by Cook Inletkeeper | Sep 15, 2019 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon
Hilcorp’s seismic air gun blasting program started in full force this past weekend, with the seismic vessel Polarcus Alima running transects across some of the most important fish and whale habitat in Lower Cook Inlet. You can get an update on Hilcorp’s daily...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Sep 10, 2019 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon, Uncategorized
As fishermen left the Homer Harbor Monday morning (September 9) to longline halibut in Lower Cook Inlet, the 273’ seismic vessel Polarcus Alima darkened the horizon in Kachemak Bay. The vessel had turned off its AIS vessel tracking system after leaving Japan last...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Sep 4, 2019 | Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Press Releases
ANCHORAGE— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s approval of rules allowing Hilcorp Alaska LLC to harm Cook Inlet beluga whales and other marine mammals as it expands its offshore oil and gas operations in Cook Inlet. Cook...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Aug 19, 2019 | Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
Seismic air guns used for oil and gas exploration produce the loudest underwater noise next to explosions and warfare, and they can have devastating impacts on marine life. As a fisherman from Newfoundland put it, “Whenever a seismic boat goes past and we drop...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jul 11, 2019 | Bears, Government, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
Pebble Mine, Brown Bears & the Climate Crisis For the past year, Inletkeeper has been studying the brown bears in Lower Cook Inlet, to understand the potential impacts on bears and the bear viewing industry from the proposed transportation corridor and...
by Sue Mauger | Jul 10, 2019 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
Climate Crisis Sends Stream Temperatures Off the Charts As Alaskans suffer through the smoke, haze and danger of a record-breaking heat wave, Alaska’s salmon are suffering too. On July 7th, stream temperatures topped 81.7 F (27.6 C) in the Deshka River, a major salmon...
