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Alaska's ecosystems are many: from the vibrant tundra plains of the Arctic to the productive wetlands of the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta in Western Alaska, from the vast forests and tall peaks of the interior to the ancient Tongass and mighty fjords of Southeast. Alaska is truly the Great Land.

The Alaska Chapter of the Sierra Club is working with Alaskans to ensure a future as great as the land itself.  Along with our neighbors we are working to shield the Last Frontier from the frontier mentality that has drilled and logged and developed away much of the open spaces in the Lower 48. We are striving for an Alaska based on renewable energy, smart growth of our urban areas, sustainable use of our resources, and preservation of our wild places.

Alaska is a large state. The Alaska Chapter is divided into three groups, linking activists and supporters in Northern (Denali Group), Southcentral (Knik Group) and Southeast (Juneau Group) Alaska.

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Alaska Chapter Executive Committee candidate statements

Protect us from dirty coal ash

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Calendar

9: Our Arctic Ocean Party
Join us for a rally to show unity to protect our Arctic Ocean - FREE Food, music, and fun. Followed by an official public hearing.

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News

Celebrate and protect Arctic refuge: Coastal plain differs from Prudhoe Bay
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 18, 2011
This year is the 50th anniversary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. On Wednesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking the people of Fairbanks about a new management plan for the Arctic refuge. I hope you will join me in calling for permanent protection of the Arctic refuge’s coastal plain from oil development and support Alternative C of the plan. Here’s why I need your help.

Permanently Protect the Arctic from the Oil and Gas Industry
Daily Kos 14, 2011
The fight to protect wildlife from oil drilling in the remote ocean waters north of Alaska continues. Last week, a coalition of Alaska Native and conservation groups challenged the Obama Administration's decision to allow offshore oil drilling by Shell Oil in the Beaufort Sea, the section of America's Arctic Ocean north of the iconic Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In August, the administration approved the first part of the most aggressive Arctic drilling proposal in the history of the country. With this approval, Shell plans to start drilling in the Beaufort Sea as early as the summer of 2012.

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