America’s Arctic is under attack, and there is much more at stake than millions of acres of public land. The Gwich’in have stewarded and cared for these landscapes for at least 20,000 years, and depend upon the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as the birthplace of the caribou that are central to their entire culture. They call it Iizhik Gwats’an Gwandaii Goodlit, “The Sacred Pl...

Didn’t take much for me to say yes when I was asked to join the American Lands Project on a trip to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Even though I grew up in Alaska it’s not common for most Alaskans to venture that far north as it’s quite a haul / so remote. I knew it was beautiful country but I honestly didn’t know what to expect. I was hoping I’d see plenty of wildlife including the porcupin...