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Peggi

>OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stephanie Hanna (O)
202/208-6416
>May 15, 1997

> Dan Sakura (O) 202/208-4678
>
>
> INTERIOR SECRETARY TO SIGN WILDLIFE PROTECTION
> AGREEMENT FOR LAND ACQUISITION IN ALASKA THRU EXXON FUNDS
>
>
> Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt will sign an agreement on Monday,
>May 19, that will allocate $15.2 million from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
>Settlement fund to acquire prime coastal lands and fjords for Kenai Fjords
>National Park and the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
>
> About 32,000 acres will be purchased through this agreement with English
>Bay Corporation, a Native Alaskan corporation. These lands will protect fish
>and wildlife species that were directly affected by oil after the spill,
>including marbled murrelet, pink salmon and sea otters.
>
> "This is an extraordinary agreement that protects valuable habitat for
>Kenai Fjords National Park as well as archaeological and cultural sites
>important to Alaska Natives who were directly affected by the oil spill,"
>Secretary Babbitt said. "At the same time, English Bay Corporation will be
able
>to use these funds to create a brighter future for EBC shareholders and
>the residents of the Village of Nanwalek and without harming these spectacular
>and valuable lands."
>
> The agreement with English Bay Corporation will be signed at 11:00
a.m. in
>the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, on the Sixth Floor (6100
corridor,
>above C Street Entrance) of the Main Interior Building, 1849 C Street NW,
>Washington, DC.
>
> Media is welcome to attend Monday's signing. Representatives from the
>Exxon Valdez Trustee Council and others will be available to provide an
advance
>briefing in 6100 corridor conference room for media at 10:30 a.m. about the
>English Bay acquisition and other Exxon Valdez Settlement Fund restoration
>activities.
>
> -DOI-
>
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Ben & Peggi Rodgers
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