ASP Podcast #6: former Alaska DEC Commissioner Bill Ross

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Alaska’s socio-political landscape

  • Bill relates his early journey from drug & alcohol counselor to serving as DEC commissioner.  

  • Ownership of Alaskan lands and resources: history and implications

  • The Hammond era, the Alaska Permanent Fund, Exxon Valdez

  • The socio-economic ramifications of Alaska's oil boom.  

  • Present tense:  dwindling oil, severe state budgets cuts, and the impacts of Climate Change.

  • The push to open ANWAR, develop Pebble Mine, dramatically increase Tongass logging

ASP Episode #6

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Alaska's socio-political landscape

Former Alaska DEC Commissioner, Bill Ross

Dan Kowalski