by Cook Inletkeeper | Feb 22, 2019 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine
The proposed Pebble mine in southwest Alaska stands out for a variety reasons, including the fact it would be the first large-scale, open pit mine in the headwaters of the Bristol Bay – the richest sockeye salmon fishery in the world. But with the recent release...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Feb 20, 2019 | Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Uncategorized
Act NOW to Protect Salmon Habitat – Comments Due March 22 BACKGROUND: The proposed Donlin mine along the banks of the Kuskokwim River in southwest Alaska would be a massive open gold mine. To power the facility, Donlin plans a 315 mile-long natural gas...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jan 11, 2019 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
I attended a presentation this week in Homer by Mark Hamilton, Vice President of External Affairs and mouthpiece for the Pebble mine, and it was remarkable on a couple fronts. First, the tone. Hamilton spoke down to the crowd like a seasoned used car salesman,...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 31, 2018 | Civics, Healthy Habitat, Salmon, Uncategorized
Written by Sue Mauger, Science Director We live in, play around and benefit from a salmon landscape. Wild salmon unite and define us as Alaskans. We pride ourselves in living differently up here, but we are making the same mistakes that others made across the world...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 23, 2018 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
I spent 38 yrs. managing fisheries from California to the Arctic, and I support Ballot Measure 1. My career included: Salmonid (salmon, steelhead, trout) management as a Pacific and North Pacific Fishery Management Council member; developing amendments to the Forest...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 17, 2018 | Healthy Habitat, Salmon
Today Cook Inletkeeper released a statement from 58 retired state and federal agency scientists and managers who strongly support the Stand for Salmon Ballot Measure 1. Taken together, these experts have more than 1500 years’ experience managing and overseeing salmon...
