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Stories & Viewpoints

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What’s new with Alaska Venture Fund? A lot. As we come together to reshape Alaska and build a better future, we’re discovering new strategies that can benefit the world.

Viewpoint
Protected: Taking the Long View on Alaska’s Public Lands: Q&A with AVF’s Director of Strategic Partnerships

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Grantee Spolight
Protected: A Model for Regional Resilience: The Kodiak Archipelago Leadership Institute

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Stories
Stewarding Alaska’s Climate Future

Alaska Venture Fund Partner Erin Harrington leads the Alaska Climate Impact Project, a new effort...

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Stories
The Power of Preparation: Adapting to Alaska’s Changing Wildfire Landscape

As wildfire season grows longer, more severe and more unpredictable, communities across Alaska are preparing...

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Viewpoint
Our Alaska Model: Investing in Beavers and Cranes

Big change rarely starts in big rooms. It begins in the places people call home...

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Stories
Fire, Knowledge and Community: Jeff Ennenga on Leading Alaska’s Wildfire Resilience Initiative

When Jeff Ennenga moved to Alaska in 1995, he didn’t come to fight wildfires. After graduating from high school in...

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News
After a catastrophic storm battered Western Alaska, communities face devastating losses

This month, a catastrophic fall storm struck Western Alaska with overwhelming and unprecedented force, leaving...

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Stories
Supporting Alaska’s Clean Energy Future: Q&A with AVF’s Clean Energy Program Director

Shaina Kilcoyne leads the Clean Energy Program at Alaska Venture Fund (AVF), where she advances...

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Stories
Reality TV, a Gold Mine, and a Tribe: Native Nation Building in Action

The salmon, stickleback, dolly varden, trout, tomcod, and flounder in the rivers that flow into...

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Stories
Alaska Geothermal Innovators: Drilling for Heat, Not Hydrocarbons

With world-class geothermal potential and decades of drilling expertise, Alaska is uniquely positioned to lead in...

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Stories
Aywaa Fellowship Supports Athabaskan-Inupiaq Musician to Tell His Stories

Singer-songwriter Quinn Christopherson sat on a chair on the backyard deck he built at his...

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Report
Preparation and Prevention: Developing Community Emergency Management Plans in Remote Alaska

This article was originally published in a special issue of Wildfire Magazine focused on the...

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