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).
Governor Steve Cowper uses shovel to uncover subsurface oil, while state videographer shoots video, prior to the One-year anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill- Sleepy Bay, LaTouche Island (Prince William Sound).
A white absorbent pad holds a handful of oily gravel showing what remains after summer cleanup - Quayle Beach, Smith Island (Prince William Sound). This beach was signed off as environmentally stable at the end of the °89 deanup season.
A stretch of cobbled stone beach glistens in the light while spill workers clean the other
side of the beach - Quayle Beach, Smith Island (Prince William Sound).