Cook InletKeeper
Protecting Alaska's Cook Inlet watershed and the life it sustains
Citizens participating in Inletkeeper's Monitoring Program.
About Cook Inletkeeper
Cook Inletkeeper is a community-based nonprofit organization that combines advocacy, education and science toward its mission to protect Alaska’s Cook Inlet watershed and the life it sustains. Inletkeeper’s monitoring and science work builds credibility with scientists and resource managers, its education and advocacy efforts enhance stewardship and citizen participation, and together, these efforts translate into Inletkeeper’s ability to effectively ensure a vibrant and healthy Cook Inlet watershed.
VISION
Cook Inletkeeper works to guarantee clean water for:
Abundant Fish and Wildlife ● Strong Communities ● Lasting Jobs Renewable Energy ● Public Property Rights
MISSION
To protect Alaska’s Cook Inlet watershed and the life it sustains
Citizens Environmental Monitoring Program
In 1996, Cook Inletkeeper developed Alaska’s first agency-approved volunteer water quality monitoring program - the Citizens Environmental Monitoring Program – to actively involve citizen volunteers in the collection and distribution of important habitat and water quality data. This program has been held up as a model by the State & federal resource managers, and has spawned monitoring by other organizations, Tribal groups, and agencies throughout the watershed, creating the most consistent, coordinated, credible, and cost-effective citizen monitoring program in Alaska.
