Board passes resolution honoring Patience Andersen Faulkner

The Council’s longest-serving member of its Board of Directors has retired from her service to the Council. At its meeting on May 5, the Council passed a unanimous resolution honoring Andersen Faulkner. The full text is below. Related: A good neighbor reflects on the art of listening Resolution 22-01: Commending and Expressing Gratitude for Patience Andersen Faulkner’s Dedication and Service to the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’…

Genetics as a monitoring tool

In 2019, the Council began exploring how genetics can be used to monitor for exposure to crude oil. This relatively new area of study uses transcriptomics, which involves measuring how particular genes are expressed in an organism, in this case blue mussels. When a mussel is exposed to a chemical irritant such as crude oil, certain genes respond, triggering mRNA to carry a message to the mussel’s cells. That message tells the cells how to deal…

2012-2013 Annual Report now online

The council’s latest annual report is now available! The annual report covers the many programs and projects we’ve been working on over the past year, such as oil spill prevention and response, environmental monitoring, oil spill contingency plans, operations at the Valdez Marine Terminal, invasive species monitoring, our outreach efforts, and much more. The report covers our activities from July 2012 through June 2013. Download:…

Take a peek at the work we’ve been doing!

Every year, the Council updates its compendium of scientific research and technical reports. The compendium is an excellent overview of the work we do. It includes summaries and links to our scientific research and technical projects. The compendium includes Council reports from the start of our research efforts in the early 1990s through 2018.  Researchers, educators, media, and anyone wanting to know about oil spill science will find…

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