SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 29 (TNSres) -- The American Academy of Ophthalmology issued the following news release: * * * Author of Answering Alaska's Call to discuss Alaska's first ophthalmologist * * * What makes a hero? Award-winning writer Linda Fritz seeks an answer to this age-old question in her book, Answering Alaska's Call, which details her uncle's true life story as the first ophthalmologist to live and practice in Alaska. Linda will host a free lecture on her book on Saturday more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 27 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America issued the following news release: Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Anchorage, Alaska Have Highest Number and Percentage of Year-over-Year Job Gains, While New York City and Duluth, Minn.-Wis. Experience Worst Job Losses Construction employment rose in 232, or 65 percent, of 358 metro areas between July 2023 and July 2024, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 [Category: Environment] -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news release: "D-1 lands are woven through the traditional subsistence territories of Alaskan Tribes, which depend on these vast lands to support healthy wildlife populations," said Christi Heun, Defenders of Wildlife senior Alaska representative. "This decision shows the agency's improved commitment to managing federal lands in tandem with Tribes' ancestral knowledge on some of the most pristine lands more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: In response to the Department of the Interior releasing a Record of Decision to finalize protections for 28 million acres of D-1 lands in Alaska, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) released the following statement from Conservation Program Director, America Fitzpatrick: "LCV celebrates the finalization of this Record of Decision, retaining protections for 28 million acres of more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation issued the following news release: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced the release of the 2025 Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Fund. This year, the program will award $500,000 in grants to projects that achieve or substantially lead to measurable on-the-ground conservation outcomes and fill key information gaps through assessments and strategic moni more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Outdoor Recreation Roundtable issued the following news: Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) is proud to award five rural communities - from New England and the mid-Atlantic to Appalachia and Alaska - with implementation grants to help grow their local economies and make them more resilient through outdoor recreation. The 2024 awardees are: Beverly, Ohio; Claremont, New Hampshire; Giles County, Virginia; Haines, Alaska; and Poultney, Vermont. Each recipient participated  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Today, the Department of the Interior announced it will retain protections for 28 million acres of public lands within the Bristol Bay, Bering Sea Western Interior, East Alaska, Kobuk Seward, and the Ring of Fire regions of Alaska. These lands, overseen by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), were withdrawn from mining and oil and gas development under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Wilderness Society issued the following statement on Aug. 27, 2024: * * * BLM Restores Protections on 28 million acres of "D-1" lands * * * The federal Bureau of Land Management took a historic step for conservation today when Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced a final decision to restore protections for 28 million acres of land as established by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. BLM's decision will preserve some of the largest and most intact more PR