by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 20, 2021 | Civics, Clean Water, Climate Change, Healthy Habitat
Within Inletkeeper’s 26 year lifetime, we’ve experienced a rapid change in the communications and media landscape. The technology that once seemed far off and of the future is here now. This landscape and the mediums available for spreading our message and empowering...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 15, 2021 | Bears, Civics, Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon
I am incredibly honored by Bob, Sue, and of your trust as I step into the role Bob has, seemingly effortlessly, managed for so many years. As I inherit the “Inletkeeper” title from Bob, I’d like to share my vision for the future of the Cook Inlet watershed in the...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Mar 24, 2021 | Civics, Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies
A few minutes after midnight on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef, a glaring navigation hazard in Prince William Sound. The rest is history. Today marks the 32nd anniversary of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS). And as we look back on the devastation...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Mar 2, 2021 | Civics, Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Government, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
On January 15, the Dunleavy Administration welcomed-in 2021 with new proposed rules to strip Alaskans of our rights to keep water in our streams and lakes to protect our fish (see original post, below). Now, in response to strong public pushback, the Alaska Department...
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...
