New tech improves knowledge of water circulation in Port Valdez

By Jeremy Robida Council Project Manager This year, the Council completed a multi-year study with the Prince William Sound Science Center to better understand how water circulates within Port Valdez. The study documented seasonal changes to the circulation due to fresh water runoff in spring and summer as well as seasonal wind patterns. The data from this project will help improve oil spill prevention and response planning. Knowing how sea…

Ocean science festival held in Cordova, coming to Valdez

By KARA JOHNSON Education Director, Prince William Sound Science Center This past September, on a rainy, windblown Saturday, 215 diehard science enthusiasts braved the elements to attend the Prince William Sound Science Center’s Ocean Science Festival in Cordova. The festival was an opportunity to get a behind the scenes look at ocean research being conducted in Prince William Sound. Dr. Richard Lee of the Skidaway Institute of…

Personal Stories from the Exxon Valdez Disaster

On this page: Project Jukebox – Oral History of Exxon Valdez oil spill The Spill: Personal Stories from the Exxon Valdez Disaster Personal stories of Exxon Valdez spill preserved in University of Alaska Fairbanks’ oral history archives Twenty-five years after the Exxon Valdez disaster, the voices of local citizens were preserved as part of the Oral History Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The university created this…

The Observer Newsletter – July 2013

Articles from the July issue of The Observer newsletter are now online. A fishing vessel pulls oil spill boom during a recent drill. 1. Industry and council test spill response plans during 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…

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