Oil Spill Prevention and Response

• Marine Exchange of Alaska- Oil spill contact numbers and links to response organizations.
• Alaska Department of Ecological Conservation SPAR - The site of the DEC Spill Prevention and Response Division.
• British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force - Site of a task force designed to increase cooperation between oil spill response organizations in the North Pacific.
• Prince William Sound Regional Citizen’s Advisory Council (PWSRCAC) - Site of the citizen oversight board that promotes environmentally safe operation of the trans-Alaska pipeline terminal and tanker traffic within PWS.
• Alaska Clean Seas - Site of the Alaskan Arctic oil spill response organization.
• Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) - Site of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s OR&R which focuses on stewardship of the marine environment and emergency response.

Oil Spill Research

• Arctic
  • Minerals Management Service (OSRR)  - The MMS Oil Spill Response Research website.
  • Arctic Oil Spill Response Research and Development Program - The official MMS report on Arctic spill research and development.
• Sub-Arctic
  • Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council (EVOSTC) - Information on the research program of the EVOSTC in the Northern Gulf of Alaska, including Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet.
  • Minerals Management Service Alaska - MMS sponsored research in Alaska.
  • Minerals Management Service (OSRR)  - The MMS Oil Spill Response Research website.
  • Prince William Sound Science Center (PWSSC) - Visit the website of the PWSSC for more information on research conducted through the center in Prince William Sound and the Copper River Delta.

Observation and Monitoring

• Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) - Visit this site for more information on the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's COOPS program.
• Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) - Real time weather forecast and web cams around Prince William Sound
• Alaska State Geo-Spatial Data Clearinghouse (ASGDC) - An electronic pathway to access a wide variety of information in the form of maps, images, and descriptions about Alaska geo-spatial data.

Educational Resources

• Understanding Black Tides - An educational tool designed to help people understand more about oil spills, their sources and impacts, and the techniques used to respond to them. 
• The Alaska Oil Spill Curriculum – A curriculum that provides "hands-on" activities for all grade levels to increase awareness of what surrounds us and to teach decision making skills to students. It concentrates on the positive steps that everyone has made and can make to help prevent future spills, and to reduce the need for oil by energy conservation and recycling.