How do you detect damage underground? The Council, Alyeska, and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, or ADEC, have been trying to answer that question. The results from a recent pilot test are providing direction to help ensure that oil will not leak through the secondary containment liners under the storage tanks at the Valdez … Read more
Science Night 2023’s theme was Systems and Methods: Connecting across the Exxon Valdez oil spill region.
The Council’s annual report, Year in Review 2022/2023, is now available. This 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. … Read more
The Council recently sponsored a new addition to the weather station network. The new station was placed near the mouth of the Copper River Delta on a small island known as Kokinhenik Bar. The Copper River Valley can funnel high winds when there is a high-pressure system over interior Alaska and a low-pressure system over … Read more