Voices for Wildlife
Chelsey Cook
Court Ruling Affirms ADFG's ‘Bad Faith’ Actions ...

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.

Court Ruling Affirms ADFG's ‘Bad Faith’ Actions Around Mulchatna Bear Control
Voices for Wildlife
Chelsey Cook
Action Alert: ADFG Requests Regulation Change ...

On June 6, the State released a public notice that the Board of Game has proposed to adopt regulation changes to the 2011 Mulchatna wolf predator control program that would allow ADFG to also aerially gun black and brown bears.

Action Alert: ADFG Requests Regulation Change to Instate Bear Killing
Voices for Wildlife
Chelsey Cook
Mulchatna Update: Judge Rules State Did Not ...

On the evening of May 7, Judge Rankin issued her order on the legal action that AWA filed against the State for adopting a so-called emergency regulation to reopen Mulchatna bear control for May 2025.

Mulchatna Update: Judge Rules State Did Not Comply With Court Order
Voices for Wildlife
Chelsey Cook
Mulchatna Update: AWA Files Legal Action to ...

On April 10, Alaska Wildlife Alliance filed legal action, including a preliminary injunction, against the State for their adoption of an emergency regulation to reopen the unlawful Mulchatna bear control program.

Mulchatna Update: AWA Files Legal Action to Stop the Spring 2025 Cull
Public Comment, Voices for Wildlife
Chelsey Cook
Statewide Board of Game Meeting Results

Alaska Wildlife Alliance attended the Statewide Board of Game Meeting as a voice for Alaska’s wildlife, giving testimony, mobilizing public comment on proposals, and watching deliberations. Overall, AWA submitted comments on 16 proposals. Read on for the results.

Statewide Board of Game Meeting Results
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Approaches to Adapting to Alaska's Rapidly Warming Climate workshop videos are live!

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Approaches to Adapting to Alaska's Rapidly Warming Climate workshop videos are live!

Watch the recordings of the virtual workshop, Approaches to Adapting to Alaska’s Rapidly Warming Climate, now!

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In the News: Feds urged to save beluga whales in Alaska

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In the News: Feds urged to save beluga whales in Alaska

Read more to learn about Alaska Wildlife Alliance’s involvement in assisting to file a legal petition to induce the National Marine Fisheries Service to explore whether allowing a certain number of incidental deaths of critically endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales in connection to oil and gas development in the region should be tolerated.

Publication: Flight plan for the future: floatplane pilots and researchers team up to predict invasive species dispersal in Alaska

Publication: Flight plan for the future: floatplane pilots and researchers team up to predict invasive species dispersal in Alaska

Our board vice president, Dr. John Morton, has been recently published. Learn more about Alaska’s first known aquatic invasive species, Elodea spp. (Elodea) and its floatplane-related dispersal.

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BioScience Features Resist, Accept, Direct (RAD) Framework

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BioScience Features Resist, Accept, Direct (RAD) Framework

In the latest BioScience issue, Alaska Wildlife Alliance’s Resist, Accept, Direct (RAD) framework is discussed in several articles and the featured editorial.

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In the News: It’s time for the Board of Game to address trapping on trails in the Mat-Su

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In the News: It’s time for the Board of Game to address trapping on trails in the Mat-Su

Check out this op ed that our very own Executive Director, Nicole Schmitt, wrote for the Alaska Landmine. Nicole wrote on our proposal to establish 50-yard trap setbacks on over 200 trails in the Mat-Su Valley in an effort to help reduce conflict between user groups on multi-use trails.

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In the News: Environmentalists and Alaska villages continue court challenge of permits for Ambler Road project

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In the News: Environmentalists and Alaska villages continue court challenge of permits for Ambler Road project

An article published by the Anchorage Daily News discusses the recent forward motion on legal oppositions against the Ambler Road. Read more about our efforts to stop the Ambler Road and prevent pollution and destruction to Alaska’s fish, wildlife, lands, waters, and Native culture.

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Victory! Reducing halibut trawl bycatch in the Bering Sea

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Victory! Reducing halibut trawl bycatch in the Bering Sea

Never before have Alaskans from all regions and sectors come together in this way to support unified action to protect our fisheries and communities. On Monday, the council voted to tie trawl fleet bycatch limits to the halibut population, and caps bycatch by as much as 35 percent.

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Petition to Protect Lower Cook Inlet Wildlife

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Petition to Protect Lower Cook Inlet Wildlife

Sign the petition to protect Lower Cook Inlet!

Sockeye Salmon: Hooked Jaws and Red Backs

Sockeye Salmon: Hooked Jaws and Red Backs

Sockeye or “red” salmon are icons of Alaska. It’s only fair that this famous fish is highlighted in our next Species Spotlight! Read on to discover something new about this keystone species and learn about how so many species (including humans!) depend on it.

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In the News: Volunteers make over 200 beluga observations in rivers this spring

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In the News: Volunteers make over 200 beluga observations in rivers this spring

Alaska Wildlife Alliance’s Kenai coordinator, Teresa Becher, made another great appearance in the news for monitoring of critically endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales as part of the Alaska Beluga Monitoring Partnership! Read on to learn more about this past spring’s observations of belugas and how you can help these whales this fall.

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