Kodiak Events Planned for the 20th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS)

March 14th – Saturday Kodiak Maritime Museum
“Kodiak Out Loud!” Seven fisher poets, writers and musicians present original poetry, stories and songs about the sea. – EVOS Theme
Location: Kodiak Auditorium
Time: 7 p.m.
Contact Person: Toby Sullivan – 907-360-8837

March 17th - Tuesday KMXT Public Radio
“Talk of the Rock”
Interview with Dr. Stanley (Jeep) Rice, expert physiologist/toxicologist on the impacts of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Location: KMXT Studios
Time: 12:30 – 1:00pm
Contact person: Jay Barrett – KMXT

March 20th – Friday Kodiak Maritime Museum
“Images of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on Kodiak Island”
Community reception and display of images and video of the oil spill shot during the summer of 1989 in Kodiak.
Location: Kodiak College – Rooms 127, 128, 129
Time: 5:00pm – 6:00pm (Toby Sullivan, Director of the KMM introduces exhibit)
Contact person: Toby Sullivan – 486-0384
Free Pizza and soft drinks served from 5:00pm – 6:00pm

NOTE: Community Reception hosted by Kodiak Maritime Museum, Kodiak Audubon Society, Friends of the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska Marine Conservation Council

March 20th – Friday Kodiak College and Maritime Museum
Dr. Duane A. Gill, Professor of Sociology, Mississippi State University
Speaking on sociological/economic impacts of the EVOS
Location: Kodiak College – Rooms 127, 128, 129
Time: 6:00pm – 7:15pm

March 20th – Friday EXXON Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
“Alaska’s Oil Spill” New 15-minute documentary on the EVOS.
Location: Kodiak College – Rooms 127, 128, 129
Time: 7:20pm – 7:40pm
Contact person: Stacy Studebaker – 486-6498

March 20th – Friday Kodiak Audubon Society
Friends of the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Speaker: Dr. Stanley Rice – NOAA Juneau, Auk Bay Lab
Physiologist & Toxicologist
“Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Long Term Persistence and Long Term Effects”
Dr. Rice will present a PowerPoint lecture on the long-term persistence and impacts resulting from the EVOS on killer whales, herring, pink salmon and sea otters as well as the toxicity of lingering oil.
Location: Kodiak College – Rooms 127, 128, 129
Time: 7:45pm – 9:00pm
Contact person: Stacy Studebaker – 486-6498

9:00 – 10:00 – Socializing and remembrance while looking at the images

March 21st – Saturday Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council & Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Book signing of EVOS Oral Histories and open house
Location: Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
Special Guests: John Devens & Stan Jones of the PWSRCAC and local
Kodiak residents featured in the book.
Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm
Contact person: Tina Shaw–487-2626, Linda Robinson: robinson@pwsrcac

March 21st – Saturday Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Speaker: Tim Richardson – Director of Government Affairs -American Land Conservancy
Former Director of the Kodiak Brown Bear Trust
Author of: Kodiak Bears and the Exxon Valdez
Tim has helped to direct land purchases and conservation easements for habitat restoration throughout the archipelago.
Location: Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Time: 7:00pm
Contact person: Tina Shaw – 487-2626

April 4 – April 30 Kodiak Historical Society & Baranov Museum
Sponsored by the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council and the Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer
“SPILL” A Commemorative Exhibition of artwork by 30 Alaskan artists. “SPILL” will showcase the artist’s individual interpretations of the EVOS as informed by diverse cultural values, experiences, beliefs, and artistic passions.
Location: Baranov Museum
Time: TBA
Contact person: Katie Oliver – 486-5920