Voice of the Peninsula: King salmon series strangely silent on king salmon habitat

01/14/14 - 8:24pm

Morris Communications is the Georgia-based media group that owns the Peninsula Clarion, Homer News, Juneau Empire, Alaska Journal of Commerce and numerous other media holdings in Alaska. In November, company chairman William Morris III announced a special 10-part series to help Alaskans “find the facts” about declining King salmon runs.

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Op-ed: Our salmon deserve better

07/09/13 - 12:03pm

There’s been a loud, angry and often uninformed debate over salmon habitat protection in the Kenai Borough for the past couple years, and if we hope to protect our fisheries in the coming years, it’s important to understand some basic issues.

In 2011, the Kenai Borough Assembly voted 7-2 to protect the vital habitat corridors along our lakes and streams that sustain our wild salmon runs. This vote recognized that all salmon habitat is important, and it extended and expanded earlier ordinances already on the books, to include remaining salmon streams and lakes in the borough

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Habitat debate filed with misinformation, exaggeration

06/17/13 - 9:47am

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently flooded the mailboxes of residents on the Kenai Peninsula with slick flyers from its headquarters in Chicago. The purpose of the mailer was to tell Alaskans to oppose salmon habitat protections in the Kenai Borough.

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) holds itself out as “America’s largest trade association,” bigger than the influential American Petroleum Institute. So why would this deep-pocketed group from Chicago reach out to Alaskans to oppose local salmon habitat protections?

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Alaskans should be rewarded for fighting government waste

02/20/13 - 3:30pm

A recent Alaska Journal of Commerce editorial called for punishing the public interest groups who challenged the proposed railroad out to Port MacKenzie. As the chief advocate for one of those groups, I think citizens should be rewarded for trying to save Alaskan tax dollars while protecting our dwindling salmon populations in the Mat-Su Valley.

Hilcorp should find safer oil storage location

05/30/12 - 8:42am

I've been watching oil and gas corporations in Cook Inlet for the past 16 years, and few things surprise me. But now Hilcorp Corporation wants to resume storing oil at the base of an active volcano on the west side of Cook Inlet.

Hilcorp is the third largest privately-held oil and gas company in the nation ("privately held" means you cannot see their books). Last year, Hilcorp bought from Chevron the major oil and gas production facilities in Cook Inlet, including facilities at Trading Bay and Drift River.

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Environmental safeguards need to remain in place

10/20/11 - 9:22am

The Escopeta Oil & Gas Company made headline news when it flouted federal law in its effort to bring a jack-up drilling rig to Cook Inlet. With recent news Escopeta's drill rig got "stuck" drilling for oil in Upper Cook Inlet, it's increasingly clear we're rolling the dice on worker safety and fisheries protection. Cook Inlet has witnessed responsible exploration in the past (for example, ConocoPhillips and Pioneer Natural Resources drilled responsibly on tracts off Anchor Point in the past decade).

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Voice of the Peninsula: King salmon series strangely silent on king salmon habitat

Op-ed: Our salmon deserve better

Habitat debate filed with misinformation, exaggeration

Alaskans should be rewarded for fighting government waste

Hilcorp should find safer oil storage location

Environmental safeguards need to remain in place

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