Inletkeeper Blog
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.
Understanding The Johnson Tract Mine through ANCSA
To understand the Johnson Tract Mine, we must understand that the foundational purpose of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was to open land to extraction. ANCSA reshaped the public narrative around what it means to be Alaska Native, creating real trade-offs that Alaska Native people continue to navigate today and fundamentally shaped how Alaska’s lands are managed.
Inletkeeper’s Watershed Days: Celebrating the Land, Water, and Salmon that Connect Us
Inletkeeper’s Watershed Days will invite you to explore our relationship to the watershed firsthand: walking streambanks, wading in waters, and learning in a way that connects you directly to the lands and rivers’ rhythms, encouraging us to reflect on how our daily choices ripple downstream.
Before AK LNG Asks for Tax Breaks, They Need to Stop Hiding Its Costs
Governor Mike Dunleavy has said he plans to introduce legislation to give the AKLNG project a 90% break on the property taxes that help fund local schools, roads, and emergency services. Consultants, too, give legislators a hard sell on the need for tax breaks and other “risk sharing” between the project and the state. We need to know: if the legendary gasline were built, what would we in south central Alaska be paying for North Slope gas?