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    Kenai Fjords

    National Park Alaska

20 Years Later... Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

20 Years Later... Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Spring bird surveys along the shore of Kenai Fjords National Park.

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Date: March 13, 2009

20 Years Later...
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

The day dawned like any other, barely. Within minutes, the way we think of oil, how we manage commercial shipping, and how the National Park Service manages resources changed forever.

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Did You Know?

Orca whales

There are 3 distinct types of Orca whale that roam the waters around Kenai Fjords National Park: residents that eat fish, transients that eat marine mammals, and less frequently viewed offshore orcas that stay in open water eating fish - including sharks.