Protecting Alaska's Cook Inlet watershed and the life it sustains since 1995.
How many times do we have to say NO to a bad project that would harm Alaskans? Most Alaskans know the main storyline of the decades-long Pebble Mine saga: Geologists discover the pebble deposit in 1987; A series of foreign companies thought it would be easy to dig a giant pit and mine the headwaters […]
BACKGROUND: In January 2019, Governor Dunleavy lopped-off $20 million in education funding in the stateās supplemental budget ā an amount approved through bipartisan negotiations in the Alaska House and Senate last year, and money school districts relied on in their budgets through the remainder of the fiscal year. But the real bombshell came on February […]
Alaska is the most profitable oil and gas province in the world. Yet under current forecasts, Alaska is staring down the barrel of a $1.6 billion deficit for the coming fiscal year. Governor Dunleavy came into office promising to cut expenses to balance our budget. But even if he fired every state employee, heād still wouldnāt be […]
Yay! We partnered with the Homer Folk School and Stowaway Cafe to bring you a summer series of workshops that will take your love for salmon to a whole new level! From dialing in your skills with a fillet knife, or recipes of all kinds, to a detailed exploration of salmon science and getting […]
In March, Cook Inletkeeperās Central Peninsula team had the opportunity to travel to Juneau along with three Alaskan fisherpoets to meet with our elected officials. Ā Here are reflections on the trip from two fisherpoets, both lifelong Alaskans who made the trip to Juneau for the first time. Commercial fishing in with my father in Cook […]
In Inletkeepersā blog series, āThe Corporate War on Salmonā, our Advocacy Director, Bob Shavelson, examined the campaign disclosure of so-called āStand For Alaskaā to reveal that this supposed ābroad statewide coalitionā is backed by an elite whoās who of corporate special interest in our state. As you can see in the records, over 80% of […]
