From judyw88 at hotmail.com Thu Jan 1 09:24:18 2009 From: judyw88 at hotmail.com (judy w) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:24:18 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Great Day on CX 12/30 Message-ID: Tuesday Sightings: 2 groups of Dahl's (2 + 3)30 Rissos250 commons3 grays Tuesday was a beautiful day in paradise with 28 visitors from all over the world. We found the grays in the SCI/SRI gap off of West Pt. Couldn't enter painted cave due to high tide. The highest swells of the day were actually the wake of a container ship. Side note: the elephant seals are arriving at Piedras Blancas. I was in San Simeon last week and saw about 20 males and 10 females on the beach. Some males were bellowing, but no sparring yet. Judy W _________________________________________________________________ It?s the same Hotmail?. If by ?same? you mean up to 70% faster. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_broad1_122008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From gksully at pacbell.net Thu Jan 1 18:46:29 2009 From: gksully at pacbell.net (Karen Sullivan) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 18:46:29 -0800 (PST) Subject: [CINC] 1/1/09 IPCO Message-ID: <518144.89293.qm@web81701.mail.mud.yahoo.com> First trip 1 Gray 400 Commons Gazillions of birds 2nd trip 700 Commons half a gazillion birds No whales Gary and I spent the first day of 2009 on the Island Adventure with our very own Lee as Captain. Morning trip, foggy skies, 27 passengers. Headed toward Scorpion, seeing Commons and lots of sea lions everywhere. Turned toward Anacapa and ran into a huge swath of birds of all kinds, hanging out on the water mostly, in amazing numbers. Went a long the back of Anacapa in dense fog, then came around the front, and right about cathedral cove, one wily whale popped up between us and the island. It was getting late by then, but Lee hung with the whale for several breathing cycles, and 2 flukes, and then we headed in. Second trip, 89 passengers, better weather, fewer sightings. We headed east toward east end of Anacapa hoping to intercept 2 grays that Lori (from IPCO) had seen from Cavern point on her hike. No such luck, but we did run into a large (700+) pod of commons, which pleased everyone as usual. Back behind Anacapa and across to Scorpion and beyond, with beautiful skies, the same large group of birds, but not quite as many, but no whales. Headed home, still a great day. Karen Sullivan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carolepotzmann at gmail.com Fri Jan 2 21:52:35 2009 From: carolepotzmann at gmail.com (carole Potzmann) Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 21:52:35 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Still Needing Sub for Monday on the Ranger 85 Message-ID: <5acc181e0901022152i6ca0a9cex6ce18548ebbba31b@mail.gmail.com> Hello, Due to an back problems I'm not able to do Monday Jan 5th on the Ranger 85 Oxnard 11-2pm. I checked the Whale Watching Schedule and I'm the only one listed. I know the Ranger would like to have a least one of us on the boat. Should be a nice 60degree clear day on the water according to the forecast.. Any takers, greatly appreciated. Carole Murrell aka Potzmann -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nkvanslyke at verizon.net Sun Jan 4 16:31:12 2009 From: nkvanslyke at verizon.net (Noel and Kathy Van Slyke) Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:31:12 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Still Needing Sub for Monday on the Ranger 85 In-Reply-To: <5acc181e0901022152i6ca0a9cex6ce18548ebbba31b@mail.gmail.co m> References: <5acc181e0901022152i6ca0a9cex6ce18548ebbba31b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <0KCZ00DMO2SIPVN0@vms173001.mailsrvcs.net> Carol, I can take your shift on the Ranger 86 on the 5th. Kathy Van Slyke At 09:52 PM 1/2/2009, carole Potzmann wrote: >Hello, > >Due to an back problems I'm not able to do Monday Jan 5th on the >Ranger 85 Oxnard 11-2pm. > >I checked the Whale Watching Schedule and I'm the only one >listed. I know the Ranger would like to have a least one of us on >the boat. Should be a nice 60degree clear day on the water >according to the forecast.. Any takers, greatly appreciated. > >Carole Murrell aka Potzmann >_______________________________________________ >Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list >Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org >http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps From diver23 at cox.net Sun Jan 4 21:32:46 2009 From: diver23 at cox.net (Kevin Bailey) Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 21:32:46 -0800 Subject: [CINC] IPCO 1/4/2008 - breaching and fluking gray whale Message-ID: <000301c96ef7$0a585b70$1f091250$@net> 2 Gray whales - 1 with breaching and lots of tail flukes 1 rescue at sea 1500 Commons on AM trip 500 Commons on PM trip Our morning whale watch trip with Island Packers was quite rough and windy. All the whales were hidden in the white choppy waves. Both trips were out to the AI / SCI pass and around the back side, looking at the arch, then home. We saw 1500 commons on the AM trip and that was the highlight. It was a very small crowd of less than 10 people. The most interesting part of the AM trip was our rescue at sea. A distressed boater on a small 35' motor boat was sending out distress calls but the real story is that the boat was just fine; they were new boaters who were panic stricken with the rough seas. Capt. Jimmy came to the rescue east of Scorpion Harbor and told them to follow us to the buoy in Scorpion Harbor where it took Jimmy quite an effort to get them to tie up their boat. Soon thereafter the Coast Guard arrived and we continued our journey home. For the afternoon trip, the wind died down dramatically and there were no white caps all the way around Anacapa. When we turned around the backside of AI we saw our 1st gray whale and then after 15 minutes of waiting, we never saw it again. By then we had another whale come up from behind that checked us out by breaching three times to see what was up ahead of it. It was quite the show-off whale with breaching and several tail flukes. I think it had a bit of humpback blood. 