Action Alert! Proposed Designations of Critical Habitat for Ringed and Bearded Seals in Alaska

Action Alert! Proposed Designations of Critical Habitat for Ringed and Bearded Seals in Alaska

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

VIDEO: Wildlife Wednesday- What's Going on with East Cook Inlet Razor Clams? An Update on the Stock Since the 2015 Closure

VIDEO: Wildlife Wednesday- What's Going on with East Cook Inlet Razor Clams? An Update on the Stock Since the 2015 Closure

Holly and Mike show how ADF&G conducts surveys on the beaches each year to gather data on the abundance, growth, and survival of these razor clams.

VIDEO: Wildlife of Bristol Bay

VIDEO: Wildlife of Bristol Bay

Join us in celebration of Bristol Bay's wildlife! You’ll hear from three speakers to learn about wildlife in Bristol Bay and how you can help protect them.

VIDEO: Soundscapes and Sounds in Nature workshop

VIDEO: Soundscapes and Sounds in Nature workshop

The world of sounds and soundscapes are explored in this free virtual workshop. Presenters cover the breadth of sounds in nature as a discipline, from the appreciation and ecological significance of sounds, to how they are measured and managed, and finally to how human-generated noise can disturb Alaskan wildlife.

Climate Change adaptation - Resist? Accept? Direct?

Climate Change adaptation - Resist? Accept? Direct?

AWA’s Vice President, Dr. John Morton, co-authored a recently published report on climate adaptation strategies we hope to employ in Alaska. Learn more about this Resist-Accept-Direct framework.

Comment to support critical habitat designations for ringed and bearded seals

Comment to support critical habitat designations for ringed and bearded seals

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).

Indigenous, allied groups go to court to stop issuance of Arctic Refuge leases

Indigenous, allied groups go to court to stop issuance of Arctic Refuge leases

The motion filed on Dec. 15 requests a preliminary injunction that stops the U.S. Bureau of Land Management from issuing any leases sold during the January lease sale of the coastal plain, and from authorizing any seismic exploration activities.

Effects of a Warming Climate on Caribou, Moose and Sitka Black-tailed Deer on the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound

Effects of a Warming Climate on Caribou, Moose and Sitka Black-tailed Deer on the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound

Climate envelope models suggest in the near term caribou will likely decrease due to afforestation of alpine tundra; moose will likely increase due to continued colonization of Prince William Sound, afforestation of the Kenai Lowlands and alpine tundra, and increasing fires on the western peninsula; and Sitka deer will likely increase due to colonization of the eastern peninsula.

Winter newsletter: Victories!

Winter newsletter: Victories!

Victories from the past two months, including Kenai Rule ruling, Pebble Mine permit denial, and more information on our Alexander Archipelago wolf efforts

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

VIDEO: Harbor Porpoise Wildlife Wednesday

VIDEO: Harbor Porpoise Wildlife Wednesday

Free virtual presentation as we host Dr. Deborah Boege Tobin, UAA-KPC Professor of Biology and Coordinator for the Kachemak Bay Campus’ Semester by the Bay program in Homer, for her presentation "Is it a Whale? Is it a Seal? No! It's a Harbor Porpoise!" Dr. Tobin will teach us about harbor porpoises, focusing on those in Cook Inlet.

VICTORY! Court upholds prohibition of brown bear baiting in the Kenai Refuge

VICTORY! Court upholds prohibition of brown bear baiting in the Kenai Refuge

“We believe that the Fish and Wildlife Service is obligated to protect Kenai brown bears on the refuge and this opinion recognizes the agency’s authority to do just that,” said Nicole Schmitt, executive director of the Alaska Wildlife Alliance. “At a time when so many of Alaska’s wildlife protections are being rolled back, this ruling comes as a sigh of relief for all those who enjoy the Refuge and its wildlife.”