Looking Back on the Buyback — Activists Remember Events That Protected Kachemak Bay

Recently, Cook Inletkeeper sponsored a panel discussion to commemorate the 40th anniversary the Kachemak Bay oil and gas lease buyback. The buyback prevented oil and gas development in the Bay and protected it as a critical habitat area.
The Homer Spit on Kachemak Bay. (Photo from the KBBI database)Frank Tupper helped found the Kachemak Bay Defense Fund.“It was a story,” Tupper said. “It was a David and Goliath, a little town in Homer, at the end of the