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Alaska’s Supreme Court Halts Transfer of Public Lands
Nearly a quarter-million acres of state land remain under public ownership after Alaska’s highest court held that transferring them to the University of Alaska would violate the State Constitution.

Shell-Shocked in the Arctic
An appeals court rules that Shell Offshore, Inc., must stay away from the Beaufort Sea at least through the winter of '07/08.

Arctic Wildlife Gets a New Lease on Life
Alaskan lake and surrounding area gets protection from drilling.

Alaskans' Right to Protection from Cruise Ships
Voters allowed to consider initiative on cruise ships

Appeals Court Blocks Tongass Timber Sales
Agency overestimated demand for timber

Red Dog Mine Air Standards Upheld
Big business can't buy the right to dirty air.

Steller Sea Lion Litigation Brought to a Close
Overfishing in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea must be curtailed

Appeals Court Reinstates National Forest Roadless Area Protections
A federal court of appeals in San Francisco on December 12 overturned an injunction that had blocked a presidential order to stop building roads in national forest roadless areas.

Tongass Wilderness Injunction Buys Time
Court rules Forest Service cannot continue to approve timber sales in roadless areas while simultaneously considering the very same areas for wilderness protection.

Settlement Requiring State to Regulate Commercial Recreational Use of Public Lands
Will protect against habitat degradation and excessive interference with other uses of public lands.

Bears, Eagles, and Black-Tailed Deer
Preservation of the Tongass National Forest on the panhandle of Southeast Alaska has been a major preoccupation of Earthjustice since the earliest days. Tom Turner describes how it all began.