Collaboration boosts vessel safety in Gulf of Alaska
The Gulf of Alaska is home to a new state-of-the-art weather monitoring station that transmits information about current conditions in near real time to the internet. Information from the station will help mariners and commercial fishermen make better navigational decisions.
Council resumes Washington efforts on escorts issue
Efforts by the citizens’ council to get federal legislation that would preserve double tug escorts in Prince William Sound moved to the back burner for much of the summer as Congress took its August recess.
Sampling expert is boon to science committee
Like many Alaskans, Scientific Advisory Committee member Mark Udevitz never expected to end up in Alaska...
Students witness remaining Exxon Valdez oil
"Once I got that thick, black, reeking substance on my hands, it showed me how real this whole catastrophe was."
Council loses good friend and oil spill advocate
The citizens’ council lost a good friend on August 3 when Jean-Baptiste Henry passed away in France after battling cancer for many years.