Nation IN BRIEF : ALASKA : Spill Trustees OK Sanctuary Purchase
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Settlement money from the Exxon Valdez oil spill will be used to buy 42,000 acres on Afognak Island to protect bald eagles and marbled murrelets, two bird species hit hard by the 1989 tanker accident. The $38.7-million purchase approved by the Exxon Oil Spill Settlement Council stops logging near Seal Bay in the island’s northeast corner to protect the birds’ habitat. The state will own the land. Details on how it will be managed have not been worked out, but hunting and fishing probably will be allowed.
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