one vision,
many partnerships
Inletkeeper is working to stop oil and gas exploration in the federal waters of the lower Cook Inlet watershed. Alaskans are conflicted about stopping the oil and gas extraction completely because our economy is fueled by our resource-based industries. That’s where we come in to build community, educate about the issues, inspire people to consider renewable alternatives and reject being locked into decades of increased fossil fuel production and usage.
Sue Mauger
Cook Inletkeeper
Stopping any current and future oil and gas leasing before it gets a foothold in Lower Cook Inlet has been an imperative for Cook Inletkeeper’s Stop Oil and Gas Leasing Campaign.
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President’s Message 2025
7.7.25
For the most part, 2024 was a good year for the Foundation. It represented our first full year with a deeper Program Team, and we took the opportunity to reaffirm our Mission of protecting biodiversity and the wild places that nature requires to simply hang on in an increasingly changing landscape. We also reaffirmed our style of grant making that requires deep focus and ongoing commitment to geog…
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11.4.24
As 2023 comes to end I am very happy to report on a few very exciting developments at The Harder Foundation: First, I am really pleased to advise that Betsy Buffington has joined our Board of Directors and is our first new Trustee in over 25 years. With an amazing background in conservation advocacy Betsy brings an incredible skill set and wealth of experience to our grant program. Second, T…
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2.16.23
As we look to commence our second and most important Grant Cycle of our year, I am pleased to announce that we will maintain the same total annual grant budget as last year — $1,500,000. This grant level was an important milestone for the Harder Foundation, as it was the highest annual grant total in our history. Considering the very difficult equity market’s performance this year, matchin…
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