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The Walker Administration & Big Mining Corporations Get What They Wanted: Permission to Destroy Our Salmon Habitat, Forever

By | August 8, 2018

Today, the Alaska Supreme Court struck an important provision from the Stand for Salmon Ballot Initiative. It ruled the initiative’s ban on “substantial damage” – including permanent harm to salmon habitat – violated the Alaska Constitution because it amounted to an “appropriation” which impermissibly limited the Legislature’s discretion to make public resource decisions.  The Court […]

A Letter from the Director

By | July 4, 2018

1,000 Donations by July 15th   This year, every week has felt like a new assault on our democracy.  And lately it seems like the very fabric of compassion that binds us together as human beings is being torn to shreds.  Frankly, I don’t really feel like celebrating right now. Right here in Alaska some […]

Pebble Redux

By | June 6, 2018

re·dux:  /rēˈdəks,ˈrēˈdəks/adjective, brought back; revived. Late last year one of Cook Inletkeeper’s keen-eyed Boardmembers sent me an obscure public notice for exploration work around Amakdedori Creek in Kamishak Bay on the west side of Lower Cook Inlet. The project didn’t entail oil and gas exploration, so it was unclear who would be poking around Kamishak […]

Give Alaska Salmon a Brake!

By | May 18, 2017

Fall is my favorite time to bicycle commute through Anchorage.  I like to watch the birch trees turn from their summer shades of green, to the yellow of autumn, and ultimately to their final resting place on the bike path where they crunch under my tires. I also like to see our salmon change as […]

Fracking Opens Dangerous Door in Cook Inlet

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Hydraulic fracturing—or “fracking”—has jumped into the American lexicon in the past decade, largely due to the advent of directional drilling technology targeting shallow shale gas plays in the Lower 48, and the drinking and groundwater contamination threats they pose.  The Bush Administration compounded the problem when Dick Cheney—fresh off his stint running Haliburton, the world’s […]

ACF Ted Smith Conservation Intern

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This summer I have been granted an amazing opportunity to work with Cook Inletkeeper as the ACF Ted Smith Conservation Intern in Homer, AK. I am currently a junior at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, studying Environmental Studies, a major that I have found much passion in. I am from the Big Island of […]

Salmon Are More Than Food & Money

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By Maya Goodini, Inletkeeper Intern, Summer 2016 The rich salmon-filled streams of Cook Inlet are a crucial part of what gives this region a sense of place, an identity. Salmon fisheries and canaries have played a significant role in shaping the history of Cook Inlet. Wild salmon are the heartbeat of south-central Alaska and define […]

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