This website describes the process that was used to develop Geographic Response Strategies (GRS) to protect sensitive coastal environments in the Southeast Alaska Subarea. The Southeast Alaska Subarea is defined as that area east of 142° West longitude and south of a line just west of Icy Bay that connects the US/Canadian border with the Gulf of Alaska, including adjacent shorelines out to the 200 nm territorial sea.

GRS are oil spill response plans tailored to protect a specific sensitive area from oil impacts following a spill. These response plans are map-based strategies that can save time during the critical first few hours of an oil spill response. They show responders where sensitive areas are located and where to place oil spill protection resources.

The Southeast Alaska Subarea was divided into nine zones, as shown in the map below. Text links to the zones are listed in the column to the right of the map.