Story titles:
-Changes proposed to Alaska’s regulations on oil spill prevention and response
-Council supports Alyeska’s appeal to EPA
-Upcoming Council meetings
-Volunteer cultivates resilience and seaweed in Prince William Sound (Skye Steritz)
-Collaboration leads to better solutions for prevention and response
-New year, new barge, renewed optimism for 2022
-Drills and exercises affected by pandemic again in 2021
-Tracking lessons over time
-After 25 years of work on invasive species, Council studies remain innovative
-Council mourns loss of Anchorage staffer (Natalie Novik)
-The Council’s “all-purpose bureaucrat” looking forward to a busy retirement (Walt Wrede)
-Three new staff members join the Anchorage office (KJ Crawford, Jaina Willahan, Ashlee Hamilton)
Topics: regulatory reform; VMT emissions; air pollutants; Alyeska changes; spill response barge; drills and exercises; COVID-19; invasive species; European green crab; staff changes