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May 26, 2012
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Twenty Years After the Exxon Valdez: A Conversation with Natalie Fobes
Liam Moriarty (2009-03-05)
The oil tanker Exxon Valdez aground on Bligh Reef and pouring oil into Alaska's Price Williams Sound, March 25, 1989 ©Natalie Fobes www.fobesphoto.com
SEATTLE (KPLU) - This month marks the 20th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska's Prince Williams Sound. Seattle photojournalist Natalie Fobes covered the spill for National Geographic magazine and was one of the first outsiders on the scene. KPLU environment reporter Liam Moriarty spoke with Fobes in our Seattle studios.

Natalie Fobes will be on a panel remembering the event and discussing lessons learned, Thursday 3/5 at the R-E-I store in Seattle. For more information, go to

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