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Yukon Flats Safe at Last!

July 8, 2009 By Anne Gore

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Courtesy USFWS.

Last week the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its decision to identify the “no action alternative” for a proposed land exchange under consideration for the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Read more

Ecologist Wendy Loya helps agencies plan for future change

June 23, 2009 By Anne Gore

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Photo by David Spencer, Courtesy FWS.

Alaska is ground zero for global warming. Temperatures here are rising faster than anywhere else in the world, and the kinds of things scientists have been warning about for years — hotter and drier summers, more wild fires, insect outbreaks, and unusual weather patterns — are already posing some unprecedented threats for the state’s natural resources. Read more

American Rivers at Risk: Alaskan land swap sets dangerous precedent

April 13, 2009 By Anne Gore

Camping along Beaver Creek, Alaska. Courtesy BLM.

It’s “break-up” here in Alaska, that time of year when the ice and snow that has covered our lakes, rivers, and trails all winter breaks up and begins to melt away. I complain about muddy trails, but I am willing to endure wet feet in order to watch — and listen to — my favorite streams and rivers coming to life. I am reminded of a quote by Henry David Thoreau: “Who hears the rippling of rivers will not utterly despair of anything.” Read more