Alyeska Wins US Fish and Wildlife Service ‘Outstanding Partner Award’

Alyeska personnel Ken Wilson and Stacia Miller were part of a multi-stakeholder effort to revise the Wildlife Protection Guidelines for Oil Spill Response in Alaska, a guidance document for minimizing the impacts of oil spills and response activities on wildlife. Throughout the process, Ken and Stacia worked with the USFWS and other stakeholders to update the guidelines and make them more user-friendly for on-the-ground responders. Alyeska personnel tested the usability of draft tools, forms, and checklists during response exercises and trainings.

“For more than two years, Ken and Stacia helped draft the Wildlife Protection Guidelines, worked to gain support to incorporate new processes into Alyeska drills and spills, and provided honest feedback on those processes,” said Bridget Crokus, Assistant Oil Spill Response Coordinator with USFWS Alaska Region. “The Wildlife Protection Guidelines would not be as useful as they are now without the enormous amount of effort Ken and Stacia. I cannot overstate the importance of their involvement.”