The socio-political landscape of Alaska.    

• Bill relates his early journey from drug & alcohol counselor to serving as DEC commissioner.    
• Ownership of Alaskan lands and resources: history and implications. 
• The Hammond era, the Alaska Permanent Fund, Exxon Valdez.   
• The socio-economic ramifications of Alaska's oil boom.    
• Present tense:  dwindling oil, severe state budgets cuts, and the impacts of Climate Change.  
• The push to open ANWAR, develop Pebble Mine, dramatically increase Tongass logging.