In Cook Inlet’s quieter bays, lucky onlookers occasionally spot a small squadron of white crests break the surface, their breath forming plumes of steam in the air. If your boat engine is off, sometimes you can even hear their songs through the hull—a multifaceted collection of whistles, clicks, moos and chirps so complex that they've earned...
On the western shore of Cook Inlet | Tikahtnu, two massive volcanoes – Illiamna and Redoubt – rise like icy sentinels over some of Alaska’s most vibrant ecosystems. Here, in and around Lake Clark National Park, tidal zones protect some of the last healthy razor clam beds in Cook Inlet, while the shores, wetlands, and forests house 187 different...
I remember the exact moment I fell in love with Cook Inlet | Tikahtnu. It was March 2020, just a week before the pandemic hit, on my first-ever visit to Homer. I was here for a scientific diving class with the University of Alaska Fairbanks. As I rounded the bend into town, the mountains of the Kenai Peninsula rose in a glittering wall over the...
