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Salazar Finishes Alaska Trip in Anchorage - Alaska's SuperStation

15.04.09

Yesterday he heard from Alaskans on the Government's proposed 5-year oil and gas leasing program.

It is a subject that hits home for all Alaskas. Supporters and opponents got to weigh in over the future of our state's oil and gas development at the Dena'ina Center and the issue has really sparked a debate. To drill or not to drill? That's the big question. Supporters say off shore drilling will provide thousands of jobs and rid the nations dependency of foreign oil. Janelle Cobb, a supporter of drilling says, "everybody has their opinions and I understand that. Off shore drilling isn't a new thing here in Alaska." While outside a gathered crowd chants, "hey, hey. No, no. Foreign oil has to go."

However, opponents say cons outweigh the pros and also put our wildlife and ocean at risk. Earl Kingik opposes oil and gas development and highlights past environmental impacts to the ecology saying, "we already experienced exxon valdez oil spill we don't want that to happen." Kingik goes on to say, "if they do have an accident in our ocean there will be a lot of caskets out there."

Source: Alaska's SuperStation, AK

Empleo: Alaska!

Permanent Position Research Ecologist (Quantitative) U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center Anchorage, AK. This position is open until May 1, 2009. For further information, please go to:http://alaska.usgs.gov Or contact: Karen Oakley, Branch Chief, Marine & Freshwater Ecologykoakley@usgs.gov The incumbent will model spatial and temporal dynamics of wildlife populations, with results to be published in peer-reviewed journals. Research will meet strategic science goals of the USGS to understand ecosystems and predict ecosystem change. The initial assignment will focus on population dynamics of polar bears. Some field work is required. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in wildlife ecology, statistics, biomathematics or a related field; specific expertise in theory and application of population dynamics models (including capture-recapture models), generalized linear and nonlinear mixed effects models, and Bayesian methods; facility with statistical programming languages such as Matlab, SAS and/or R; and a strong interest in the application of statistical methods to ecological data. U.S. citizenship required. To apply, go to: http://www.usajobs.gov/ WR-2009-0259 for the DEU/non-status,WR-2009-0260 for the MP/status.

Source: Empleo: Alaska!