Alaska: Protecting America’s Last Frontier

Traditional Alaskan dance performance to honor visiting Russians. Photo by Do Lee.

Alaska conjures images of vast open spaces, plentiful wildlife and abundant oceans. But America's last frontier—the crown jewel of our country's wild lands and marine habitats—faces profound environmental challenges.

The negative environmental and social impacts of oil drilling, gold mining and industrial fishing are all on the rise. Coupled with the profound threat global warming poses to the Arctic, these increased pressures on Alaska's wilds could spell disaster for the environment and for fishermen, native peoples and other community members.

Pacific Environment is working with partners in the native, fishing, environmental and scientific communities to safeguard critical habitat—including the world's largest salmon run, the feeding grounds of the endangered northeastern Pacific right whale, old-growth seafloor habitat and areas essential to community subsistence.

To read a full description of our Alaska Program, click here.

Featured Link: The website of the International Bering Sea Forum features detailed information about the Bering Sea and a bi-national effort to protect this shared treasure. Click here to learn more.