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Alaska Delegation to Zinke: Exclude Bering Strait from OCS Proposal

By Davis Hovey | January 26, 2018

The coast near Wales, Alaska

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.

Coast Guard Commandant Visits Nome for First Time, Holds Town Hall Meeting in Shishmaref

By Davis Hovey | August 24, 2017

Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter in Kotzebue

“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.