Alaska Wildlife Alliance
8 funders on the record, 1 live lawsuit.
The origin
How they started
The Alaska Wildlife Alliance has advocated for Alaska’s wildlife and the habitat it lives on since 1978, from Anchorage. It pushes for an ecosystem approach to wildlife management, built from the ground up, and for the state to keep its constitutional promise to manage renewable resources for all Alaskans.
How they run
Small and lean
We don’t hold a detailed federal filing for this group. Groups this size often file the short form or run below the IRS reporting line, so there’s no budget or crew to show here, and that’s no knock: some of the sharpest local defense in the country runs this way.
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The backers
Backed, each with its source, by Alaska Conservation Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, National Fish And Wildlife Foundation and 5 others, latest filing FY25.
The record
The court record
Year by year
In order
- 1978Alaska Wildlife Alliance is formed.the return, formation year
- 2020Gwich’in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior: plaintiff, still in court.the docket
- 2021Alaska Wildlife Alliance v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: plaintiff, closed.the docket
- 2023First appears in the grants of Alaska Conservation Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation and Patagonia Org.the funders’ returns
- 2024First appears in the grants of New Venture Fund, New-land Foundation and Thornton S Glide Jr And Katrina D Glide Foundation.the funders’ returns
- 2025First appears in the grants of National Fish And Wildlife Foundation and T Rowe Price Program For Charitable Giving.the funders’ returns
- 20262 cases filed, all closed: Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Burgum; Northern Alaska Environmental Center, et al. v. Burgum, et al..the docket
Rust, a case still in court. Green, a funder’s return. Hollow, a filing. Every row comes from a public record: 4 federal cases with the group on the docket, 8 funders whose returns name it. Nothing here is written from memory.
Their ground
The places they defend
A plaintiff in Gwich’in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior, filed in 2020 in the District of Alaska. A filing in the case names Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Who’s defending it On the record · Threat developingGates of the Arctic (Ambler Road)Plaintiff in Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Trump, challenging the reinstated Ambler road permits over their effects on the southern Brooks Range and the Western Arctic Caribou Herd
Who’s defending itMost urgent first: open comment windows, then live federal cases, then the threat level. See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
The Alaska congressional delegation averages 2 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
Get Involved
Where you can help them
- Wed, Dec 16 · EventWildlife Wednesday: Board of Game Proposals, Alaska Wildlife Alliance (AWA)
The wire
What they’ve done lately
Ways in
How to help
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
Give on their site ↗SpeakComment and callOpen comment windows and call scripts for fights like these, ready to send.
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Threatened Lands MapStand with the Alaska Wildlife Alliance
The work is theirs. The backing is yours.