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ACAT is hiring a Policy Director!

ACAT is hiring a Policy Director!  Are you the person we’re looking for? If you think being called a “policy wonk” is high praise . . . and you’re passionate about environmental justice and protecting Alaskans’ health and environment from toxic chemicals, ACAT’s Policy Director may be your dream job. ...

Take Action to Protect D-1 Lands! Submit a comment

Please join us in protecting our lands, waters, and the health of Alaska Native communities. For present and future generations, we need to protect these beautiful and critical places from exploitation and extraction!   ANCSA 17(d)(1) Withdrawals Draft EIS The Bureau of Land Management is receiving public comments on the ...

Putting Your Garden to Bed

Once you've nibbled the remaining (romaine-ing?) greens from your garden, its time to put it to bed for winter. First, I like to 'chop and drop' the stocks and leftover leaves - anything above ground can easily be cut by a machette or snippers/scissors. No need to pull roots. In ...

How gardens can make for strong towns

Strong Towns founder Chuck Marohn writes about how local food production can strengthen a community. We have no slack in this food system, yet almost all of us depend on it to survive. Local food is the easiest and most immediately profitable way for a community to build its resiliency. ...

Spraying for Spruce Bark Beetle

Spruce bark beetle continue to damage and kill spruce trees around the Anchorage bowl and across Southcentral Alaska. The question often asked is, what if anything can one do about it? Or perhaps, what SHOULDN'T we do about it. Many commercial companies use pesticide sprays and root drenches that contain ...

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