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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...
Thankful and Reflective
This Thursday is complex. Many of us grew up spending the day with friends and family celebrating Thanksgiving. But Thursday is also a National Day of Mourning where we must remember our nation’s tragic history with the indigenous peoples who have called North America...
We Cannot Wait for International Politics: Climate Action Now.
International politics, law, and negotiation are crazy things. They are essential for world-wide problems where without global commitment, we cannot likely achieve an outcome; but at the same time incredibly frustrating and more aspirational than proactive in trying...
Playing Russian Roulette with Lower Cook Inlet
Over the last fifty years, U.S. waters have been affected by almost 50 oil spills over 420,000 gallons. A few of the most famous are: Santa Barbara, California (1969): 3 million gallons spilled from an offshore platform blowout creating a 35 mile long oil slick. ...
Make Your Voice Heard for the Inlet!
Last week we asked you - our Inletkeepers - to stand up for Lower Cook Inlet and say “no” to the proposed oil and gas lease sale in Lower Cook Inlet. If you haven’t already signed the petition, please do so at inletkeeper.org/ls258 - and then share with 5 friends (or...
ALASKANS CALL FOR STOP TO TOXIC OIL DUMPING IN COOK INLET
STATE MAKES MOCKERY OF “RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT” BY LETTING OIL INDUSTRY INCREASE TOXIC POLLUTION IN PRIME BELUGA & FISH HABITAT Download the Press Release here HOMER, AK - Today a coalition of groups, filed by Trustees for Alaska, pressed the Alaska Department of...
Trading Food Security, Fisheries, and Local Economies for Temporary Gains: Oppose Lease Sale 258
Fishery health will drive Alaska’s future. By listening to longtime Alaskan fishermen and community elders, the message is clear: Alaska’s fisheries have changed, and not for the better. In 2020, federal managers closed the Pacific Cod fishery in Cook Inlet because of the “warm blob”–a phenomenon that will only become longer and appear more frequently with climate change. This summer, the Yukon salmon fishery crashed, causing many rural villages to rely on others for this coming winter.