Friday Night Fireside Chats
Friday, January 10, 2025
7 pm at the Cooper Landing Community Club Hall
Namibia, Southwest Africa
- Explore the desert to the coast & amazing wildlife. – Sylve Montalbo
Indonesia
- Live aboard diving trip in the Raja Ampat region. Ed Holsten & Sandra Key Holsten
Scottish Highlands & Central Holland
- Enjoy the historical & mountainous regions of Scotland and low lying lands of the Netherlands. – Janette Cadieux & Theo Lexmond
Travel the world without having to go to the airport! Join us Friday Night, January 10th for three informal presentations on some amazing journeys. Each presentation is no more than 20 minutes with 10 minutes of Q&A afterwards. Wood stove is cranked and popcorn will be available to munch on. Just bring yourself and your favorite beverage to enjoy a relaxing evening in the Landing.
Questions? Call/Text Yvette at (907) 230-3055
Cooper Landing Gem Newsletter
Enjoy our monthly newsletter, the Cooper Landing Gem, for updates and happenings in the Cooper Landing Community. In this issue you’ll find updates from Cooper Landing Library, Cooper Landing Trails, the Community Club, Cooper Landing School, and Kenai Lake Baptist Church.
Applicants Sought for Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Membership Deadline: February 16, 2025
The Federal Subsistence Board will be accepting applications from January 2 through February 16, 2025, to fill seats on the 10 Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils (Councils). Council membership appointments are typically for 3-year terms. There are approximately 43 seats open for appointment among all Councils.
The Councils meet at least twice a year and provide recommendations to the Federal Subsistence Board on subsistence management issues. Council meetings serve as a forum for regional public involvement in Federal subsistence management. Council members must be knowledgeable about the uses of fish and wildlife resources in their region and reside in the region they wish to represent.
Individuals may apply for membership themselves, or an individual or organization may nominate someone for Council membership. The application form and information about the application process and the Councils is available on the Federal Subsistence Management Program’s website: www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions. The application form and additional information is also available by contacting Katerina Wessels, Council Coordination Division Supervisor at the Office of Subsistence Management, at (800) 478-1456 or (907) 444-1376 or katerina_wessels@ios.doi.gov.
Additional information on the Federal Subsistence Management Program may be found on the web at www.doi.gov/subsistence or by visiting www.facebook.com/subsistencealaska.
Starting 2025 All Saltwater Charter Operators Required to Report Charter Activity Using the ADF&G eLogbook Service
(Statewide) – The successful implementation of mandatory electronic logbook (eLogbook) reporting for the charter sector in Southeast Alaska has proven beneficial to both industry and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G). Recent restrictions to saltwater species throughout the state have highlighted the need for more accurate and timely reporting in all regions. Through the ongoing cooperation of the charter industry in Southeast Alaska, and voluntary eLogbook users in the remainder of the state, the eLogbook has proven to be a more efficient, timely, and effective data collection mechanism:
- eLogbook data are submitted faster, more easily, and more accurately than on paper.
- Data verification (ADF&G sending emails to you specific to data errors) is dramatically reduced for eLogbook data.
- In Southeast, where eLogbooks are mandatory, charter data are available to fisheries managers in a substantially shorter timeframe.
Considering the success in Southeast, and to promote timely and responsive fisheries management for marine species in all saltwater areas, ADF&G has extended the 2021 Southeast Alaska eLogbook mandate to include all saltwater charter operators statewide. Beginning in 2025, all saltwater charter operators will be required to report their charter activity using the ADF&G eLogbook.
For further details on the eLogbook, or to get access to your eLogbook links, please see our website, email Ben Jevons, or call 907-267-2299.
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are held at the Baptist Church annex Saturday mornings 9am. This is an open 12 step meeting. If you are curious or think you might have an issue with drinking or other addictions, come join us! The church is located at the corner of Snug Harbor Road and the Sterling Highway, next to the CL Emergency Services building. For more information, call (907)299-2855.