Industry and council test spill response plans during drill

A fishing vessel pulls oil spill boom during a recent drill. On June 12 and 13, an oil spill drill conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard and hosted by Alyeska tested oil spill contingency plans for the Valdez Marine Terminal. During the drill, the council put aspects of its own internal spill readiness plan to the test. The fictional drill scenario involved a power outage at the Valdez Marine Terminal, a ruptured line leading to one of the loading…

Homer students present program on effects of oil spills

By JESSICA RYAN Kachemak Bay Research Reserve A Homer student demonstrates the use of absorbents to soak up oil. Fifth and sixth grade students from Fireweed Academy, a charter school in Homer, created the first ever student-led public Discovery Lab program on the topic of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, titled “25 Years After the Spill”. Fireweed Academy students are known to engage in the old adage “learn by doing.” The students learned about the…

New website technology helps keep public better informed about council issues and activities

The council’s home on the web has recently undergone a major redesign. The new site is designed to help us keep you better informed about our work. The last major upgrade of the website was done in 2006. Visitors to the site will encounter a number of new features: You can now subscribe to news and announcements by email or RSS feed. To subscribe by email, enter your email address at the bottom of any page on the site. An RSS feed subscription…

After 25 years of work on invasive species, Council studies remain innovative

More on how to identify green crabs Twenty-five years ago this year, the Council released its first study on the threat of marine invasive species to Prince William Sound. The researchers determined that the biggest source of risk was the ballast water discharged from the oil tankers arriving in Prince William Sound. Ballast water is sea water that the tanker takes on when they are not carrying oil. This helps stabilize the vessel during ocean…

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