Press Contacts
Audubon Alaska is the leading voice for bird conservation in Alaska, and we are a resource for information on topics such as birds and migration, habitat conservation, climate change and natural climate solutions, wildlife policy, and a variety of related issues. Experts from our organization appear in the press regularly. They are happy to share their knowledge and expertise. The press contact for Audubon Alaska is:
Lauren Cusimano, Communications Manager
907-276-7034
lauren.cusimano@audubon.org
Recent press releases and statements are posted here.
Audubon Alaska In the News
Arctic
- Senator Markey and Rep. Huffman Re-introduce Bicameral Legislation to Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Press release issued by Senator Ed Markey's Office, February 4, 2021)
- Trump admin opens protected Arctic land to development (E&E News, January 4, 2021)
- Audubon Says Seismic Oil and Gas Exploration Will Scar the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Proposed Seismic Testing Would Damage Important Habitat for Nesting Birds and Denning Polar Bear (Sierra Sun Times, October, 26, 2020)
- Big oil's answer to melting Arctic: cooling the ground so it can keep drilling (The Guardian, October 19, 2020)
- Alaska Natives Accuse Feds of Using Pandemic to Silence Public (Courthouse News Service, May 8, 2020)
- Another major bank comes out against ANWR development (Daily News-Miner, February 27, 2020)
- JPMorgan Chase becomes the second major US bank to drop Arctic oil financing (Arctic Today, February 26, 2020)
- The Fate of 23.8 Million Acres of Arctic Wilderness Is in Jeopardy (Sierra Magazine, January 20, 2020)
- Drilling, Climate Change Could Cause Extinctions in Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, Federal Report Says (The Weather Channel, September 17, 2019)
- Long-Term Damage, Extinctions Likely with Arctic Refuge Drilling (Bloomberg, September 13, 2019)
- US government picks preferred Alaska oil development plan (The Middletown Press, August 26, 2019)
- Feds take step to advance big ConocoPhillips prospect (Anchorage Daily News, August 26, 2019)
- Fight brews as Interior eyes drilling in wetlands (E&E News, December 11, 2018)
Tongass National Forest
- Biden reverses Trump again: Old growth trees in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest slated to be reprotected under Roadless Rule (The Cascadia Advocate, June 11, 2021)
- 50 Organizations Call on President Biden to Protect Tongass National Forest and Carbon-rich Forests Under U.S. Climate Commitments (April 6, 2021)
- Erring on the side of keeping every cog and wheel in the Tongass ( Anchorage Daily News, November 15, 2020)
- Legal Victory in the Tongass National Forest Goes Unchallenged by Department of Justice (Surfbirds News, October 28, 2020)
- In the Tongass, a tussel over Alaska's identity (The Christian Science Monitor, August 11, 2020)
- For Tongass projects, critics say environmental rollback could cut the public out of the process (KTOO, Public Media, July 29, 2020)
- Trump Administration's Attempt to Log Largest National Forest in US Denied by Federal Judge (Nation of Change, March 19, 2020)
- Activists take to social media as comment period for Roadless Rule draws to a close (KTOO, Public Media, December 17, 2019)
- Why is the Tongass National Forest so important? (Mother Nature Network, October 21, 2019)
- The U.S. Government Is Quietly Trying to Open Our Largest National Forest to Logging (Inside Hook Magazine, July 26, 2019)
- Roadless rule rollback would threaten Utah’s at-risk plants and animals (High Country News, July 23, 2019)
Other
- Governor proposes land exchange for Alaska Native veterans (AP News, May 6, 2021)
- Songbirds, waterfowl, raptors and more: Birding opportunities take flight as the snow melts in Anchorage (Anchorage Daily News, April 25, 2021)
- Earth Day at 50: How America Led, Lost and Hopes to Reclaim the Environmental Movement (Inside Hook Magazine, April 22, 2020)
- Audubon Hires New Alaska Director (Juneau Empire, February 1, 2019)
For more stories see our News Archive.
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