Today is the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, at the time the worst human-caused environmental disaster in U.S. history (now eclipsed by the Deepwater Horizon spill). Twenty-six years later, oil still lingers in Alaska's Prince William Sound. Drilling in the Arctic Ocean would be even riskier!
By Beth Peluso
March 24, 2015
A New Colony of Caspian Tern Decoys on Aramburu Island
Richardson Bay Audubon Center is attacting breeding pairs of Caspian Terns with these newly painted tern decoys—a strategy successfully used by previous tern relocation efforts.