Future generations are counting on all of us to find new ways to draw on the power of Alaska's ancient forests, wetlands and waterways to create climate solutions that support a healthier future for people in Alaska and around the world.
Make a Difference in Alaska
All across the 49th State, The Nature Conservancy is at work protecting the Alaska we know and love.
We focus on three main areas.
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Climate Solutions
Alaska may be in a time of terrific change, but by coming together in new ways to protect natural places like forests and wetlands we can maximize nature’s ability to store carbon. We’re responding to a growing call for clean, renewable energy to ease pollution and lessen the dependence on fossil fuels in communities across Alaska.
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Creating Climate Solutions in Alaska
People in Alaska are finding ways to respond to the domino effect of warming temperatures, extreme weather events and other shifts.
“Respect, Reciprocity, and Integration”: Elevating Indigenous Leadership in Conservation
We take care of our environment because the environment takes care of us—the rest of the world is at last acknowledging this essential value of the Yup’ik and many other Indigenous communities. But the world must also embrace Indigenous knowledge and experience.
‘I Care Too Much to Be a Bystander on Climate Change.’
Meet the people of the Alaska Women's Adaptation Network and learn how they're responding to climate change where they live and work.
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Sustainable Fisheries
Alaska is home to the planet’s last best wild salmon fisheries, but their future isn’t guaranteed. If we’re to sustain Alaska’s ties to the ocean, we need to protect healthy lands and waters, support working waterfronts and time-honored ways of life, and ensure people have fair access to longstanding fishing traditions.
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Explore Alaska’s Amazing Bristol Bay
Alaska’s Bristol Bay is a place of forests, mountains and tundra—and water. Especially water.
‘Salmon’s Really Got a Place in My Heart’
In the Tlingit village of Hoonah, Alaska, when you talk about fish you’re talking about people and a food tradition with a value beyond measure.
Preserving the Last Salmon Run
On the edge of Alaska, a community weighs the future of the greatest sockeye salmon run on Earth.
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Thriving Communities
Decisions about the lands and waters that have long-sustained Indigenous communities in Alaska have, for far too long, come from far-away places. As Alaska Native people reclaim Indigenous authority over lands, waters and ways of life, we work “at the speed of trust” in communities where we’re invited to be part of a future that fully respects and honors Indigenous ways of knowing.
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Ciulistet: A New Program for Bristol Bay’s Next-Gen Leaders
In Alaska's Bristol Bay, questions about the future and how to navigate a changing world share a common thread: The next generation will need to be ready.
‘What Would Our Ancestors Have Done?’
The people in the Sustainable Southeast Partnership are building trust, renewing culture and protecting lands and waters in Alaska's Tongass.
How the Emerald Edge Rainforest Could Help Change the World
In this remarkable forest that stretches from Oregon into Alaska, Indigenous Peoples and local communities are leading the way in showing that conservation and climate action can be done differently.
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Policy Priorities in Alaska
We’re working for meaningful solutions across aisles, across sectors, across borders and across Alaska.
A Vision for Nature and People in Alaska
The choices we make today will shape the future ahead. For concise summaries of the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead for The Nature Conservancy in Alaska, we invite you to read our Case for Support.
