by Jamie Currie | Sep 17, 2025 | Belugas, Johnson Tract Mine
In Cook Inlet’s quieter bays, lucky onlookers occasionally spot a small squadron of white crests break the surface, their breath forming plumes of steam in the air. If your boat engine is off, sometimes you can even hear their songs through the hull—a multifaceted...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Aug 20, 2025 | Arts, Johnson Tract Mine, Salmon
“Anything worth celebrating is worth protecting.” – Inletkeeper carries this message throughout its initiatives, from the annual Salmonfest gathering to our campaign opposing the Johnson Tract mine. Salmonfest brings people together to celebrate Alaska’s salmon and...
by Jamie Currie | Jul 17, 2025 | Bears, Johnson Tract Mine
On the western shore of Cook Inlet | Tikahtnu, two massive volcanoes – Illiamna and Redoubt – rise like icy sentinels over some of Alaska’s most vibrant ecosystems. Here, in and around Lake Clark National Park, tidal zones protect some of the last healthy razor clam...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Jun 12, 2025 | Johnson Tract Mine, Belugas
Cook Inletkeeper has joined a lawsuit to stop the Johnson Tract Gold Mine — an industrial project that threatens one of Alaska’s last wild coastal ecosystems. Last week, Inletkeeper joined the Center for Biological Diversity, the Chickaloon Village Traditional...
by Satchel Pondolfino | May 20, 2025 | Belugas, Bears, Johnson Tract Mine, Press Releases
For Immediate Release, May 20, 2025 Contact: Satchel Pondolfino, Cook Inletkeeper, satchel@inletkeeper.org Lisa Wade, Chickaloon Village Traditional Council, lrwade@chickaloon-nsn.gov Marlee Goska, Center for Biological Diversity, mgoska@biologicaldiversity.org ...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Jan 23, 2025 | Johnson Tract Mine, Bears, Belugas
Proposed Johnson Tract Gold Mine Threatens Endangered Belugas and Would Industrialize Tuxedni Bay — Satchel Pondolfino As during any administration change over, a shuffle of last minute action from executive orders, to permitting decisions to pardons ensues....
