by Sue Mauger | Dec 30, 2020 | Civics, Clean Water, Climate Change, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
In my early years learning about the ecology of streams, I spent a few summers in the sagebrush country of southeastern Oregon. I was studying desert springs measuring water chemistry, collecting bugs and identifying plants associated with each little oasis....
by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 23, 2020 | Civics, Climate Change
The manufactured upheaval around this year’s Presidential election begs a vital question: how do we address our society’s most pressing issues when facts and science have been thrown under the bus? By all accounts, our communications ecosystem today is toxic. Shadowy...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 23, 2020 | Local Economies
To say it’s been a wild and uncertain year would be an understatement. The pandemic lockdown started just as markets and farmers around Alaska were preparing for a busy summer growing season. Would markets be allowed to open? What would farmers do with all their...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 18, 2020 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat
Early last September, as fishermen left the Homer Harbor for nearby cod and halibut fishing grounds, the 273’ seismic vessel Polarcus Alima darkened the horizon in Kachemak Bay. The massive vessel – under contract to Hilcorp – proceeded to blast seismic...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Dec 14, 2020 | Civics, Clean Water, Climate Change, Events, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
How do we value the land? This is the conversation the Homer Drawdown community has begun to explore. The most emphasized valuation of land is based on its market value. Of course, the worth of land cannot wholly be captured by monetary figures. The way the land feeds...
