Recent Posts From
A Vision for Cook Inlet’s Next 25 Years

A Vision for Cook Inlet’s Next 25 Years

I am incredibly honored by Bob, Sue, and of your trust as I step into the role Bob has, seemingly effortlessly, managed for so many years. As I inherit the “Inletkeeper” title from Bob, I’d like to share my vision for the future of the Cook Inlet watershed in the decades ahead: Alaska’s economy has diversified, moving from fossil fuels dependent...

read more
FEDS IGNORE SERIOUS IMPACTS TO TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, FISHERIES, WILDLIFE & BUSINESSES IN COOK INLET

FEDS IGNORE SERIOUS IMPACTS TO TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, FISHERIES, WILDLIFE & BUSINESSES IN COOK INLET

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:     December 14, 2021  FOR MORE INFORMATION:     Liz Mering, Inletkeeper (907.235.3459)  FEDS IGNORE SERIOUS IMPACTS TO TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, FISHERIES, WILDLIFE & BUSINESSES IN COOK INLET President Biden promised no more offshore oil leasing, and Alaskans push the administration to use this authority and...

read more
Reflecting on 26 Years of Protecting Cook Inlet

Reflecting on 26 Years of Protecting Cook Inlet

I remember ice floes in fast-moving water and hoarfrost on cars. I remember a steaming volcano in the distance. I remember 100 bald eagles in the trees. In late 1995, I drove down the Kenai Peninsula to accept the job running Cook Inletkeeper. It felt like another world. The year before, a dedicated group of Alaskans had sued the oil industry in...

read more
ART (NOT Lease) Sale 258

ART (NOT Lease) Sale 258

Friday, 3 December 2021: For Immediate Release “Sea Otter” by Valisa Higman is one of the pieces included in the “ART Sale 258” Collaboration between five Cook Inlet-based artists who aim to protect lower Cook Inlet from the federal government’s Lease Sale 258. Soldotna, AK: Five local artists from the Cook Inlet basin have come together to raise...

read more
Protect our Bear Coast – Say No to Oil Spills

Protect our Bear Coast – Say No to Oil Spills

Fat Bear Week brings the wonder and joy of our Cook Inlet bears to people around the world!  This year--for the fourth time!!--Otis (or brown bear 480) was crowned king!  Otis--relying on the amazing rich nutrients in Katmai--ended the season weighing over 1,000 pounds. Not the largest bear of the bunch but a survivor! Otis is estimated at 25...

read more
Growing Sustainable Roots for Alaska’s Farmers Markets, Farm Stands, and CSAs

Growing Sustainable Roots for Alaska’s Farmers Markets, Farm Stands, and CSAs

December 1, 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Alaska Farmers Market Association awarded a USDA Grant to support farmers markets, farm stands, and Community Support Agriculture Homer, AK- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $37.5 Million this year to 84 recipients across the country, including funding to Alaska’s Cook...

read more
We Cannot Wait for International Politics: Climate Action Now.

We Cannot Wait for International Politics: Climate Action Now.

International politics, law, and negotiation are crazy things. They are essential for world-wide problems where without global commitment, we cannot likely achieve an outcome; but at the same time incredibly frustrating and more aspirational than proactive in trying to unite 197 nations to reach collective agreement on the right path...

read more
Playing Russian Roulette with Lower Cook Inlet

Playing Russian Roulette with Lower Cook Inlet

Over the last fifty years, U.S. waters  have been affected by almost 50 oil spills over 420,000 gallons.  A few of the most famous are:  Santa Barbara, California (1969): 3 million  gallons spilled from an offshore platform blowout creating a 35 mile long oil slick.  Exxon Valdez, Alaska (1989): 10.8 million gallons spilled from a grounded oil...

read more