Alaska Soles • Entered by Kathy O’Reilly-Doyle on October 13, 2021
Alaska Soles Coordination/Issues
July 1, 2021 – September 30, 2021
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 12 |
| Participants | 2 |
| Total Hours | 24 |
Key Issue: Multiple apply
Activity Type: Advocacy (rallies, lobbying, meeting decision makers, letters/calls/emails)
Short Description of Activity
Alaska Soles Quarterly Activities. Included in this is: (1) coordination between Loren Karro and Kathy O’Reilly-Doyle, Co-Leaders (2) Monitoring and responding to emails from partners and newsfeeds on actions in Bristol Bay, NPRA, Arctic NWR, Donlin, Ambler Road, ESA (3) submitting quarterly activity reports.
Reflection/Evaluation
It was a challenging summer although we did feel like we are making headway on some issues. Several of the issues we advocated on under the previous administration, that seemed pretty hopeless at the time, are now showing movement in a positive direction. We hope that this Administration’s focus on Climate Change and Alternative fuels will bring more national attention to the statewide efforts to get oil leases and permits “approved” without adequate or meaningful environmental review. It was difficult to keep cancelling activities due to Covid, but realize we are playing the long game, and these are just a temporary setback in our plans.