Inletkeeper Blog
If fishermen can’t flush a head in Cook Inlet, why should Hilcorp be allowed to dump toxic waste?
As the fishing season hit its stride this summer, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Jason Brune sent a letter to commercial fishermen about the hazards of dumping raw sewage close to shore. And while sewage management — especially on smaller...
Johnson Tract Mine Prompts Big Questions
Another hardrock mine has reared its head in Cook Inlet, and it’s raising big questions from local property owners, fishermen and businesses. In late August 2020, Inletkeeper flew to the west side of Cook Inlet to meet with local residents and representatives of High...
Local Food and Clean Water: a Matter of Community and Salmon Survival
Over the past five years, as we’ve developed our local foods programming, the value of building and supporting local food systems has become increasingly clear in our work to protect the Cook Inlet watershed.The United Nations refers to food, energy and water as the...
Pebble Can Afford Fancy Lobbyists But Not a Feasibility Study to Show it has a Real Project
Talk is cheap, but numbers don’t lie. Northern Dynasty Minerals (NAK) - the junior Candian mining interest behind the proposed Pebble mine - did its damndest to hype its stock in the lead-up to the much-anticipated release of its Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)...
Biden’s Climate Plan A Good Start for Alaska
Alaska’s land, water and communities are facing a climate crisis, and we all know the problem. Surface air temperatures in the Arctic are rising at twice the rate of average global warming. A hotter, more arid atmosphere is melting the state’s iconic glaciers at a...
Pebble Mine is Buying Permits Under the Trump Administration
Massive spending on lobbyists gives foreign mining interests unfair advantage over everyday Alaskans A new compilation by Cook Inletkeeper from U.S. Senate Lobbying Reports shows the Canadian mining interests behind the proposed Pebble mine have spent more than $15...
Mike Dunleavy Doesn’t Know Alaskan Values
Mike Dunleavy recently flew all the way to the east coast to stand by Donald Trump as he gutted rules under the nation’s “environmental magna carta” – the National Environmental Policy Act. Of course Mike Dunleavy has contorted himself in any number of ways to coddle...
Chinook salmon declines related to changes in freshwater conditions
A new study – led by University of Alaska researchers and in collaboration with Cook Inletkeeper – provides the first evidence that declines in many of Alaska’s Chinook salmon populations can be attributed in part to climate-driven changes in their freshwater habitats.
Increasing Pollution May Push Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Towards Extinction
There is an enduring struggle in Cook Inlet to maintain a balance between developing oil and natural gas resources while also protecting the watershed’s rich biodiversity and thriving tourism and fishing industries. To date, the scale has tipped in favor of...
Pebble Redux: The Bears of Amakdedori | Full Film Now Online
https://vimeo.com/429430449 There are few icons of wilderness as powerful as the bears of southwest Alaska. With thousands of them living wild on the Alaska Peninsula, they play crucial roles as ecosystem curators and economic drivers, drawing wildlife lovers from all...