska Native Fund was launched in 2011 by Alaska Conservation Foundation in partnership with an Alaska Native Fund Steering Committee. The Fund is designed to advance Alaska Native priorities for protecting the land, water, and wildlife integral to their way of life. In 2012, the Alaska Native Fund will grant up to $125,000 for […]
