Document Details
Title:
WHILE AEC NUCLEAR TEST WORK ON AMCHITKA HAS NOT DISTURBED THE OTTERS THE OTTERS THEMSELVES THREATENED TO OVER POPULATE THEIR ISLAND HOME
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Publication Date:
1971 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0098299
Document Number(s):
AEC719164
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
DOING WHAT THEY "OTTER".TWO SEA OTTERS AT PLAY IN THE PHOTO ARE A PART OF THE 600 OTTERS WHICH THE AEC HELPED THE ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH A ND GAME AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORS BUREAU OF SPORT FISHE RIES AND WILDLIFE TRANSPORT FROM AMCHITKA ISLAND IN THE ALEUTIANS. WHI LE AEC NUCLEAR TEST WORK ON AMCHITKA HAS NOT DISTURBED THE OTTERS THE OTTERS THEMSELVES THREATENED TO OVER POPULATE THEIR ISLAND HOME. IN A N EFFORT TO SAVE THE OTTER POPULATION ALASKAN WILDLIFE EXPERTS ASKED T HE AEC TO FLY SOME OF THE ANIMALS FROM AMCHITKA TO OTHER LOCATIONS ON THE ALASKAN SHORES WHERE FOOD IS PLENTIFUL BUT OTTERS NOT.