For stories prior to January 1, 2012 see our News Archive.

 
America's Arctic

• Shell Abandons Arctic Drilling for 2013 (Brisbane Times; February 28, 2013)
• Shell Abandons Alaska Offshore Drilling for This Year (Yahoo News; February 27, 2013)
• Shell Abandons Alaska Offshore Drilling for This Year (Chicago Tribune; February 27, 2013)
• New Plan Strikes Balance Between Wildlife Protections and Oil Development in Alaska (Audubon Magazine.org; February 21, 2013)
• Shell Probaly Spilled Fuel in an Important Arctic Bird Habitat, of Course (Grist; January 10, 2013)
• Future of Arctic Drilling Uncertain in Wake of Shell's Accidents (AudubonMagazine.org; January 10, 2013)
• Alaska Oil Rig's Lifeboats May Have Leaked Fuel, Coast Guard Says (L.A. Times; January 9, 2013)
• Audubon Map of Important Bird Areas near Kulluk Grounding (Politico;s Morning Energy-Speed Reads; January 9. 2013)
• Obama Win Buys Time, but Action-packed Lame Duck Looms (E&E Publishing; November 7, 2012)
• The Real Dangers of Arctic Drilling by David Yarnold, President of National Audubon Society (Politco blog; 10-2-12)
• Shell's Setback Highlights Environmental Risks of Drilling in Arctic Waters (Audubon Magazine; September 19, 2012)
• Shell Gets Ok to Start Chukchi Sea Drilling (Anchorage Daily News; August 30, 2012)
• Salazar Proposes Plan for Petroleum Reserve (Associated Press story in Anchorage Daily News; August 13, 2012)
• Teshekpuk Lake in Peril: Home to Brant, Caribou, and Much More... (BirdNote radio program; July 23, 2012)
• Greenpeace, Audubon Sue to Block Shell Alaska Spill Plan (Bloomberg Businessweek; July 10, 2012)
• Greenpeace, Audubon Sue to Block Shell Alaska Spill Plan (Bloomberg; July 10, 2012)
• Green Groups Plan Legal Challenge to Arctic Drilling (New York Times, Envrionment blog; July 9, 2012)
• "Vast Majority" of Public Comments Favor NPRA Conservation--BLM (Greenwire, E&E Publishing; June 20, 2012)
• National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Comment Period Elicits 410,000 Calls for Balance of Conservation and Development (ENews Park Forest; June 18, 2012)
• Amazing Bird Needs a Safe Site (Anchorage Daily News; May 11, 2012)
• 400,000 People, 573 Scientists and more than 60 Members of Congress Urge Obama to Say No to Arctic Drilling (YubaNet.com; February 8, 2012)

Audubon Alaska Staff and Board

• Audubon Names Gilt Groupe's Alexis Maybank to Board of Directors (GlobeNewswire; October 16, 2012)

Tongass National Forest

• Enviros Split Over Murkowski's Sealaska Bill (E&E; March 13, 2013)
• Young Denies Existence of Big Trees (The Mudflats [blog]; July 14, 2012)
• Why Some of Our Last Remaining Old-Growth Forests May Be Privatized for a Political Favor (AlterNet:Environment; June 18, 2012)
• Scientists Blast Tongass Deal in House Omnibus Package (E&E Publishing-Forests; June 18, 2012)
• Alaskan Tribal Corp. Responds to Audubon Report Criticizing Its Tongass Plan (E&E Publishing-Forests; February 29, 2012)
• Bill Would Allow Timbering of Old-Growth Trees in Tongass National Forest (Field & Stream; February 24, 2012)
• US Legislation Threatens Oldest, Tallest Trees in Tongass Rainforest (Mongabay.com; February 27, 2012)
• Southeast Land Deal Threatens Old-Growth Trees, Audubon Says (Anchorage Daily News; February 23, 2012)
• Audubon Says Corporation Targeting Tongass Trees (KIROtv.com; February 22, 2012)
• Audubon Report Says Native Corporation Is Targeting Tongass' Last and Best Old Trees (The Republic; February 22, 2012)
• Audubon Says Alaska Native Corporation Targeting Oldest, Largest Tongass Trees (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner; February 22, 2012)

WatchList, Important Bird Areas, and Bird Conservation

• Conservationists Decry Obama Aministration Using Refuge as Chit for Jewell Confirmation (E&E; March 21, 2013)
• Feds Reject AK Refuge Road Pitched to Save Patients (Greenfield Indiana Daily Reporter ; February 5, 2013)
• Feds Reject AK Refuge Road Pitched to Save Patients (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner; February 5, 2013)
• Feds Reject AK Refuge Road Pitched to Save Patients (Rapid City Journal; February 5, 2013)
• King Cove Residents Still Hopeful For Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Road (APRN; February 5, 2013)
• Feds Reject AK Refuge Road Pitched to Aid Patients (Juneau Empire; February 5, 2013)
• Feds Reject AK Refuge Road Pitched to Aid Patients (Anchorage Daily News; February 5, 2013)
• Feds Reject Proposed Road through Alaska Wilderness Refuge Intended to Aid Emergency Care (Washington Post; February 5, 2013)
• Izembek National Wildlife Refuge: Road for Alaska Village Rejected by US Fish & Wildlife Service (Huffington Post; February 5, 2013)
• Giant Strip Mine Threatens Alaska's Iconic Bristol Bay (Audubon Magazine; November/December 2012)
• Fighting to Save the Spoon-billed Sandpiper from Extinction in Five Years (Audubon Magazine; November/December 2012)
• The Mystery of the Disappearing Sea Ducks (Alaska Magazine; November 2012)
• Alaksan Salmon in Bristol Bay Threatened by Potential Mine (Audubon Magazine; July 19, 2012)
• Bird Walk on the Boardwalk at Potter Marsh (Anchorage Daily News; July 10, 2012)
• Migrations Bring Bird Boom to Alaska (McClatchy Washington; May 21, 2012)
• Local Bird Population Booms as Migrating Species Arrive (Anchorage Daily News; May 22, 2012)
• Alaska Prepares for Millions (and Millions) of Migratory Birds (Alaska Dispatch; May 3, 2012)
• Proposed Road through Refuge Causes Complaints (Anchorage Daily News; April 29, 2012)

Miscellaneous

• Alaska Wildlife Official Resigns after Accusations of Hunt Violations(Associated Press; January 13, 2012)

 

 

New Plan Strikes Balance Between Wildlife Protections and Oil Development in Alaska

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