New conservation area on northeast Yukon coast now under Inuvialuit stewardship
The northeast coast of the Yukon is now under Inuvialuit stewardship. Area is home to the Porcupine caribou and countless
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Canada’s environment minister concerned about Alaska seismic project impacts on Indigenous communities and trans-border wildlife
Canada’s environment minister says significant concerns remain over proposed development plans in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWWR) and how
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Canadian Gwich’in leaders and conservationists suing U.S. over leasing program for Arctic wildlife refuge
A Gwich’in organization created to protect nearly 20 million acres of sacred, traditional land in Alaska, along with 12 other
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Indigenous groups in Northern Canada celebrate Porcupine caribou agreement
People from eight Indigenous communities are celebrating a groundbreaking collaboration agreement on how they will share the harvest of the
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Which Indigenous voices? On Arctic Refuge, lawmakers practice selective listening
A bill in Congress would reverse the 2017 decision to open the northernmost part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
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‘We are caribou people’: First Nations leaders in Washington to push for ANWR protection
Indigenous leaders from Canada and Alaska told U.S. legislators on Tuesday that oil and gas development in the Arctic National
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Planned drilling in ANWR: U.S. ignoring international caribou agreement, say Indigenous and territorial govs
Canadian and Indigenous governments say the U.S. Bureau of Land Management needs to consult more broadly on its plans to
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Caribou and drilling in ANWR: Canadian research critical of U.S. report
As Canada prepares its final submissions to the U.S. about Porcupine caribou and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, two pieces
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Opponents fail to stop drilling plan in arctic Alaska wildlife refuge
The U.S. Senate Energy Committee Wednesday approved legislation that would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. Democrats
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Western Arctic Caribou Herd still Alaska’s biggest?
A caribou herd in northwestern Alaska has been the state’s largest for several years, but its population is on a
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