by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 19, 2024 | Belugas, Clean Water
Help Us Reach Our $100,000 End-of-Year Goal! — Loren Barrett In 2025, Cook Inletkeeper will celebrate 30 years of advocacy and action. As we enter this landmark year emboldened by what we have preserved and in full knowledge that there is a long road ahead to continue...
by Ben Boettger | Dec 18, 2024 | Oil & Gas, Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Renewable Energy
Our Modern Lives Demand Energy – So We Must Demand Energy We Can Live With — Ben Boettger For about 60 years, natural gas extracted in and around Cook Inlet has provided most of our heat and nearly all our electricity. The gasoline in our cars and planes is produced...
by David Knight | Dec 11, 2024 | Clean Water, Community, Healthy Habitat
Protect What You Love:Championing Tikahtnu for Future Generations — David Knight In a recent meeting with Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s Environmental Protection committee regarding the proposed Johnson Tract gold mine and its negative impact on Tuxedni Bay, a...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 22, 2024 | Bears, Belugas, blogs, Clean Water, Cook Inlet, Healthy Habitat, Johnson Tract Mine, Mining
Protecting Cook Inlet Belugas and the Ecological Legacy of Tuxedni Bay Cook Inlet belugas, one of the most endangered whale populations in the world, face constant threats from habitat degradation, industrial activities, and the impacts of climate change. Among...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Sep 30, 2024 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat
Protect What You Love — Loren Barrett Just one more reminder before the PFDs are released that you will not see Cook Inletkeeper on the list of Pick.Click.Give. (PCG) organizations this year. We’re doing things a bit differently for 2024 to ensure your...
by Sue Mauger | Sep 30, 2024 | Clean Water, Salmon
Wild Salmon Still Need Water Wild salmon define who we are as Alaskans; they shape our cultures, they feed our families, and they support our local economies. Yet today, Alaska’s laws and rules contain few hard and fast safeguards to protect the water and other...