RDC visits Kenai Peninsula

RDC would like to thank the sponsors of its 2014 community outreach trip to the Kenai Peninsula: Alaska SeaLife Center, Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, Aleut Corp., Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Caelus Energy Alaska, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Holland America Line, Lynden, Hilcorp Alaska, Usibelli Coal Mine, and XTO Energy.

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At left is the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward where the board and guests met puffins and viewed a variety of marine life. At center RDC board members float the Kenai River. RDC visited four platforms in Cook Inlet, including Hilcorp’s Steelhead and XTO’s “A” platform.

Board members and guests tour the ConocoPhillips LNG terminal in Nikiski. Senator PeterMicciche, who is the Manager of the LNG facility, was RDC’s host.

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At left, the group visits the Kenai Peninsula College Process Technical Center which trains Alaskans to obtain jobs in industries across Alaska’s economy. At upper right attendees take the helm of a world-class maritime simulator at Seward’s AVTEC – Alaska’s Institute of Technology. At bottom, wood bison graze at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Portage. The wood bison will be re-introduced into Southwest Alaska in 2015. The center is a nonprofit dedicated to conservation, education, and quality animal care of Alaska’s wildlife.

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