Southeast Conference and Alaska DOT&PF partner on research project. (JUNEAU, Alaska) — Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) and Southeast Conference (SEC) are partnering to conduct a Low Emission Ferry Research project. Alternative fuel-powered, low emission, and electric ferries could be a game-changer for Alaska’s Marine Highway System, as DOT&PF starts to replace AMHS’s […]
For Teacher Appreciation Week, we highlight the dedicated educators who inspire stewardship of Alaska’s ocean and watersheds. NOAA’s Ocean Guardian Program works with schools throughout the country to promote the conservation of local watersheds, the ocean, and places like national marine sanctuaries. Each school creates local projects to create environmentally sustainable events and programs that benefit the […]
(Bethel, Alaska) – Alaska Native community leaders attended the Barrick Gold (NYSE: GOLD) Annual General Meeting Tuesday to raise indigenous rights concerns and call on Barrick to withdraw from the proposed Donlin open pit gold mine, which threatens the headwaters of the Kuskokwim River. In advance of the AGM, nine Tribes in the Kuskokwim region […]
Only Pro-Choice Gubernatorial Ticket Commits To Protect A Woman’s Right To Choose In Alaska Monday’s leaked U.S. Supreme Court opinion alarmingly states a majority of Supreme Court Justices have voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. The Court’s most radical Justices, including newer appointees, appear to have joined in that opinion. The opinion leaves a woman’s right to […]