Saving Alaska Step by Step

ACAT activists provide key support for the pesticides right-to-know.

ACF has granted over $22 million to more than 225 organizations in the past 25 years. These are a few of our success stories:

Eyak Preservation Council

On June 1st, the State of Alaska and the United States moved to reopen the 1991 natural resource damages settlement for the Exxon Valdez oil spill by filing a $92 million restoration plan with ExxonMobil Corporation under the “Reopener for Unknown Injury” section of the 1991 settlement. Read the story

Copper River Watershed Project

Ever wonder what happens to the rest of the salmon when you see fillets neatly packaged in cellophane or canned salmon sitting on the shelf in the grocery store? What becomes of all the heads, skins, guts and bones? When you think of the millions of salmon and halibut commercially processed in Alaska each summer, the amount of refuse is staggering. Read the story

Alaska Youth for Environmental Action

AYEA has embarked on a statewide global warming outreach and education project. During their Summer Get Together training, teens gathered in Homer to learn about global warming impacts in Alaska, the science behind the greenhouse effect, and how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Read the story

Alaska Community Action on Toxics

ACAT took the statewide lead on HB 19, a new law requiring registration of pesticides and other broadcast chemicals in the state of Alaska, putting pressure on legislators and working with numerous partners, including ACF grantees Alaska Youth for Environmental Action (AYEA), Alaska Center for the Environment (ACE) and Alaska Conservation Voters (ACV). Read the story

Alaska Marine Conservation Council

Protecting coldwater coral has been an issue that AMCC has been working on for years. Thanks to their efforts in conjunction with other ACF grantees such as Oceana and The Ocean Conservancy, over 60% of the Aleutians Islands fishing grounds are now protected from bottom trawling. Read the story

Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council

During summer of 2005 Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (YRITWC) implemented an ambitious program to remove solid waste from villages along the Yukon River and its tributaries. Read the story