Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges

10/12/2026

10/10/2026

Is this not the coolest thing ever? Tessa Hulls, artist in residence at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, created the incredible zine One River, Many Braids (and we got some printed)! Join us to hear her talk in person at UAF on October 20 5PM AKT, or via watch party in Anchorage, Homer, Soldotna, or on zoom. You can pick up one of her zines at the event!

Tessa Hulls: Giving Voice to the Arctic Refuge

10/06/2026

Some really incredible artwork at Art in the Arctic this year!! Huge thanks to all the artists involved 💙. The artwork will remain up at Black Spruce Brewing Company in Fairbanks for the month of October.

10/03/2026

Happening now! Huge thanks to our incredible Fairbanks volunteers for organizing this year’s Art in the Arctic & for hosting us🎨⛰️💙

09/30/2026

Show your support of Alaska’s 16 incredible wildlife refuges with our new merch! Available at alaskarefugefriends.org now.

09/20/2026

Did you miss it? We recorded it and you can find it here. https://alaskarefugefriends.org/emperor-geese/
266 attended this weeks's talk by Robyn Thomas, "From Kodiak to the Aleutians: Researching Emperor Geese on the edges of their Wintering Grounds". Great presenter, beautiful photos and important information about Alaska's goose. Emperor geese not only nest in Alaska mainly on the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, they also winter in Alaska along the coast of Kodiak, Alaska Peninsula, Izembek and Alaska Maritime national wildlife refuges.

09/13/2026

Friends cosponsors the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival. The Festival will be May 5 - 9 next year.

You could be next year's artist for the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival! Submit your artwork for consideration here: https://kachemakshorebird.org/become-our-next-festival-artist/

The selected artist will create a design featuring this year's signature bird and receives a cash stipend, two free tickets to the festival, merchandise with their design featured, and a chance to host an artist’s workshop during the festival.

09/10/2026

How will climate change affect Arctic species like those that migrate or live year-round in the Arctic Refuge? Scientists are studying white-crowned sparrows, feltleaf willows, Arctic grayling, an aquatic mayfly and a ground beetle to see how they are adapting.

"Mist-netting for birds, scrubbing rocks for algae, assembling genomes, and trucking grayling eggs down the Dalton Highway, scientists hope, will eventually allow them to forecast how this fragile place at the top of the world might manage to persist under the weight of immense change."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/09/arctic-ecosystem-evolve-adapt-climate-crisis-aoe