Inletkeeper Blog
Energy for the future is here now
The climate damage of fossil fuels has been widely known since at least the 1980s, and as an Inletkeeper, you don't need reminding how hazardous its infrastructure is for our watershed. Still, in the past it's been creditable to say that with cheap, abundant natural...
From Newspapers to News Feeds
Within Inletkeeper’s 26 year lifetime, we’ve experienced a rapid change in the communications and media landscape. The technology that once seemed far off and of the future is here now. This landscape and the mediums available for spreading our message and empowering...
What’s Lurking Around the Corner
I’ve never been a fan of scary movies. All the anticipation and fear of knowing that bad things are around the corner - and there’s nothing to do about it - is not my idea of fun. I think that’s why I’ve been committed to monitoring salmon stream health during this...
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...
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...
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...
Create the World You Wish to Inhabit
Lease ART Sale 258 Update: Thank you all for a successful Art Sale 258 and Draft Environmental Impact Statement comment period! We are able to do this work because of member support from concerned citizens like you. Please donate today to protect Cook Inlet for our...
ART (NOT Lease) Sale 258
Five local artists from the Cook Inlet basin have come together to raise awareness about the federal government’s Lease Sale 258, which would open over a million acres of Lower Cook Inlet to oil and gas development. The area, from below Kalgin Island down to Augustine Island and across to Kachemak Bay, is prime fishing grounds for salmon and halibut and critical habitat for the endangered Cook Inlet beluga. Over 50 Alaskans showed up at the public hearings for the lease sale in November–and all testified in opposition to the sale.
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...
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...