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Victory in Our Lawsuit to Protect Beaufort Sea Polar Bears!

Victory in Our Lawsuit to Protect Beaufort Sea Polar Bears!

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.

Petition to Protect Lower Cook Inlet Wildlife

Petition to Protect Lower Cook Inlet Wildlife

Sign the petition to protect Lower Cook Inlet!

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

Lower Cook Inlet lease sale: Our concerns for endangered beluga whales

Lower Cook Inlet lease sale: Our concerns for endangered beluga whales

The Cook Inlet beluga whale is a revered whale population that resides off the coast of Alaska’s largest city and along Alaska’s popular Kenai Peninsula. Its population has plummeted in recent decades from nearly 1,300 individuals in 1979 to only 279 in 2018, and despite its status as an endangered species, the population shows no signs of recovery and continues to decline at a rate of 2.3% per year.

Advocacy in Action: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge lawsuit filed!

Advocacy in Action: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge lawsuit filed!

We joined together in a coalition of 12 other organizations to take the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to court for their illegal plan to open the entirety of the Coastal Plains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to foreign oil companies.

Alaska's response: Secretary of Interior approves drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Alaska's response: Secretary of Interior approves drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

A broad coalition of Alaska organizations issued a statement committing to “stand in solidarity for the protection of the coastal plain which provides spiritual, cultural, recreational, and economic sustenance for Alaskans and many others around the world.” This commitment remains strong, and we will not allow the violation of the coastal plain.

AWA submits request for an extension on the public comment period regarding the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program

AWA submits request for an extension on the public comment period regarding the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program

On January 14, 2019, we joined several other conservation groups by signing a letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that the public comment period deadline for the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) pertaining to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program be extended beyond the 45 days originally advertised (currently due by February 11, 2019), and that additional public hearings be held across the nation so that members of the public outside of Alaska who value this national treasure are also given an opportunity to have their voice heard.