The long-term effects of the oil spill have been studied. Thousands of animals perished immediately, but even as soon as a year later, one had to look carefully on most beaches to find any evidence of the spill. (Need information here on studies done of animal populations after the spill!) One very clear and definite impact of the spill is that the Prince William Sound economy boomed with the huge amount of money flowing into it from Exxon coffers. |