The delta areas around south-central Alaska sit on vast reserves of coal, oil and timber. (b. cole)

Some say Big Oil owns Alaska. Not quite: Cascadia Wildlands represents conservation interests against the giant oil companies who would drill to the ends of the earth.

We have had success against Goliath. In 2003 we killed the Katalla oil exploration project and won back over 65,000 acres of the Copper River Delta from oil leases to public conservation lands.

The current top threat to the famous Copper River salmon is the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. The pipeline, which carries all of Alaska’s arctic crude oil, snakes for over 160 miles through the watershed. Due to corrosion, lax regulation, and severely misguided priorities, oil companies have left the river vulnerable to a catastrophic oil spill from the pipeline.

We are committed to holding oil companies accountable for identifying and protecting environmentally sensitive areas in the watershed. Be sure to check out the Copper River Watershed Project's work to engage citizens in oversight of the the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

Be sure to visit our Alaska field office blog for recent developments in our conservation work and photos that showcase the Last Frontier. And don't miss the Whole Truth Campaign website for information on efforts to hold Exxon accountable for the 1989 oil spill that crippled the local economy and the biological diversity in Prince William Sound.

Documents of interest:

1. Downloadable petition opposing the Trans-Alaska Pipeline contingency plan
2. Cascadia Wildlans Project's Trans-Alaska Pipeline contingency plan comments
3. Trans-Alaska Pipeline contingency plan factsheet