Alaska Wilderness League Action

Federal advocacy - awla advocates for and against legislation in congress, based on how it might impact Alaska's public lands and waters, which are natural resources that all americans have a shared ownership stake in. Recent efforts have included supporting measures aimed at blocking drilling and restoring protections for the arctic refuge, ending taxpayer subsidies for clearcutting old growth trees in the tongass national forest, and seeking to codify a 2001 national rule aimed at protecting roadless areas in the national forest system. Awla has worked in support of proposals to protect bristol bay and stop the pebble mine and to prevent the privatization of hundreds of thousands of acres on Alaska public lands. Awla also seeks to educate the public about the votes members of congress take relative to Alaska's public lands and to cultivate champions among these decision-makers before and after they are elected to office.

Arctic refuge defense campaign - awla assists Alaska Wilderness League (awl) as the fiscal sponsor for this collaborative campaign effort involving national and state-based conservation groups as well as the gwich'in steering committee. This collaborative effort is aimed at preventing oil and gas leasing and drilling in and restoring protections for the arctic national wildlife refuge.