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View across Cook Inlet at low tide from downtown Anchorage, Alaska (September 2005) The Cook Inlet beluga whale is a genetically distinct and geographically isolated stock. [26] The population fell to 278 in 2005 and it is listed as critically endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [27]
Kachemak Bay (Dena'ina: Tika Kaq’) is a 40-mi-long (64 km) arm of Cook Inlet in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southwest side of the Kenai Peninsula.The communities of Homer, Halibut Cove, Seldovia, Nanwalek, Port Graham, and Kachemak City are on the bay as well as three Old Believer settlements in the Fox River area, Voznesenka, Kachemak Selo, and Razdolna.
The Cook Inlet Basin is a northeast-trending collisional forearc basin that stretches from the Gulf of Alaska into South central Alaska, just east of the Matanuska Valley. It is located in the arc-trench gap between the Alaska-Aleutian Range batholith and contains roughly 80,000 cubic miles of sedimentary rocks . [ 1 ]
Jul. 8—A looming shortage of Cook Inlet natural gas means a majority of Alaska residents are likely to see a jump in costs in the coming years to heat and power their homes, according to a new ...
Cook Inlet with Knik and Turnagain arms. Turnagain extends in an east–west direction, and is between 40–45 miles (64–72 km) long. It forms part of the northern boundary of Kenai Peninsula, and reaches on the east to within 12 miles (19 km) of Passage Canal, a western branch of Prince William Sound.
Cook Inletkeeper is a non-profit water conservation and ecology organization based in Homer, Alaska.Their stated goal is "promoting sound public policies that protect fish habitat and water quality; and holding individuals, industry and agencies accountable for habitat, water quality and human health in the Cook Inlet watershed.
Knik Arm begins at the Inlet's northern edge, near Anchorage, before heading north and east. It is about 15 miles (24 km) long, and at its upper end, receives the waters of the Matanuska River . West of Knik Arm is the delta of the Susitna River , the largest stream emptying into the inlet. [ 3 ]
The Swan Lake Fire burned tens of thousands of acres of Cook Inlet taiga forest pond with water lilies bordered by spruce forest, Kenai NWR. The Kenai River, Anchorage, Palmer and Wasilla areas are the most populated part of Alaska, and a base for both the logging and oil and gas industries on the Kenai Peninsula.