by Sue Mauger | Mar 1, 2022 | Climate Change, Coalbed Methane, Energy & Alaska, West Su Access Road
Cook Inletkeeper has been keeping a watchful eye on the west side of the Susitna River for years. When the state of Alaska permitted a 315-mile right-of-way for a gas pipeline to fuel the proposed Donlin Gold Mine, cutting a massive swath from Cook Inlet, over the...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Feb 16, 2022 | Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Government
The Alaska State government has an incredible responsibility to protect Alaska and Alaskans from oil spills and leaks. The state often says “trust us” we are doing enough. The state is re-doing the regulations on oil spill prevention and response and Inletkeeper has...
by Sue Mauger | Dec 23, 2021 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
Salmon are no canaries. They have robust life-history strategies and diverse habitat needs. If we keep their freshwater habitat cold, clean and intact and their marine food web stable without large blobs of warm water, wild Pacific salmon will persist and continue to...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Dec 20, 2021 | Civics, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Local Economies
The climate damage of fossil fuels has been widely known since at least the 1980s, and as an Inletkeeper, you don’t need reminding how hazardous its infrastructure is for our watershed. Still, in the past it’s been creditable to say that with cheap,...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 15, 2021 | Bears, Civics, Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon
I am incredibly honored by Bob, Sue, and of your trust as I step into the role Bob has, seemingly effortlessly, managed for so many years. As I inherit the “Inletkeeper” title from Bob, I’d like to share my vision for the future of the Cook Inlet watershed in the...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 14, 2021 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas
I remember ice floes in fast-moving water and hoarfrost on cars. I remember a steaming volcano in the distance. I remember 100 bald eagles in the trees. In late 1995, I drove down the Kenai Peninsula to accept the job running Cook Inletkeeper. It felt like another...
