chuitna.org

By Jim Reardon Some folks from Texas want to strip-mine the Chuitna River watershed on the west side of Cook Inlet so they can send coal to China.  To get to the coal, they want to destroy 11 miles of Middle Creek, a beautiful stream that is home to several species of wild Alaskan salmon. [...]

I’ve fished Cook Inlet for the past 25 years, and I’ve seen firsthand the steady erosion of our commercial fisheries. The recent actions by the Board of the Fish — taking yet another chunk out of the drift fishermens’ livelihood — are just the latest assault on our families and our way of life. But [...]

Just another snow machine…in Maine! Even snow machiners in Maine know that coal is a bad deal for Alaskan salmon and snow in Maine!