The Arctic Defense Campaign was created in 2023, when the Arctic Refuge Defense Campaign (ARDC) merged with a coalition of groups working to protect the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (Reserve) to defend America's Arctic from destructive oil and gas development.
ADC is supported by a diverse constituency of organizations including:
350.org
Alaska Wilderness League
Alaska Wildlife Alliance
Braided River
Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society - Yukon Chapter
Center for Biological Diversity
Coalition for Refuge Friends & Advocates
Cook Inletkeeper
Defenders of Wildlife
Earthjustice
Environment America
Eyak Preservation Council
Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition
First Peoples Worldwide
Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges
Friends of the Earth
Government of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation
Green Corps
GreenLatinos
Gwich'in Steering Committee
League of Conservation Voters
National Audubon Society
National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Refuge Association
Native American Rights Fund
Native Movement
Natural Resources Defense Council
Northern Alaska Environmental Center
Sierra Club
Soul River Inc.
Sovereign Inupiat for a Living Arctic
The Episcopal Church
The North Face
The Wilderness Society
Trustees for Alaska
Venetie Tribal Government
Veterans for Peace
Wilderness Watch
World Wildlife Fund