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Prince William Sound Stories + Marine Trail

Project Date: 2009 to present
Project Manager: Tanya Iden, Chris Beck
Client: U.S. Forest Service + National Wildlife Federation
Location: Prince William Sound

Project Description

Agnew::Beck is assisting the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and Alaska State Parks to conduct the public participation and facilitation process required for two inter-related projects.

Both projects seek to help a broad and diverse audience conserve and enjoy the Sound as well as educate visitors and users about the Sound. Agnew::Beck is working primarily to organize and facilitate a series of community work sessions among communities, agencies and organizations who know the Sound and/or have a role in its past and future. Community meetings for both projects are scheduled in five PWS communities and in Anchorage.

Community Meeting Schedule

Whittier: RESCHEDULED, from Tuesday, April 28th to Wednesday, May 27.

  • Marine Trail: 1.3 p.m. at the City Council Chambers.
  • PWS Stories: 6-9 p.m. at the Whittier Community School.

Cordova: Thursday, April 30 and Friday, May 1
at the USDA Forest Service Courtroom

  • PWS Stories: 6-9 p.m. on Thursday
  • Marine Trail: 9-11 a.m. on Friday

Valdez: Wednesday, May 6 and Thursday, May 7
at the City Council Chambers

  • PWS Stories: 6-9 p.m. on Wednesday
  • Marine Trail: 9-11 a.m. on Thursday

Tatitlek: Tuesday, May 12

  • PWS Stories: 5-7 p.m. at the Tatitlek Community School
    (in conjunction with Culture Heritage Week activities)
  • Marine Trail: 1-3 p.m. at the IRA Council Building

Chenega: Monday, May 18 at the Community Building

  • Marine Trail: 1-3 p.m.
  • PWS Stories: 6-9 p.m.

Anchorage: Thursday, May 28
at the Loussac Library Community Room

  • PWS Stories: 6-9 p.m.
  • Marine Trail: RESCHEDULED AND MOVED, from May 28 to Tuesday, June 9, from 6-8 p.m. at the BP Energy Center.

Print the Flyer + post it in your community.
Print the Updated Flyer for Whittier and Anchorage + post it in you community.
Read the PWS Sound Stories Background Handout.

Community Engagement
Agnew::Beck and project partners are working with PWS communities to:

  • Document and share stories about the Sound, and the voices of those who live in and use the area.
  • Increase public understanding about the Sound's resources, including those still recovering from the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
  • Help conserve the natural and cultural resources of the Sound and contribute to the continued restoration of those still recovering from the oil spill.
  • Promote sustainable economic health.
  • Connect people to the Sound and foster appropriate recreation and tourism activities.

Understanding of the Projects
Project partners initiated the projects with the understanding that:

  • PWS is a particularly wonderful place; well-loved for good reason.
  • Tourism and recreation activity continue to grow in PWS; the impacts of this growth are positive and negative.
  • PWS has been studied as intensively as any marine region in the world, in part due to the oil spill, yet public knowledge of the results of this research is limited.
  • The community should have a voice in PWS planning efforts and recreation-project funding and spending.
  • Collaboration is required to manage and support the continued recovery of the Sound's resources.

If you would like more information about this project please contact
Tanya Iden.
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