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

GOALS

• Goal 1: Cook Inletkeeper builds support and positive action for clean water, abundant fish and wildlife, and renewable energy.
• Goal 2: Cook Inletkeeper pursues policies that protect public property rights, wetlands, salmon streams, and estuaries that are necessary to sustain healthy communities and strong local economies.
• Goal 3: Cook Inletkeeper strives to build a sustainable and healthy organization with the capacity to achieve its vision for Alaska’s Cook Inlet watershed.

VALUES

• CLEAN WATER: Clean water is essential. Cook Inletkeeper is first and foremost in the business of protecting water quality and quantity, because we all need clean water. Lasting livable wage jobs, strong local economies, and human health all depend on a clean environment. Cook Inletkeeper embraces the inherent connections between people, the economy, and the environment.
• RESPECT & FAIRNESS: All people have an equal right to the essential necessities of life including clean water to drink, clean air to breathe, and healthy food for sustenance. Cook Inletkeeper believes these basic and fundamental human rights are inherent and must be upheld with respect.
• LOCAL CONTROL & RESPONSIBILITY: Local people have a right and responsibility to guide the course of their community. Cook Inletkeeper believes that decisions made at all levels should involve the local community and reflect the interests of the local people who are most affected by those decisions.
• KNOWLEDGE & INTEGRITY: Knowledge and facts are essential for guiding responsible and honest decisions. Cook Inletkeeper is committed to integrity and bases its actions on timely and accurate information and sound science derived from defensible methods. Cook Inletkeeper openly shares this science and knowledge with the public, media and policymakers.