Two bull caribou of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd swimming across the Kobuk River during fall 2011 migration in Kobuk Valley National Park. The herd has been in decline since hitting its peak ...

FAIRBANKS, ALASKA — The Porcupine Caribou Herd hit a record high in 2017, according to the results of a July photo census. The new Alaska Department of Fish and Game census puts the herd’s population ...

On October 23, the Trump administration launched fresh attacks on three iconic wildlands in Alaska, places that Wilderness Watch, our members and supporters, and our conservation allies have fought to ...

Not only did it put the Porcupine caribou herd at risk, it put an entire First Nations group — the Gwich’in, on both sides of ...

Environmentalists and Indigenous leaders raise concerns after Trump administration opens up Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife ...

BARROW, Alaska -- Time is running out for the Porcupine caribou herd, according to the conservation officer for the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. Darius Kassi said the caribou are late again this year ...

Gwich’in tribes have asked the Biden administration to establish an Indigenous sacred site in the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where federal law calls for an upcoming oil ...

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The April 7 front-page article "Warnings on Drilling Reversed" was misleading. Research results obviously were clarified, not "reversed." The original claim was that caribou may be particularly ...

FAIRBANKS, ALASKA —The Porcupine Caribou Herd hit a record high in 2017, according to the results of a July photo census. The new Alaska Department of Fish and Game census puts the herd’s population ...