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Coast Guard responds to diesel spill in Selawik

By 17th District online newsroom on Dec 3, 2020 Featured, General News, Southwest Alaska

KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a diesel discharge in Selawik, Alaska, Wednesday. After a diesel discharge occurred at the Selawik water treatment plant on Nov. 25, 2020, the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund was opened in the amount of $15,000 and a pollution response team is expected to […]

NOAA-Authorized Collection of Kincaid Park Humpback Parts Begins

By Julie Speegle | NOAA on Sep 9, 2016 Featured, Southcentral, State

The mammal curator and collection staff from the University of Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks will collect humpback whale remains at the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge this week. The 42-foot adult humpback whale washed ashore early last July. “We want the public to understand this collection is authorized under the Marine Mammal […]