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The Urgency in Alaska Alaska is a globallysignificant landscape and a oneofakind conservation opportunity no longer available elsewhere in the United States Steve Hillebrand Wild Abundant Alaskas bountiful wildlife thrives in breathtaking natural landscapes but these places are under threat of irreversible environmental damage USFWS Danielle Brigida Protecting Alaska Through our focus on building climate change resilience and protecting public lands and waters we preserve Alaskas unparalleled natural heritage Hans Jurgen Mager A Statewide Focus We support grassroots advocacy lead climate change adaptation efforts and strengthen Alaskas conservation movement Michael Melford Features Safeguarding Alaskas Public Lands and Waters from Industrial Scale Mining Since the 1950s Alaskas economy has relied on boom and bust extractive industries. With industrialscale logging natural gas and oil industries continuing to decline Alaska is already beginning to invest heavily into a new era of boom and bust extraction in the form of industrialscale mining for transition metals and minerals. Mining and associated activities Protect Bristol Bay from Pebble Mine The headwaters region of Bristol Bay Alaska the worlds largest sockeye salmon fishery is the proposed site of a gigantic open pit mine. Speak Up for the Arctic Refuge After decades of protection the federal administration is moving with breakneck speed to industrialize the Arctic Refuge by leasing the coastal plain for oil and gas drilling.