2022 Marine Mammal Seminar and Seal Watch Training

WHEN:

Saturday, February 19th, 2022; 9AM-12:30PM

WHERE:

Zoom
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Meeting ID: 899 9472 5304
Passcode: 001612
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Join us for a half-day of learning about marine mammals!

Dr. Sarah Allen will start the day with an online seminar on marine mammals. This classroom seminar will cover topics relevant to California’s marine mammals (harbor seals, sea lions, elephant seals, and gray whales). Dr. Sarah Allen’s research has brought her as far as Antarctica, but most of her career has been as a science advisor to the National Park Service. She has authored and co-authored many publications, including a UC Press Field Guide on Marine Mammals of the Pacific. Currently, she is the Science Program Lead for the Pacific West Region and and Research Coordinator for the Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit. Sarah is passionate about using science to inform the public and guide land management decisions. Her impressive work has been instrumental in addressing important resource issues as land and seascape-level concerns about our changing environment continue to emerge.

Interested in assisting the public in safeguarding this local harbor seal habitat, the largest on the Sonoma Coast, during their pupping season? Following the seminar, Stewards’ Seal Watch Volunteer Coordinator Greg Armstrong will host a Seal Watch training. Seal Watch volunteers rove Goat Rock Beach at the rookery, located at the mouth of the Russian River via Goat Rock Beach. Volunteers assist in protecting the harbor seals during the busy weekends in the late spring/summer months through interpretation. Park visitors are informed about the harbor seals’ identification, natural history, their international protection under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and overall conservation with the help of a Seal Watcher. Beachgoers from near and far are able to view the animals from a safe distance with help of ropes, signs, and binoculars maintained by Seal Watch volunteers. Click here to learn more about Seal Watch.

This event is held online via Zoom. If you have any questions, please reach out to [email protected]

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