Voices for Wildlife >> Public Engagements
Current Issues and Actions
Learn what did (and did not) happen at the Southeast Board of Game Meeting.
Submit a public comment to defend the Federal Subsistence Board.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is proposing permitting wheel plane landings at McNeil River Sanctuary to change visitor access, prioritizing questionably safe air taxi scheduling over the protections for bears the Department is obligated to uphold. Learn how you can speak up for McNeil’s bears.
The Board of Game proposals for the Southeast region have been released and AWA is carefully combing through them so that we can best represent the needs of Alaska’s wildlife at the Wrangell Board of Game meeting at the end of January.
The State has been ordered to pay over $500,000 in legal fees following AWA’s win of the 2024 Mulchatna bear control lawsuit.
Alaska’s Representative Nick Begich recently introduced a proposal to gut the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Alaskans and many others oppose the bill - read on to learn how you can make your voice heard.
On October 14th, Superior Court Judge Christina Rankin affirmed her finding that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game acted in bad faith when they shot 11 bears from the air this spring.
On Monday, despite widespread Alaskan, Tribal, and national opposition to the proposed 211-mile mining road through Gates of the Arctic National Preserve and across the southern Brooks Range, the President ordered approval of a proposed Ambler Road in Northwest Alaska.
Already worked on the issues above? You can always speak up for wildlife by writing to your local paper, reaching out to your representative, or hosting a wildlife event. Click here to learn how!
