Governor Steve Cowper and ADEC Commissioner Dennis Kelso receive briefing on subsurface oil prior to the One-year anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill - Sleepy Bay, LaTouche Island (Prince William Sound).
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation field workers spoon beach samples into plastiC baggies - Herring Bay, Knight Island (Prince William Sound).
Governor Steve Cowper and ADEC Commissioner Dennis Kelso receive briefing on subsurface oil prior to the One-year anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill - Sleepy Bay, LaTouche Island (Prince William Sound).
Governor Steve Cowper kneels on hands and knees to uncover weathered oil prior to the One-year anniversary of the Exxon Valdez 011 spill - Green Island (Prince William Sound).
Governor Steve Cowper kneels on hands and knees to uncover weathered oil prior to the One-year anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill - Green Island (Prince William Sound).
Governor Steve Cowper and ADEC Commissioner Dennis Kelso tour spill imacted beaches prior to the One-year anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill - Sleepy Bay, LaTouche Island (Prince William Sound).
Dennis Kelso, Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, handles oily gravel and rocks from Impacted beach - Green Island (Prince William-Sound).
Governor Steve Cowper kneels on hands and knees to uncover weathered oil prior to the One-year anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill - Green Island (Prince William Sound).
Governor Steve Cowper kneels on hands and knees to uncover weathered oil prior to the One-year anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill - Green Island (Prince William Sound).
Governor Steve Cowper uses shovel to uncover subsurface oil prior to the One-year anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill- Sleepy Bay, LaTouche Island (Prince William Sound).
Governor Steve Cowper uses shovel to uncover subsurface 011, while state videographer shoots video, prior to the One-year anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill- Sleepy Bay, LaTouche Island (Prince William Sound).
Governor Steve Cowper uses shovel to uncover subsurface oil prior to the One-year anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill- Sleepy Bay, LaTouche Island (Prince William Sound).