The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must correct legal errors with a regulation that allows oil and gas companies to harass Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears on the North Slope of Alaska.

Our proposal to support endangered beluga whales passed!

Learn more about our work in 2023!

Read our comment to connect the Eklutna river system for the benefit of all wildlife.

Our Board of Fish proposal to support Cook Inlet beluga whales when they need it most.

Today, the courts heard oral arguments for two of our wildlife lawsuits concerning Polar Bear and Alexander Archipelago wolves.

Catch our latest podcast interview on critically endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales!

Our Kenai Peninsula Coordinator, Teresa Becher, was just awarded a 2023 'Partners in the Spotlight Award' from NOAA fisheries! These national awards recognize partners who have expanded and enhanced recovery of the country's most imperiled marine species.

Eagle Scout - AWA Collaboration to Reduce Vessel Strikes on Critically Endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whales

Join us October 24th-25th for a comprehensive Cook Inlet Water Quality Summit

Photo by NOAA

Our continued efforts to protect Beaufort Sea polar bears

AWA’s Deputy Director discusses the cumulative threats impacting endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales

Bears, wolves, public trails: Summary of 2023 Southeast Board of Game meeting

AWA’s wildlife work at Alaska’s premier marine mammal conference

“Wolves are a charismatic top predator that have become a symbol of wildness for the conservation movement. Aldo Leopold famously wrote about the conflict between humans and wolves in his 1948 essay, ‘Thinking Like a Mountain,’ where he reflected upon shooting a wolf. Many historians credit this essay as a milestone in the modern-day environmental movement. To this day, wolves elicit an emotional response from so many of us. Love them or hate them, wolves attract a disproportionate amount of attention.”

We want to give a big THANK YOU to all who participated in monitoring for critically endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales this spring along Cook Inlet!

After two long years and multiple attempts by the State to dismiss this case, we are finally going to trial. This week, we are holding the State of Alaska accountable to their Constitutional obligations to manage Alexander Archipelago wolves sustainably.

Belugas are back in the Kenai! Read more about the efforts being made to monitor for critically endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales and how you can become involved this spring with the Alaska Beluga Monitoring Partnership.

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.

Sign the petition to protect Lower Cook Inlet!

The Fish and Wildlife Service is allowing oil and gas companies to harass over 440 threatened polar bears. We’re filing a lawsuit to prevent that.

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.

Citizen scientists fill an important gap in helping understand when and how critically endangered Cook Inlet belugas use rivers.

Ringed seals are more than just adorable- they’re fascinating, too! And… famous? Oh, and they’re at-risk. Find out more about these rock sausages in this species spotlight!

Everything you need to know about the March 2021 special Board of Game meeting, including changes to wolf hunting and trapping on Prince of Wales island.

Learn how you can help protect critical habitat for ringed and bearded seals in Alaska!

NOAA Fisheries is proposing to designate critical habitat in U.S. waters off the coast of Alaska for Arctic ringed seals and the Beringia distinct population of bearded seals. Both species are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).