Recent Posts From Bridget
Sunsetting the Alaska Food Hub Program

Sunsetting the Alaska Food Hub Program

Sunsetting the Alaska Food Hub   After nine incredible seasons of connecting you with fresh, local food, and supporting our vibrant community of farmers and producers, we’ve made the difficult decision to sunset the Alaska Food Hub program.  Inletkeeper initiated the concept of the Food Hub in early 2015. Through funding from the Local Foods...

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A Taste of Togetherness: The Power of Community in Local Food Systems

A Taste of Togetherness: The Power of Community in Local Food Systems

A Taste of Togetherness: The Power of Community in Local Food Systems   “This partnership has impacted our village and community program positively. I did not know some of the vegetables…the Elders had stories of how they would prepare [them].  It was very exciting to get fresh vegetables and get help with preparation tips for the [ones] I...

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From the Deepest Night, a Spark of Light: Celebrating a Decade of Impact on the Central Peninsula

From the Deepest Night, a Spark of Light: Celebrating a Decade of Impact on the Central Peninsula

From the Deepest Night, a Spark of Light: Celebrating a Decade of Impact on the Central Peninsula — Kaitlin Vadla In Alaska, the winter solstice is a powerful reminder of the cyclical nature of life. We stand at the edge of the longest night, embraced by a profound darkness that seems to hold the world in quiet anticipation. We are about to cross...

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Homer Drawdown’s Energy Fair

Homer Drawdown’s Energy Fair

Homer Energy Fair   Homer Drawdown is beginning to wrap up its third solution: Climate Smart Homer Homes. To cumulate our efforts, the climate solutions community is hosting the Homer Energy Fair, a one-stop shop to connect Homer area residents with energy-efficiency resources. The Homer Energy Fair will be held on Saturday, January 25th, at...

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Protect What You Love: Championing Tikahtnu for Future Generations

Protect What You Love: Championing Tikahtnu for Future Generations

Protect What You Love:Championing Tikahtnu for Future Generations — David Knight   In a recent meeting with Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s Environmental Protection committee regarding the proposed Johnson Tract gold mine and its negative impact on Tuxedni Bay, a well-respected elder reminded everyone in the room that we don’t own the land, we are...

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Why We Should Be Watching the Development of the Johnson Tract Mine

Why We Should Be Watching the Development of the Johnson Tract Mine

Why We Should Be Watching the Development of the Johnson Tract Mine UPDATE 10/28/2024: It seems the National Park Service (NPS) has canceled the inadequate 14-day public comment period on their resource analysis to assess a proposed haul road and port facility to transport ore through Lake Clark National Park & Preserve. We will keep you...

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Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership

Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership

Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership — Sue Mauger The Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership represents businesses, governments, landowners, Native Alaskans, and the non-profit community. Since its inception, the Partnership has brought together a diverse group of more than 60 members, including Cook Inletkeeper. The Mat-Su Partnership’s...

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Donate Directly from your Alaska PFD to Protect Cook Inlet

Donate Directly from your Alaska PFD to Protect Cook Inlet

Protect What You Love — Loren Barrett   Just one more reminder before the PFDs are released that you will not see Cook Inletkeeper on the list of Pick.Click.Give. (PCG) organizations this year. We’re doing things a bit differently for 2024 to ensure your donations have the greatest possible impact. Rather than participating in PCG, which...

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Alaska’s Flawed Water Rights Do Not Safeguard Wild Salmon

Alaska’s Flawed Water Rights Do Not Safeguard Wild Salmon

Wild Salmon Still Need Water Wild salmon define who we are as Alaskans; they shape our cultures, they feed our families, and they support our local economies.  Yet today, Alaska’s laws and rules contain few hard and fast safeguards to protect the water and other habitats salmon need to thrive. More specifically, there is no requirement to retain...

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Protect the Susitna Valley: Renewed Threat of Coalbed Methane Drilling

Protect the Susitna Valley: Renewed Threat of Coalbed Methane Drilling

Protect the Susitna Valley:Renewed Threat of Coalbed Methane Drilling — Loren Barrett   The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is once again considering a proposal to open 1.5 million undeveloped acres of the Susitna Valley for gas exploration—a decision that could threaten salmon habitat, wetlands, and local recreation. This...

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Bridget Maryott

Bridget hails from the unceded lands of the Tohono O’odham peoples (Tucson, AZ) where she learned at a young age that water is life. After spending four decades in the Sonoran Desert, it became apparent that the local lands and waters could not withstand their current population. While nothing could compare to the smell of the desert during a monsoon, living in a town of over a million was not sustainable or pleasurable. In a quest to find a better way to live in right relation with the land, she followed her family to Fritz Creek. She is enamored by exploring and foraging for mushrooms and other edibles. Since 2019, Bridget has worked in fundraising, communications, and operations, bringing a diverse background ranging from visual communications to cancer diagnostics and marketing to the Inletkeeper team. She believes in strong communities, especially queer ones, and gives back by serving on the Homer Pride Committee and the Bunnell Street Arts Center Board of Directors.