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Exploring Alaskan Wilderness From Heart Racing Adventure to Tranquility with John Rust
A Geography of Hope episode featuring Alaskan adventurer, author and League supporter John Rust. John took us on a virtual Alaskan journey that included highlights from the Alaskan Peninsula, Denali, Katmai and the Tongass National Forest, sharing breathtaking images and excerpts from his book “Exploring Wilderness: From Heart Racing Adventure to Tranquility” along the way.
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My Journey with the Diomede with filmmaker Bjørn Olson
Просмотров 2074 месяца назад
Join Bjørn Olson as he showcases his ongoing film project about the Native Tribe of Diomede and shares an exclusive trailer for the film. This project stems from a 2019 invitation from the tribe to make a film about how climate change is affecting this Bering Strait community, and his work on the film continues today. In 2023, Bjørn was awarded the Alaska Wilderness League Adam Kolton Alaska St...
Biden Finalizes Strengthened Conservation Protections for America’s Arctic
Просмотров 1274 месяца назад
Today, the Biden administration released a final regulation to provide lasting protections for nearly 13 million acres of Special Areas in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (Western Arctic). This important conservation regulation recognizes the critical importance of the communities, ecosystems, and climate solutions that America’s Arctic supports. Today’s announcement is an important step ...
Nunavut Qanemciput: Our Land, Our Stories with Polly Andrews
Просмотров 965 месяцев назад
In fall 2022, Alaska Wilderness League was pleased to announce Polly Andrews as the inaugural recipient of its Adam Kolton Alaska Storytelling Grant. Originally from the Cup’ik coastal village of Chevak, Polly is a Learning & Development Advisor with Family Wellness Warriors. She has created space where at-risk and institutionalized youth can engage in Alaska Native strengths and culture throug...
Alaska Wilderness League Award Ceremony 2023
Просмотров 579 месяцев назад
In early November, the League hosted a spectacular event at the Burke Museum Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle to honor President Jimmy Carter, announce this year’s recipient of our Adam Kolton Storytelling Grant Award - Bjorn Olson - and celebrate our dedicated board who continues to support the League all year long in our tireless fight to protect America’s Arctic. We’d like to...
The League Honors President Jimmy Carter With The Mardy Murie Lifetime Achievement Award
Просмотров 1519 месяцев назад
In early November, the League hosted a spectacular event at the Burke Museum Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle to honor President Jimmy Carter, announce this year's recipient of our Adam Kolton Storytelling Grant Award - Bjorn Olson - and celebrate our dedicated board who continues to support the League all year long in our tireless fight to protect America's Arctic. A special th...
Bjorn Olson - 2023 recipient of the Adam Kolton Alaska Storytelling Grant Award
Просмотров 37610 месяцев назад
The League has announced the 2023 recipient of the Adam Kolton Alaska Storytelling Grant Award which is a merit-based, unrestricted award of $20,000 to a practicing professional storyteller of exceptional talent and ability who has experience living in Alaska and who tells a uniquely Alaskan story. This year we are honored to grant this award to Bjorn Olson, a filmmaker working on a documentary...
Storytelling on the Kuskokwim with Polly Andrews
Просмотров 13511 месяцев назад
Amidst planning and preparations for activities in late summer and early fall, Polly Andrews graciously offered a new composition and song as a gift to Alaska Wilderness League. In doing so, Polly shared that the song was made possible in part by the support of the 2022 Adam Kolton Alaska Storytelling Grant Award, enabling her to partner with Yup’ik (Ossie Kairaiuak, Chefornak) and Cup’ik (Mich...
The Wanderer: An Alaska Wolf's Final Journey with author Tom Walker
Просмотров 426Год назад
Join Tom Walker, author of The Wanderer: An Alaska Wolf's Final Journey, and Alaska Wilderness League for this installment of our Geography of Hope series. You'll learn about the remarkable journey of Wolf 258, who traveled more than 2700 miles in less than six months, and what it tells us about this iconic species more broadly.
