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Exxon Valdez
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 1989 GIS Coverages
used to assess the impact
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GIS coverages used
GIS Coverages used to assess the impact

• Satellite image classified in land uses
• Digitial Elevation Model
• GIS coverages of
• Landuse including marine reserves
• Land Ownership
• Infrastructure towns, roads, pipeline
• Sensitive recreation areas bays, campsites, etc
• Sensitive biological data, marine birds, Eagle
  nests

GIS data from State and Federal Agencies GIS
compiled by EcoTrust, Conservation International
Pacific GIS Map preparation Richard Knight,
Dept. of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology,
University of the Western Cape.
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Trajectory of the oil spill
Trajectory of the oil spill
Start of the oil spill
Direction of the oil spill
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High, Medium, Light and Very Lightly impacted
areas
Impact of the oil spill
High Medium Light Very light
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Impacts on Recreational Areas
Impact on recreation
Recreation areas
Impacts
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Impacts on Marine Reserves
Impact on Marine Birds
Marine Bird Colonies
Impacts
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Impacts on Eagle Nests
Impact on Eagle Nests
Eagle Nests
Impacts
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Ranking of the sites in the Contingency Plan
Ranking Sites
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References