In the Summer Issue of ACF Dispatch: ACF partners unite with the village of Elim to stop development of a toxic uranium mine

The Inupiat village of Elim (pop. 339) in northwest Alaska is perhaps best known as one of the checkpoints on the famed Iditarod Trail. In the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race from Anchorage to Nome, Elim is one of the last stops before mushers cross the icy. windblown expanse of Norton Sound.

Elim is now facing a challenge that could seriously affect the environment, and thus the health and well-being of all its people. Exploration work is underway for a uranium mine 30 miles northeast of the village in a place the Inupiat know as--ironically--Death Valley.

Also, read about the unsettling growth of mining across Alaska, a temporary victory at Teshekpuk Lake, our globe-trotting Sportsman's Alliance for Alaska efforts, how the Strategies for Alaska's Future program aided the passage of landmark energy legislation, a Rapid Response Grant that enabled Interior Department whistleblowers to shed light on federal misconduct, the continuing plight of polar bears and walruses, and our 2008 Conservation Achievement Award recipients!

To learn more, read the cover story and the rest of the Dispatch.