The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and the National Park Service: A Report on the Initial Response
Hanable WS. 1990. The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and the National Park Service: A Report on the Initial Response. National Park Service. Anchorage
This report discusses how the National Park Service responded to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in the first several weeks after the disaster. Oil sticks to everything. It is toxic and, like a fire, can kill what it touches. Unlike a fire, which requires a constant combination of fuel, oxygen, and heat, spilled oil is always present and must be physically removed. This comes about either through dispersion by the forces of nature or by the intervention of humans. What follows is the story of how the National Park Service (NPS) responded, in the first several weeks after the disaster, to the largest oil spill to occur in North America.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Hanable, William
- Date of Issue
- 1990
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- HIST
- Keywords
- Alaska, Cultural Resources, ehistory, Exxon Valdez, Oil Spill