Alaska Wilderness League

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

May 15, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$3,279,230

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Arctic national wildlife refuge - the arctic national wildlife refuge (arctic refuge) is one of the nation's premier wilderness areas. Every fifteen years, the management plan for the arctic refuge is revised, which is currently in the final stages of one of those revisions. The comprehensive conservation plan (ccp) included a public comment period that generated nearly one million comments in support of wilderness designation for the refuge's coastal plain - considered the biological heart of the arctic refuge. The league has been advocating for the finalization of the ccp. Since 1987, the standing department of interior recommendation for the arctic refuge has been drill for oil. The league is advocating for the current white house administration to reverse that recommendation and continue their current opposition to drilling.

Activity 3

Tongass national forest - at over 17 million acres, the tongass national forest is the nation's largest rainforest and is one of the largest remaining temperate rainforests in the world. Often referred to as the "inside passage," the tongass national forest encompasses the majority of the southeast alaskan panhandle. The tongass national forest is a place that is bursting with abundant wildlife - some of the largest remaining populations of black bear, eagles, and salmon thrive within the forest - and where southeast alaskans still live a traditional life off of its lands and waterways. The tongass national forest is an economic powerhouse where commercial fishing as well as tourism and recreation jobs are the fastest growing job sectors in southeast. In order to protect these industries from threats such as commercialization and logging, a proposal has been developed, the "tongass 77 proposal", which would safeguard the fishing and tourism economy by protecting 77 of the best watersheds in the tongass national forests from development. The league has supported the scientific research used for this proposal, which is anticipated to be available in 2013.

Filer

EIN

52-1814742