by Ben Boettger | Dec 2, 2022 | Clean Water, Community, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
In October, engineer and entrepreneur Patrick Simpson, who’s working on a mobile deviceto recycle ocean waste into plastic lumber, produced his first run of plastic 2x4s. Since June,Inletkeeper and our partners have contributed to the effort by collecting plastic...
by Sue Mauger | Dec 1, 2022 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
As Alaskans pay over $4/gallon at the pump, Exxon Mobil Corp. made record-breaking 3rdquarter profits. With rising demand and an undersupplied energy market amplified byWestern sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, the planet-warming dirty money...
by Bridget Maryott | Nov 30, 2022 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat
With the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), we saw steps forward on climate and clean energy but also steps backward, burdened with expanded oil & gas leasing and fast-tracked mining in Alaska. Linking clean energy development to decades of continued...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Nov 18, 2022 | Arts, Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Uncategorized
Waqaa, Cama-i, Cissiarougua. Wiinga Yup’iaq angun, wii Qusquqvagmiu-llu. (Greetings, My Name is Ciissiar (Little-Bug), I am a Yup’ik man, and I am from the Kuskokwim River). My parents are Allen Simeon of Aniak married to Laura Simeon of Kalskag and Gloria Simeon of...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 28, 2022 | Clean Water, Government, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
Clean water is critically important for people and salmon, landscapes and communities. One way that we can ensure clean water and healthy salmon is to protect surface water (like streams and lakes) and groundwater (such as aquifers and underground water between rocks,...
by Sue Mauger | Oct 28, 2022 | Clean Water, Salmon
This month the National Fish Habitat Partnership announced its list of 10 “Waters to Watch” for 2022. Cook Inlet’s Deshka River was listed as #1. Cook Inletkeeper and partners have invested years of research into better understanding the Deshka River. Management...
