by Cook Inletkeeper | Apr 9, 2019 | Civics, Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
Court Dismisses Pebble’s Bogus Effort to Silence Fishermen Dunleavy Administration Wastes State Money on Frivolous Lawsuit In April we wrote about Pebble’s ham-fisted attempts to silence Bristol Bay fishermen with a frivolous lawsuit (see below). Today,...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Feb 20, 2019 | Civics, Clean Water, Government
BACKGROUND: In January 2019, Governor Dunleavy lopped-off $20 million in education funding in the state’s supplemental budget – an amount approved through bipartisan negotiations in the Alaska House and Senate last year, and money school districts relied on in...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 28, 2018 | Civics, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government
Sue Mauger, Science Director at Cook Inletkeeper, connects the dots on climate change and calls out the negligence of Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy in his administration’s swift removal of the Climate Action Plan from the official State website. Sign the...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 31, 2018 | Civics, Healthy Habitat, Salmon, Uncategorized
Written by Sue Mauger, Science Director We live in, play around and benefit from a salmon landscape. Wild salmon unite and define us as Alaskans. We pride ourselves in living differently up here, but we are making the same mistakes that others made across the world...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 9, 2018 | Civics, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
On the same day PFD dividends hit bank accounts this year, I thawed a filet of silver salmon from the Kenai River. Â I remember feeling so grateful with that particular fresh, beautiful fish in my hands this August. With the sockeye fishery closed just weeks before, I...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jun 26, 2018 | Arts, Civics, Healthy Habitat
In March, Cook Inletkeeper’s Central Peninsula team had the opportunity to travel to Juneau along with three Alaskan fisherpoets to meet with our elected officials.  Here are reflections on the trip from two fisherpoets, both lifelong Alaskans who made the trip to...
