Marine Debris Legislation Sponsored by Congressman Young Passes Out of Committee

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Marine Debris Legislation Sponsored by Congressman Young Passes Out of Committee

Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed S. 756, the Save Our Seas Act, a companion bill to Alaska Congressman Don Young’s previously introduced legislation H.R. 2748. “Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the Committee taking up S. 756, sponsored by my Senator Dan Sullivan from Alaska which is a companion bill to […]

Polaris Students Work with UAA Grad Student to Find Plastic in Seabird Stomachs

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Polaris Students Work with UAA Grad Student to Find Plastic in Seabird Stomachs

“If only animals could talk,” said Veronica Padula, a UAA graduate student researching seabird decline in the Aleutian Islands, “then they could tell us what’s wrong with them.” Instead, Padula and ecology professor Douglas Causey must take the long path to an answer—research that involves lengthy and stormy boat treks through the Aleutian archipelago right […]

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