Along the pristine west side of lower Cook Inlet lies Tuxedni Bay, the only known winter feeding ground for the inlet’s critically endangered beluga whales. Cook Inlet belugas are irreplaceable, ...

Our parents raised us on the north end of Chisik Island in the mouth of Tuxedni Bay on the west side of Cook Inlet. Mom and Dad started setnetting there in 1970. We grew up in a subsistence lifestyle ...

Oil and gas platforms in Cook Inlet in 2021, as seen from a floatplane. The Trump administration has announced plans to hold six oil and gas lease sales in Cook Inlet over the next six years, starting ...

Low clouds hang over Cook Inlet north of Anchor Point on Oct. 23, 2025. The Trump administration is planning an oil and gas lease sale in federal territory of the inlet. It is set to be the first of ...