Education and Outreach

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!

Species Spotlight: The Emotional Lives of Mammals, Birds, Fish and Insects by Bob Armstong

Species Spotlight: The Emotional Lives of Mammals, Birds, Fish and Insects by Bob Armstong

Watch or read longtime AWA member, Bob Armstrong’s latest post on the emotional lives of Alaska’s wildlife. “ I often spend months and sometimes years trying to understand the behavior of certain mammals in the wild…here are a few images and short stories that have impressed me the most.”

StoryMap! Wildlife and the new Sterling Highway underpasses

StoryMap! Wildlife and the new Sterling Highway underpasses

Why do moose cross the road? To get to the other side, of course — as do other wildlife like lynx, caribou, bears and wolves. The nature of the beast is that dens and calving areas and salmon and hardwood browse and berries don’t all occur in the same place. View a new storymap that demonstrates new wildlife crossings on the Sterling Highway!

In the News: Wolves in Southeast Alaska Face Pressures From All Sides

In the News: Wolves in Southeast Alaska Face Pressures From All Sides

“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.”