by Cook Inletkeeper | Feb 22, 2019 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine
The proposed Pebble mine in southwest Alaska stands out for a variety reasons, including the fact it would be the first large-scale, open pit mine in the headwaters of the Bristol Bay – the richest sockeye salmon fishery in the world. But with the recent release...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Feb 20, 2019 | Clean Water, Donlin Gold Mine, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat
Act NOW to Protect Salmon Habitat – Comments Due March 22 BACKGROUND: The proposed Donlin mine along the banks of the Kuskokwim River in southwest Alaska would be a massive open gold mine. To power the facility, Donlin plans a 315 mile-long natural gas...
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 | Feb 5, 2019 | Clean Water
Few people noticed a recent op-ed by a guy named Rick Whitbeck, who holds himself out as the Alaska Director for a group he calls Power the Future. The piece was unremarkable for the most part, but it caught my eye for its unhinged and juvenile attacks on anyone who...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jan 11, 2019 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
I attended a presentation this week in Homer by Mark Hamilton, Vice President of External Affairs and mouthpiece for the Pebble mine, and it was remarkable on a couple fronts. First, the tone. Hamilton spoke down to the crowd like a seasoned used car salesman,...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 23, 2018 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
I spent 38 yrs. managing fisheries from California to the Arctic, and I support Ballot Measure 1. My career included: Salmonid (salmon, steelhead, trout) management as a Pacific and North Pacific Fishery Management Council member; developing amendments to the Forest...
