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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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Intern helps council develop suggestions to improve fishing vessel program

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Zachary Verfaillie
Zachary Verfaillie

By ZACHARY VERFAILLIE
Council Intern

As an Emergency Management major at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, I was excited for the opportunity to work in Valdez as an intern with the council. The project I was given involved using the Fishing Vessel Availability reports from Alyeska’s Ship Escort/Response Vessel System, known as SERVS, to determine which vessels were available to respond in the unfortunate event of an oil spill in Prince William Sound.

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