Inletkeeper Blog
21st Annual Electronics Recycling
Beyond preventing harmful electronics waste from ending up in landfills, we recognize the critical importance of recycling the valuable metals inside the devices we use daily. Inletkeeper and our partners have provided this service in the communities of Nanwalek, Port Graham, Seldovia, Ninilchik, Seward, Soldotna, and Homer.
No Dirty Gold
The glimmer of gold continues to be a seductive force, but gold extraction is an incredibly destructive process, creating immense waste and severe environmental hazards.
Tell Your Senators Not to Back Down on Fixing Our Revenue Shortfall
The old saying is that law is like sausage – if you want to appreciate it, don’t watch it being made. But the messy sausage-making of closing this tax loophole hasn’t killed our appetite for budget policy that can support Alaskans with sustainable state services.
Volunteer to Get Out the Vote for HEA Elections
If we want different outcomes, we have to show up. These races will be decided by who knocks the most doors and makes the most calls. Please join us. We have opportunities in Homer, Kenai, and Soldotna.
Strengthening Community Stewardship Across Tikahtnu
Whether you’re a lifelong Alaskan or newly curious about salmon and the Cook Inlet Watershed, the 2026 season promises meaningful ways to engage, learn, and take action for clean water and healthy salmon.
Interested in Joining the Inletkeeper Board of Directors?
We believe lasting change comes from science, stewardship, and solidarity, and from people willing to show up for community and commit to this place we call home.
On the Leg – AK LNG, Net Metering & Corporate Income Tax Loopholes
March 16, 2026 – The Alaska State Legislature
The Big Beautiful Cook Inlet (BBC1) Oil and Gas Lease Sale Was a Flop – Zero Bids Received
The Department of Interior announced that there were zero bids in today’s Big Beautiful Cook Inlet (BBC1) oil and gas lease sale. This lease sale, held by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), was a product of the One Big Beautiful Bill’s six mandated lease sales in Lower Cook Inlet, on which the federal government is refusing to conduct National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews. The lack of industry interest in oil and gas drilling in Lower Cook Inlet has been repeatedly proven and remains true today.
Legal Challenge to Upcoming Offshore Oil and Gas Sale in Cook Inlet Launched
A federally recognized Alaska Native Tribal Nation, along with several community and environmental health and justice groups, notified the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today of their intent to sue over a planned March 4 offshore oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet.
We’re Hiring: Communications Strategist at Cook Inletkeeper!
Join Cook Inletkeeper as a Communications Strategist and use storytelling, media, and strategy to protect the Cook Inlet | Tikahtnu watershed and its communities.