Oil spills

The Exxon Valdez aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska on March 24 1989, causing the United States' largest oil spill. Click on the picture to learn more.

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Environment & natural resources > Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

• Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. Provides information about the impacts of the March 24, 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, the injury and recovery of fish, wildlife, and people of the spill region, and information about ongoing restoration and research activitites. The Trustee Council was formed to oversee the use of the $900 million civil settlement for restoration of the ecosystems injured by the oil spill. The Council consists of three state and three federal trustees (or their designees). (See also the fact sheet from the Alaska Office of Boards and Commissions.)
• Prince William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute.
• Sound Ecosystem Assesment. Multidisciplinary, ecosystem-level investigation of factors affecting recovery of pink salmon and Pacific herring in Prince William Sound, Alaska following the 1989 oil spill.

Oil spills

• Safe Ships, Clean Seas. A subsite of the Turkish Maritime Pilots' Association on maritime safety, accidents, oil spills, pollution, and pollution prevention.
• Oil Spill Links. Resource listing from the Alaska Resources Library & Information Services (ARLIS).