The Pacific States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force
2025 Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting offers an opportunity for the Task Force members and partners to share updates on our work on current and future issues in spill prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.
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Past meeting agendas and content can be found on the OSTF website.
Below are links to all available video and slide files presented at the 2025 Annual Meeting.
The 36th Annual Meeting of the Pacific States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force was held virtually on November 5th, 2025. The Annual Meeting offers an opportunity for the Task Force members to share updates on our work on current issues in spill prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.
- Click here to download a pdf of the OSTF 2025 Annual Meeting Agenda
- Click here to download a pdf of the speakers’ bios for the OSTF 2025 Annual Meeting
Session 1: Executive Coordinator Update
Meg Harris, Executive Coordinator, Triangle Associates (video)
Session 2: Jurisdictional Updates
- Kara Kusche, AK Department of Environmental Conservation
– slide presentation, pdf; video presentation - Pader Brach, BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy
– slide presentation, pdf; video presentation - Carlos Clements, WA Department of Ecology
– slide presentation, pdf; video presentation - Mike Kucinski, OR Department ofEnvironmental Quality
– slide presentation, pdf; video presentation - Liz Galvez, HI Department of Health
– slide presentation, pdf, video presentation - Heather Geldart, CA Office of Spill Prevention and Response
– slide presentation, pdf, video presentation
Session 3: Legacy Awards
- Click here for the video presentation of the 2025 Legacy Awards
- Click here for a pdf of short bios for each of the winners.
Session 4: Technology as a Tool for Responder and Environmental Health
- Statistical Spills, Numerical Models, and Most Likely Outcomes from a Major Spill in the Salish Sea
Rachael Mueller, Genwest Systems, Inc.
– slide presentation, video presentation - Creating Alaska’s Drone Task Force to Support Oil Spill Response
Thomas Tapp, AKDrone
– slide presentation, video presentation
Session 5: Particularly Good Collaboration
- Collaborative Development of Indigenous-Centered Oil Spill Response Decision Support Tools
Elise DeCola, Nuka Research
– slide presentation, video presentation - National Hazardous Substances and Oil Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP)
Beth Sheldrake, EPA
– slide presentation, video presentation - Strengthening Tribal Engagement Through Outreach
Cindy Murphy, California OSPR
– slide presentation, video presentation - Oil Spill Recovery Institute
Heather Parker, OSRI
– slide presentation, video presentation
Visit our 2024 Annual Meeting page for links to presentations from that event.
Links to previous Annual Meetings