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AWA on The Wolf Connection Podcast!

AWA on The Wolf Connection Podcast!

Listen to AWA’s Executive Director discuss Denali wolves and our efforts to protect them.

Action Alert: Strengthen Protections for National Wildlife Refuges

Action Alert: Strengthen Protections for National Wildlife Refuges

Comment by May 6th to secure enhanced protections for wildlife!

Our 2023 Annual Report!

Our 2023 Annual Report!

Learn more about our work in 2023!

Plants and animals on the move: the borealization of a rapidly warming Alaska

Click here or scroll below to see AWA’s Vice President, Dr. John Morton’s, presentation Plants and animals on the move: the borealization of a rapidly warming Alaska for the 20th Annual Conference of North American Travel Journalists Association on May 17th in Fairbanks, AK.

AWA Presentation: Using genetics to address conservation issues on the Kenai Peninsula

Click here or scroll below to view AWA Vice President, Dr. John Morton’s, presentation Using genetics to address conservation issues on the Kenai Peninsula for the Exploration Ecology course at UAA Kachemak Bay Campus, Homer, AK.

Breaking News: Victory for Brown bears and other wildlife on the Kenai!

Breaking News: Victory for Brown bears and other wildlife on the Kenai!

We celebrate long-lasting protections for brown bears, lynx, fox, beavers and more!

Overview of Trap Setback Proposals on the Kenai Peninsula

Overview of Trap Setback Proposals on the Kenai Peninsula

Learn about trap setback proposals on the Kenai Peninsula, and how you can get involved!

2022 Annual Report

2022 Annual Report

From polar bears to halibut, this year we’ve worked to protect hundreds of species in Alaska. Read our annual report to learn about all AWA’s work in 2022!

Petition to Protect Lower Cook Inlet Wildlife

Petition to Protect Lower Cook Inlet Wildlife

Sign the petition to protect Lower Cook Inlet!

WATCH: Wildlife Wednesday: Fishers in Southeast Alaska

WATCH: Wildlife Wednesday: Fishers in Southeast Alaska

What habitats are fisher associated with in the area? How might they impact native species? Join Caitlin Kupferman, a research coordinator at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, as she discusses her research examining fisher occupancy, habitat associations, and competition with native species Southeast Alaska.

Indigenous, allied groups go to court to stop issuance of Arctic Refuge leases

Indigenous, allied groups go to court to stop issuance of Arctic Refuge leases

The motion filed on Dec. 15 requests a preliminary injunction that stops the U.S. Bureau of Land Management from issuing any leases sold during the January lease sale of the coastal plain, and from authorizing any seismic exploration activities.

Our joint response to recently announced Arctic oil and gas lease sales

Our joint response to recently announced Arctic oil and gas lease sales

Read our joint letter to Secretary Bernhardt

Advocacy in Action: Preventing sport hunting in Alaska's National Preserves

Advocacy in Action: Preventing sport hunting in Alaska's National Preserves

Now that NPS has reversed their stance against predator control, it will be legal to shoot brown bears over piles of doughnuts and grease; to shine artificial lights into dens to kill hibernating black bears and their cubs; to shoot wolves and coyotes, and their pups, during the denning season when their pelts are in generally poor condition; and taking swimming caribou using motorboats. Our lawsuit aims to stop that.

Advocacy in Action: Ambler Road lawsuit filed!

Advocacy in Action: Ambler Road lawsuit filed!

The Ambler Road would cut through federal public lands in the Gates of the Arctic National Preserve for the sole purpose of giving private mining companies access to undisturbed regions for hard rock mining. In permitting the Ambler Road, these agencies violated the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act and other federal laws and regulations by making final decisions based on a deeply flawed and inadequate environmental review.