Avery Lill

Living in Anchorage | Formerly @highcountrynews, @CPRNews, @KDLGradio, @NPR | Citizen of @ChickasawNation | she/her

[Avery Lill @averylill]

@carlam_jimenez @CPRNews @ColoradoMatters I miss you too!

[Avery Lill @averylill]

It’s surprisingly easy to stake a mining claim on public land in much of the United States, but a significant portion of Alaska is off-limits… at least for now.

My latest for @highcountrynews

https://t.co/OkW3p4Tq6G

[Anchorage Daily News @adndotcom]

Alaska Community Foundation creates fund to accept donations for storm-ravaged western Alaska https://t.co/zwgIuIFhS5

[Alaska DHS&EM @AlaskaDHSEM]

DHSEM is working with the NWS to provide western AK with the up-to-date info and urge preparedness. Local, state, federal, tribal, and non-gov agencies and response orgs are aware and are preparing their response capabilities. The SEOC will continue to monitor the situation.

[Melanie Bahnke @MelanieBahnke]

It’s coming. Be safe Western AK.

[Avery Lill @averylill]

Lots of important projects recently got an influx of federal dollars in Southeast Alaska (Indigenous land stewardship, salmon habitat restoration, climate monitoring/action). HOW they're funded is also remarkable. My latest for @highcountrynews:

https://t.co/DhUcRVwAFQ

[Avery Lill @averylill]

@MPFulcher @highcountrynews Aw thanks, @MPFulcher !!

[Avery Lill @averylill]

This summer, I was off twitter and commercial salmon fishing in Bristol Bay. It was lovely.

Also lovely, I’m back in Alaska (Anchorage) full-time. I’m covering land and environment for @highcountrynews through Feb. Send your tips and story ideas to [email protected]!

[Avery Lill @averylill]

but just look at her fishing technique

[Avery Lill @averylill]

Flossy?

[explore.org @exploreorg]

Bear Butt Identification Needed.

[Avery Lill @averylill]

mm upon reference, the color is off

[Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter @lruskin]

It's official: @MaryPeltola will be sworn in on the 13th to serve the remainder of Rep. Don Young's term.

House clerk has recvd the offical election results.

Peltola gets his old office in Rayburn (minus the bear skin and animal heads) and his old office number.

[Sebastian Zavoico @vszavoico]

Last day looking for beaver activity on #NorthSlope on the Ivishak. Found no sign of beaver activity but found thaw slump features! While these are happening w/o #beavers, their presence could accelerate #permafrostthaw. Some great lights treated us at our last @Toolik bonfire!

[Emily Benson @erbenson1]

Curious how Alaska's new rep in Congress @MaryPeltola stands on environmental issues? @averylill snagged an interview with her for @highcountrynews, give it a read! https://t.co/lGmHllgn1K

[Avery Lill @averylill]

"I am pro-resource development. At the same time, I recognize that we've got to make sure that our ecosystems are healthy and balanced," @MaryPeltola told me in an interview for @highcountrynews

https://t.co/riNPTfRlbf

[The Lily @thelilynews]

In this comic, Sólveig Eva asks: "How much talent has gone uncelebrated because we feel entitled to women’s work?" Read more 👇 (1/4)

[Aliyah Chavez @AliyahJChavez]

BREAKING: Mary Peltola (@MaryPeltola) wins special election for Alaska’s sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Peltola is Yupik and is the first Alaska Native to ever be elected to the U.S. Congress.

[Avery Lill @averylill]

Shrub expansion across the tundra is visible from space! In satellite images, areas dominated by shrubs are greener than open tundra during the summer. It's propelled by climate change and has cascading effects on ecosystems @highcountrynews
https://t.co/hv8Bo6JtbS

[Avery Lill @averylill]

@CPRBrundin @highcountrynews thanks, Jenny! haha it was grueling... and sometimes smelly. But it was also fun and refreshing to be outside all summer and completely engaged, physically and mentally, with the work. I felt really present