by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 10, 2020 | Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas, Salmon
This past week, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council sent shockwaves across Alaska when it abruptly closed commercial salmon fishing in the federal waters of Lower Cook Inlet. The closure resulted from the State of Alaska’s blanket refusal to work with the...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 8, 2020 | Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas
Forty-five years ago a group of Alaskans with a passion for Cook Inlet took on the oil and gas industry. And in a remarkable David and Goliath battle, they prevailed. Thanks to this small but dogged group of fishermen, scientists, artists and activists, the epic view...
