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Oil spill response training focuses on nearshore and sensitive area protection

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By JEREMY ROBIDA
Council Project Manager

On March 15 and 16, Alyeska’s Ship Escort Response Vessel System, known as SERVS, conducted an oil spill response training in Cordova.

A total of 27 vessels were involved, including Cordova-based vessels, three Valdez fishing vessels, the nearshore support barge known as the “500-2,” and its accompanying tug. Many of the vessels spent the night on scene as part of the training, with exercise activities taking place during daylight hours in Nelson Bay, a small, protected bay approximately five miles from Cordova.

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Personal stories of Exxon Valdez spill to be preserved in University of Alaska Fairbanks’ oral history archives

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By ALICIA ZORZETTO
Digital Collections Librarian

Twenty-five years after the Exxon Valdez disaster, the voices of 20 local citizens are being preserved as part of the Oral History Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

The university created this archive of stories, known as “Project Jukebox,” to preserve audio and video recordings related to aspects of Alaska’s history and its people. This year, the council is partnering with the university to create an Exxon Valdez oil spill portion of the archive. Funding is provided by the council as well as a generous contribution from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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Council meets with elected officials in DC and Juneau

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By STEVE ROTHCHILD
Administrative Deputy Director

Rothchild, Beedle, Sen. Begich, Moore, Swanson. Photo courtesy of Sen. Begich’s office.
From left: Rothchild, Beedle, Sen. Begich, Moore, Swanson.

For two days in March, council board members Dorothy Moore and Robert Beedle, accompanied by staff members Mark Swanson and Steve Rothchild, visited our nation’s capital in an effort to highlight some of the council’s major concerns to Alaska’s congressional delegation and several others.

The trip was facilitated by the council’s Washington based legislative affairs monitor, Roy Jones.

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