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Stories from Alaska
Lands, Waters and Vast Landscapes
We work in communities to help nature and people. In Alaska, where people and the natural world are so inextricably linked, our approach helps create lasting results. In the Tongass, in Bristol Bay, in the Matanuska-Susitna Basin and elsewhere, the Conservancy is at work protecting the Alaska we know and love.
Check out these stories about how your support for the Conservancy helps ensure the health and survival of the natural world that sustains us all.
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Field Biology, Models, and Alaska's Caribou
Answers to questions about caribou in Alaska’s far north lie in the elegant confluence of two branches of the environmental sciences.
New Life for Puffins and Murres
Removing Rats to Restore Seabirds in the Aleutian Islands
Restoring Rat Island is the most ambitious island habitat restoration project ever undertaken in the Northern Hemisphere.
Mae Syvrud's Smokehouse Provides for a Community
One Family's Bristol Bay Salmon Tradition
Living near the bank of the Nushagak River, this family tends nets and a smokehouse each summer.
Solutions for Nature and Rural Communities
From Conflict to Conservation in the Tongass Forest
The Nature Conservancy helped bring together scientists, loggers, business owners and others to chart a sustainable future on the Tongass.
Living with Salmon
Keeping Salmon Habitat Healthy for Everyone
The Conservancy is bringing together people who care about wild salmon in the Matanuska-Susitna Basin.
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