State plans to clean oil contamination from Alaska Native land

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) is coordinating the clean-up process of contaminated lands throughout the region and all over the State.
White Mountain’s oil drum storage area is one contaminated site out of 338 sites on ANCSA land that is still in the clean-up process. (Photo by Laura Kraegel, KNOM – Nome)White Mountain’s oil drum storage area is one of nearly 1 thousand sites transferred from federal entities to Alaska Native Corporations under