alaska Archives - Ecotrust

tiny white-breasted brown bird with black ringlet wades in bright blue water

Notes from the Field: Copper River Delta

We visit Cordova, Alaska, home to Copper River Delta, one of the largest and most productive ecosystems in the world.

Carolyn Holland
June 1, 2015 03 June 2015

man in red waders and red stocking hat holds large fish in from of san francisco bay

America’s gold is in our fisheries

In the face of serious threats to our nation’s fisheries, fishermen, conservationists, and scientists are coming together.

Megan Mackey
May 29, 2015 01 June 2015

RS1817_L1000590

Time to honor nature and Native communities in Alaska’s Pribilof Islands

By Pat Pletnikoff In the remote Pribilof Islands, high in the Bering Sea, the federal government achieved one of its first great conservation milestones with the Fur Seal Treaty of 1911. It protected a biodiversity hotspot extending 60 miles out …

guest
July 11, 2013 01 October 2014

RS2726_P1010398

A tribute to Athabascan elder Katie John

Athabascan elder Katie John died in Anchorage on Friday, May 31. While Katie was 97 or 98 years old – we don’t know her age for certain because she didn’t know her birth date, only her birth season – it …

Carolyn Holland
June 1, 2013 01 October 2014

RS2729_P1010406

Building a worldwide indigenous knowledge network

This post first appeared on National Geographic’s Explorer’s Journal. By Jon Waterhouse We’re headed back down to South America to spend the next two weeks in remote Peru, visiting with the Machiuengan and Ashaninka people in the community of Timpia …

guest
May 23, 2013 01 October 2014

Landscape of river and rocky mountains

Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council named in top 25 innovations in government

Last week, our partners at the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (YRITWC) were named one of the top 25 innovations in government by Harvard University’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. …

Carolyn Holland
May 4, 2013 01 October 2014

High snowy mountain range with clouds in background.

The Healing Journey: science and culture along the icy Yukon

This post originally appeared on National Geographic Explorer’s Journal. By Jon Waterhouse We’re back on the Yukon River – this time in St. Mary’s, Alaska where the Healing Journey was born! My wife, Mary and I arrived here late yesterday …

guest
April 1, 2013 01 October 2014

Jon Waterhouse paddling a canoe.

From Alaska with love: Aid helps African clinic recover from fire

Editor’s Note: Jon Waterhouse is 2012 Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Award honoree and a National Geographic Explorer. Through his international Healing Journey, he has connected with people around the world, including the people of South Sudan featured in this post, which …

guest
January 25, 2013 01 October 2014

Jon Waterhouse giving a talk behind a podium.

Jon Waterhouse: On power and leadership

Indigenous leader Jon Waterhouse shares some thoughts on the interaction of power and leadership.

guest
November 2, 2012 01 October 2014

2012 Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Award honorees

Ecotrust announces five Indigenous Leadership Award winners

By Emma Deans Ecotrust is proud to announce the winners of the 11th annual Indigenous Leadership Award, an honor bestowed on exceptional Native leaders who are working throughout the region to improve the social, economic, and environmental conditions of their homelands …

guest
October 9, 2012 01 October 2014