Hidden Wonders of the Western Arctic with Peter Mather
Просмотров 286Год назад
Join Alaska Wilderness League and world-renowned photographer Peter Mather for a visual journey as he chases elusive wildlife through the Arctic. Amidst stories about the Porcupine caribou herd, wolverines, Arctic foxes and bears that travel north in spring, Peter pairs first-hand stories with his world-class images that never disappoint. Peter has spent over a decade photographing hidden wonde...
On Heaven’s Hill: The power of story in protecting wild spaces with author Kim Heacox
Просмотров 238Год назад
Join Alaska Wilderness League and author Kim Heacox for this Geography of Hope episode discussing the power of story - in both fiction and non-fiction - to address some of Alaska’s most vexing conservation issues. Specifically, Kim focuses on the rain-soaked, shaggy green, ice-cut world of Southeast Alaska, the Tongass National Forest, and the salmon-eating wolves that live there. He shares rea...
Victorious: The Magic of Bristol Bay
Просмотров 375Год назад
Join Alaska Wilderness League and filmmaker Mark Titus for a celebration of our recent victory protecting Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine! Enjoy vibrant videos, images and stories about what it means to be connected to this magical region and its salmon.
Beauty Within the Beast - Q&A with Stephan Stringham
Просмотров 127Год назад
This is the Q&A portion of our Geography of Hope episode with Dr. Stephan Stringham.
Wild Alaska Celebration: November 16, 2022
Просмотров 352Год назад
Celebrating Alaska's wild places, honoring Patagonia with the 2022 Voice of the Wild Award and announcing the inaugural recipient of the Adam Kolton Alaska Storytelling Grant Award.
Willow's Impact Explained
Просмотров 11 тыс.Год назад
If you care about climate change, then you need to care about Willow and speak out against it. Follow this link (alaskawild.org/stopwillow) and tell the Biden administration to STOP the Willow project. Willow is the largest big oil development proposed on public lands, projected to emit 250 million metric tons of CO2 over the next 30 years. That’s the equivalent of 66 coal-fired power plants. W...
Caribou Across North America: Stories from the Land
Просмотров 525Год назад
Caribou Across North America: Stories from the Land
Alaska Adventure 55 Ways
Просмотров 732 года назад
Alaska Adventure 55 Ways
"Tundra Talk" with Dr. Peter Winsor
Просмотров 882 года назад
"Tundra Talk" with Dr. Peter Winsor
Finding True North, with Molly Rettig
Просмотров 1412 года назад
Finding True North, with Molly Rettig
Chatting "Newtok" and Climate Justice with Patagonia
Просмотров 3872 года назад
Chatting "Newtok" and Climate Justice with Patagonia
The Importance of Indigenous Representation, with Princess Daazhraii Johnson
Просмотров 5212 года назад
The Importance of Indigenous Representation, with Princess Daazhraii Johnson
The Birds of Cooper Island, with George Divoky
Просмотров 2252 года назад
The Birds of Cooper Island, with George Divoky
Geography of Hope: Polar Bears on the Edge, with Steven Kazlowski
Просмотров 6692 года назад
Geography of Hope: Polar Bears on the Edge, with Steven Kazlowski
Geography of Hope: A Thousands Trails Home with Seth Kantner
Просмотров 6092 года назад
Geography of Hope: A Thousands Trails Home with Seth Kantner
(Virtual) Rally for the Tongass National Forest! #ProtectTheTongass
Просмотров 992 года назад
(Virtual) Rally for the Tongass National Forest! #ProtectTheTongass
Kristen Miller discusses the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Cheddar News Reveals
Просмотров 1252 года назад
Kristen Miller discusses the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Cheddar News Reveals
John McComb Slideshow
Просмотров 972 года назад
John McComb Slideshow
Love is King and Operation Roam’s inaugural expedition to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Просмотров 962 года назад
Love is King and Operation Roam’s inaugural expedition to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Trailblaze 120 miles of Alaska wilderness: A multi-media journey with Max Romey
Просмотров 2382 года назад
Trailblaze 120 miles of Alaska wilderness: A multi-media journey with Max Romey
Tongass Odyssey - Seeing the Forest Ecosystem Through the Politics of Trees with John Schoen
Просмотров 3922 года назад
Tongass Odyssey - Seeing the Forest Ecosystem Through the Politics of Trees with John Schoen