Why are we hosting this site?

The Alaska Coalition is a coalition of over 700 conservation, sporting, labor, and religious groups working together to protect Alaska's wild public land. We work to safeguard the health and wildness of Alaska's public lands from the Tundra of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to the Chugach and Tongass National Forests, the lush temperate rainforests that stretch from Kodiak to Prince of Wales Island in southeast Alaska. The Alaska Coalition is a project of the Alaska Conservation Foundation.

Photo: Melissa Blair, Alaska Coalition

We have full-time staff members in Anchorage, Alaska dedicated to monitoring and participating in the BLM's resource management planning and decision-making. It is our responsibility to help voice the needs and concerns of Alaska Natives and rural communities throughout the state. It is our goal to ensure that BLM is dedicated to provide a balanced approach toward responsible development of natural resources while allocating protections for sensitive wildlife habitat, providing a wide array of recreation and tourism opportunities, and enhancing the traditional subsistence lifestyles of many Alaskans.

Please feel free to contact Alaska Coalition staff directly for additional information:

Rachel James
BLM Wildlands Coordinator
Alaska Coalition
rachel@alaskacoalition.org
(907) 222-3766

Melissa Blair
Wildlands Policy Analyst
Alaska Coalition
melissa@alaskacoalition.org
(907) 222-1982

Comment deadline July 28, 2005!
This page was created June 8, 2005