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Trustees for Alaska

3 funders on the record, 1 live lawsuit.

Home groundAnchorage, AK
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Right nowGates of the Arctic (Ambler Road): Ambler Metals initiates Arctic mine permitting1 case live in federal court

The work

What they do

Trustees for Alaska calls itself the lawyers protecting Alaska: founded in Alaska, focused on Alaska, with its office in Anchorage. Its attorneys represent the ten conservation groups suing over the Ambler Road in Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Trump.

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 on the record by 444S Foundation, Wilburforce Foundation and Campion Foundation, latest filing FY24.

The record

The court record

Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
activeNational Environmental Policy ActCounselCourt record
Sovereign Inupiat for a Living Arctic v. Bureau of Land Management
closedEnvironmental reviewCounselCourt record
SalmonState v. Hladick
closedAgency procedureCounselCourt record
Alaska Wildlife Alliance v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
closedLacey ActCounselCourt record

Year by year

The record, in order

  1. 2019SalmonState v. Hladick: counsel, closed.the docket
  2. 2021Alaska Wildlife Alliance v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: counsel, closed.the docket
  3. 2022First appears in the grants of 444S Foundation, Wilburforce Foundation and Campion Foundation.the funders’ returns
  4. 2023Sovereign Inupiat for a Living Arctic v. Bureau of Land Management: counsel, closed.the docket
  5. 2026Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges v. U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers: counsel, still in court.the docket

Rust, a case still in court. Green, a funder’s return. Hollow, a filing. Every row is a record we hold: 4 federal cases with the group on the docket, 3 funders whose returns name it. Nothing here is written from memory.

Their ground

The places they defend

On the ground · Comments close Nov 2Gates of the Arctic (Ambler Road)

Counsel for the ten conservation groups suing over the Ambler road in Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Trump

Who’s defending it

See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.

Where and what
Works onpublic interest law · Arctic · Ambler Road
Active inAlaska
Who writes the rules where they work

The Alaska congressional delegation averages 4 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard

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Sources and methodCourt record: CourtListener dockets in the MTJP litigation database (1 linked case: 1 active). Funders: the funders’ own returns (Schedule I and 990-PF Part XV) via ProPublica, names and years only. Place links: MTJP editorial curation with per-link sources. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.