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Alaska

How We Work

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We Focus on Three Main Areas

In Alaska, we combine the power of scientific inquiry and collaborative partnerships to help people and nature thrive.

A bear sits on a rock.
A puffin flying over water.
Members of the Hoonah Native Forest Partnership walking.
Boats on the water.
Eggs in a nest.
A bear sits on a rock.
A puffin flying over water.
Members of the Hoonah Native Forest Partnership walking.
Boats on the water.
Eggs in a nest.

Climate Solutions

Alaska may be in a time of terrific change, but by coming together in new ways to protect natural places like forests and wetlands we can maximize nature’s ability to store carbon. We’re responding to a growing call for clean, renewable energy to ease pollution and lessen the dependence on fossil fuels in communities across Alaska.

A moose with her calf.
A path through the forest
An aerial view of a forest and water.
A bear in water.
A moose with her calf.
A path through the forest
An aerial view of a forest and water.
A bear in water.

More Climate Stories

Discover the ways we're working beyond Alaska to build climate resilience.

Creating climate solutions in Alaska

Momentum on a range of climate solutions already underway in Alaska may surprise you. And some of the best fixes come from the most remote places.

Policy Priorities in Alaska

Explore our view on issues that matter in the 49th State.

Tackling Climate Change Together

Discover four communities in the western U.S. and Canada that are building climate resilience by working with nature.

“Respect, Reciprocity, and Integration”: Elevating Indigenous Leadership in Conservation

We take care of our environment because the environment takes care of us—the rest of the world is at last acknowledging this essential value of the Yup’ik and many other Indigenous communities. But the world must also embrace Indigenous knowledge and experience.

Sustainable Fisheries

We’re protecting Bristol Bay’s salmon stronghold and the subsistence, sport and commercial fisheries it supports. We’re also working to expand access for rural fishing families to participate in and benefit from Alaska’s Limited Entry permit system.

Plants at the harbor.
A man on a boat.
Rows of stickers.
Water against a sunset.
Plants at the harbor.
A man on a boat.
Rows of stickers.
Water against a sunset.
Bristol Bay, Alaska: America’s Salmon Stronghold (3:39) This is a place of water, home to half the world’s wild sockeye salmon. Every summer, tens of millions of salmon return to these waters, creating a huge pulse of life. Yet the future of this migration won't be secure without community-supported, permanent habitat protections.

Related Stories

See how we're working across Alaska to protect our state's most precious natural resource.

Explore Alaska's Amazing Bristol Bay

Alaska’s Bristol Bay is a place of forests, mountains and tundra—and water. Especially water.

"Salmon's Really Got a Place In My Heart"

In the Tlingit village of Hoonah, Alaska, when you talk about fish you’re talking about people and a food tradition with a value beyond measure.

Preserving the Last Salmon Run

On the edge of Alaska, a community weighs the future of the greatest sockeye salmon run on Earth.

By Dustin Solberg

How Rivers Connect Us

The Nature Conservancy is taking action alongside communities to support rivers in need, finding new ways to build bridges and come together wherever we work.

Thriving Communities

As Alaska, Native people reclaim Indigenous authority over lands, waters and ways of life. We work “at the speed of trust” in communities where we’re invited to be part of a future that fully respects and honors Indigenous ways of knowing.

A whale breaking water.
A stream of water.
An eagle flying.
Kids running on the shore.
A whale breaking water.
A stream of water.
An eagle flying.
Kids running on the shore.

Stories from the Ground

Learn more about our work with Indigenous partners.

Southeast Alaska Shows New Model for Indigenous-led Stewardship

TNC and several regional partners are co-creating a new permanent funding mechanism, the Seacoast Trust, to fully support and expand Indigenous-led stewardship in Southeast Alaska.

"What Would Our Ancestors Have Done?"

The people in the Sustainable Southeast Partnership are building trust, renewing culture and protecting lands and waters in Alaska's Tongass.

How the Emerald Edge Rainforest Could Help Change the World

In this remarkable forest that stretches from Oregon into Alaska, Indigenous Peoples and local communities are leading the way in showing that conservation and climate action can be done differently.

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More from Alaska

A stylized graphic of people and nature enjoying a river—a man fishing, a bear feeding and a couple canoeing.

How Rivers Connect Us

The Nature Conservancy is taking action alongside communities to support rivers in need, finding new ways to build bridges and come together wherever we work.

A group of people reunited working in a forest.

Tackling Climate Change Together

Discover four communities in the western U.S. and Canada that are building climate resilience by working with nature.

Illustration of a group of salmon swimming together.

Made of Salmon

Salmon are inextricably linked to our way of life, the health of our natural systems and communities across the West. Protecting them benefits much more than fish alone.