Northern Lights Over Cooper Lake Part 2 2015 08 22 desktop 60mb
On August 23, 2015, the aurora appeared brightly over much of Alaska. This time-lapse video of it was taken at Cooper Lake, Alaska, near Cooper Landing and covers from midnight to dawn, about 5 hours in 90 seconds
Video of Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge RV Park , AK from Kathy M.
Kathy M.'s Review on The Dyrt:
▶︎ Beautiful Location in Cooper Landing - Salmon Lovers Paradis
This RV Park offers full hook ups with laundry, shower, and full service market on site. The showers were very clean with excellent water pressure ($2.00 for 10 min). Laundry facilities was large and clean. Market staff were extremely friendly and knowledgeable about area. They were kind enough to lend us bear spray for our Russian River hike. Lending library also available in market place to exchange for a new book.
The Princess Lodge itself is large with 2 restaurants and a large deck that looks out onto the Kenai. They offer shuttle service to and from the lodge and RV Park as needed. The lodge also has a beautiful trail with decks looking into the Kenai the shuttle can take you to and from as needed.
The market staff were really amazing and we enjoyed our stay here very much. We tried one of the restaurants in the Lodge and unfortunately weren’t too impressed. We will definitely stay at this RV site again in the future. Can’t beat the location and hospitality!
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Occupy Wild Salmon
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - Earlier today at the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority (The Trust) Board of Trustees quarterly meeting, Occupy Wild Salmon (OWS) denounced the insanity of funding mental health programming with dirty coal extraction projects. Concerned Alaskans mic checked the Resource Committee Report at The Trust meeting, delivering their message to people of supposedly sane minds, the Board of Trustees.
Social movements emerge to counter the lies and imbalances within a society that serve to protect the wealth and power of a privileged few, the 1%. The Trust controls many of the mineral rich lands held by the State of Alaska with the mandate to protect and enhance The Trust assets in perpetuity for The Trust beneficiaries. At a past meeting, Jeff Jessee, CEO of The Trust, compared coal to asbestos. He also suggests that The Trust should lease its land for coal development before the risks involved, especially global climate change, make their coal unmarketable. Greg Jones, Trust Land Office Director, even claims that strip mining right through the tributaries of the Chuitna River will actually improve and increase salmon habitat.
Who are The Trust's true beneficiaries? If the true beneficiaries were Alaskans, especially Alaska Natives whose communities are in close vicinity to the proposed coal projects, why would The Trust promote projects known to degrade the health of nearby communities and the salmon they depend on?
Alaskans understand that it is wrong to fund mental health programming through dirty coal extraction projects that will destroy communities and salmon runs, as well as contribute to global climate change. Coal money is blood money. Alaskans don't believe Greg Jones, and we are disgusted with Jeff Jessee. That's why OWS took action this morning to point out this insanity. Below is a link to a youtube video of our action, which includes audio recordings of some outrageous and insane statements about coal by Jeff Jessee and Greg Jones.
Why Occupy Wild Salmon?
Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, four fifths of the world's wild salmon have been eradicated. Most of those that remain come home to Alaska's rivers to spawn, but these too are threatened. Occupy Wild Salmon intends to take action wherever Alaska's wild salmon are under assault by industrial activity. Salmon are scared to 99% of Alaskans; all but the 1% who stand to profit from their destruction.
Occupy Wild Salmon (OWS) is an affinity group formed from Occupy Anchorage devoted to protecting the last wild salmon runs, which are sacred to the people, plants, and bioregion.
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Email us for more information: occupywildsalmon@hush.ai