by Satchel Pondlofino | Jan 23, 2025 | Johnson Tract Mine, Bears, Belugas
Proposed Johnson Tract Gold Mine Threatens Endangered Belugas and Would Industrialize Tuxedni Bay — Satchel Pondolfino As during any administration change over, a shuffle of last minute action from executive orders, to permitting decisions to pardons ensues....
by Satchel Pondlofino | Jan 22, 2025 | Johnson Tract Mine, Bears, Belugas, Cook Inlet
Fast Tracking Johnson Tract — Satchel Pondolfino How do we fight a gold mine during the next administration? We pay attention and keep a watchful eye out for corner cutting, we build our case for inevitable litigation, and we keep repeating the truth: Alaska does not...
by Inletkeeper | Oct 24, 2024 | Bears, Belugas, blogs, Clean Water, Cook Inlet, Healthy Habitat, Johnson Tract Mine, Mining
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...
by Loren Barrett | Oct 22, 2024 | Bears, Belugas, blogs, Clean Water, Cook Inlet, Healthy Habitat, Johnson Tract Mine, Mining
Protecting Cook Inlet Belugas and the Ecological Legacy of Tuxedni Bay Cook Inlet belugas, one of the most endangered whale populations in the world, face constant threats from habitat degradation, industrial activities, and the impacts of climate change. Among...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Feb 3, 2023 | Bears, Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, salmon
The EPA’s decision this week to veto the Pebble Mine and issue Clean Water Act protections for Bristol Bay is a victory for Alaskans and the Bristol Bay and Cook Inlet ecosystems! In all the ways you showed up: at rallies, signing petitions and postcards, with dollars...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jul 9, 2022 | Bears, Clean Water, climate, Energy & Alaska, Government, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, salmon
If you are like me, you feel like we just celebrated Lease Sale 258 in Lower Cook Inlet being taken off the table. Unfortunately, as many of you are only too familiar with, we are again facing a proposed lease sale in Lower Cook Inlet.  President Biden and the...