Alaska's present, after 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, might be Gulf Coast's future | NOLA.com
Scott Threlkeld, The Times-Picayune
A sheen of crude oil floats to the surface in a freshly dug hole on the rocky beach at Eleanor Island in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Crude oil from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill remains below surface rocks on the island.The super tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on in Prince William Sound, spilling more than 11 million gallons of crude oil.
An official from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game emerged with a flier and tacked it to a bulletin board. The news was good: sockeye salmon were plentiful enough to be harvested for a 12-hour period.
On a chilly, drizzly recent June afternoon in Cordova, Alaska, the town's fishers gathered for an important announcement.
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