by Cook Inletkeeper | Jun 1, 2022 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon
By Kayla Walsh, Alaska Conservation Foundation Intern What brings a city girl like me to Cook Inlet, a place I hadn’t heard of just 6 months ago? Well, I started a graduate program in Conservation Medicine and I’m here to learn all about it from the real experts:...
by Cook Inletkeeper | May 26, 2022 | Bears, Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
On May 26, we started what we hope will be the LAST comment period advocating for strong protections under the Clean Water Act to defend Bristol Bay from destructive mining by a Canadian company. Many of you have been with us in this fight for years and years. Bristol...
by Sue Mauger | May 11, 2022 | Climate Change, Healthy Habitat, Salmon, Uncategorized
The blue lines on topographic maps necessarily under-represent the complex movement of freshwater across floodplains, through wetlands and gravel bars. For a juvenile fish, the blue lines are experienced as a maze of currents, temperature, food and hiding places,...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Apr 28, 2022 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies
After a short winter lull, Inletkeeper’s programs start revving up come spring. One program that Kenai Peninsula residents have grown to count on are our annual spring electronics recycling events. This year is no different. Mark your calendars for April 30th for our...
by David Knight | Apr 20, 2022 | Clean Water, Events, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
I stood at the finish line of the Mouth to Mouth Wild Run & Ride at the end of Cannery Road in Kenai, on an extremely cold February afternoon (the race is still over three months away). There was a mean wind that bit at any exposed skin, making my eyes water. I...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Apr 5, 2022 | Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon
Salmon and agriculture are two of Alaska’s most important renewable resources. Alaska’s agricultural sectors are growing faster than any other state in the nation. With the formation of both the Alaska Grown Caucus in the Alaska Legislature and the announcement by the...
