Events
Race Website
Additional race information can be found at https://northern.org/events.
Place
Fairbanks, AK US 99701
Description
Join the Northern Alaska Environmental Center virtually August 21-24 to celebrate the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge during the 29th annual Run for the Refuge, sponsored this year by Earthjustice. Registration for this year's event is free and anyone who makes a donation (of any amount) will be automatically entered into a door prize drawing.
There are so many wonderful ways to be outdoors, and we hope you’ll get inspired to hit the trail, hop on your bike, launch your kayak, or set off on your favorite people-powered adventure. Suggested distance is 5k (three miles), but any distance shows your support of the Arctic Refuge.
To make the biggest impact, we’d love your help spreading the word far and wide. Get a group of friends together and sign up early! Then join our Facebook Event Page to discuss routes and get inspired. All participants will receive a printable bib, and we hope you’ll share your adventures with #RunForTheRefuge, tagging @NorthernCenter on social media.
Stay tuned to order your Run for the Refuge T-shirt sporting art by Tehya McLeod, our 2025 Featured Artist.
All proceeds go to the Northern Center's Arctic Program. To learn more about the threats facing the Arctic Refuge, go to our website northern.org and subscribe to our email list.
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Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we work throughout the unceded territories of the Indigenous Peoples of Alaska and that our office is located on the traditional territories of the Lower Tanana Dené Athabascan Peoples. We honor the ancestral and ongoing land and water stewardship and place-based knowledge of the peoples of these territories.
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