Posts Tagged ‘Senator Dan Sullivan’
Alaska Delegation to Zinke: Exclude Bering Strait from OCS Proposal
Senators Murkowski and Sullivan and Congressman Young say they support oil and gas leases in both the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. However, their letter asks Interior Secretary Zinke to remove 11 regions of offshore Alaska from the draft OCS proposal, including Bering Strait waters previously requested for protection by Kawerak.
Read MoreCoast Guard Commandant Visits Nome for First Time, Holds Town Hall Meeting in Shishmaref
“The big message for him to hear and see, is… the increased vessel traffic that we are seeing,” Senator Sullivan said of Paul Zukunft, the U.S. Coast Guard Commandant’s visit to Nome. An entourage of ten or more people traveled with Sullivan and Zukunft through Western Alaska, including a trip to Shishmaref.
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