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We had approximately 100 passengers among the two trips with representatives from Turkey, Puerto Rico, London, Michigan, Illinois, Texas and the usual hordes from California. The seas were incredibly calm with hardly any swell and very little wind. The day presented perfect conditions for searching out the elusive Gray Whale. During the morning trip we spotted a very visible spout, just off the west end of Anacapa. It was right in our path, but after the initial sighting of the blow, we never saw evidence of the whale again. Somehow he completely eluded us. The afternoon trip began by heading toward east Anacapa. We encountered a very few common dolphins. After traversing the back side of Anacapa we encountered two Gray Whales off the east end of Anacapa in almost the exact spot we saw the elusive spout in the morning. Further out in the gap we encountered a juvenile Gray which provided numerous flukes for the visitors. A beautiful sunset was experienced on the way back to port. 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Filmed in high definition with state-of-the-art animation and live action, the film takes viewers on a guided tour of the story of air, from its ancient beginnings to today's clean air technologies. On this international trip, viewers meet renowned scientists and scholars who are discovering the secrets of air quality. /Air---The Search for One Clean Breath /inspires viewers to protect this precious natural resource. Page, manager of VCAPCD's Public Information Division, is one of the film's writers and also served as its executive producer. The film was originally funded by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and debuted in April 2008. VCAPCD is distributing the film to air quality agencies in the United States. A teachers' guide is being developed that will accompany the film for classroom use. 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IPCO's Dawn Bailey and I enjoyed the peaceful island with our enthusiastic guests, including 11 year old Oliver who is already an established nature docent. Debra **************Stay up-to-date on the latest news - from fashion trends to celebrity break-ups and everything in between. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000024) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From judyw88 at hotmail.com Mon Jan 5 20:43:54 2009 From: judyw88 at hotmail.com (judy w) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:43:54 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Ranger 85 Jan 2 Message-ID: Friday's sightings:3 bottlenose x 2 (maybe the same guys)commons x 2 first only 3, they led us to a megapod of around 3503 grays Brrr, foggy damp and cold. 14 pasengers (11 from the same family), naturalist Sue Johnston and I, amazed by a calm glassy ocean. We saw bottlenose in the harbor before the boat even left the dock. Then commons mid channel and more bottlenose just outside Channel Islands breakwater on the return trip. IPCO tipped us off to the whales and left the scene as we arrived east of Arch rock. Capt. Frank pulled in behind Arch rock for a close up looki at both harbor seals and sea lions hauled out on the ledge. At least half a gazillion seabirds were in residence as well, gulls, pelicans, oyster catchers, comorants. Emily, a grade school aged girl, told us all about the report she was going to write for school on harbor seals. The whale kit was still on board when we left the boat. _________________________________________________________________ It?s the same Hotmail?. If by ?same? you mean up to 70% faster. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_broad1_122008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From dbellman at dock.net Tue Jan 6 21:05:03 2009 From: dbellman at dock.net (Dick Bellman) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:05:03 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Islander 1/6/09 Message-ID: <07A04B0198C14F96B55DB7ACC08F8ABF@Dick> Even though the trip was to hike on ESCI there were numerous notable sightings that I thought might be of interest to share: To make a long story short: Two pods of common dolphins, one less than 100; one approximately 1,000 8 Gray Whales 2 non marine mammals - Island Fox The long version of the short story . . . . It was a small, but very diverse group of approximately 45 passengers, who ventured out to Santa Cruz with captains Dave & Anthony along with crew Jean and Katie and yours truly as naturalist. Passengers represented in addition to California, Slovenia, Germany, England (London) Ohio, Oklahoma, Nevada (Reno) and Missouri (Kansas City). There were actually two different sets of people from Oklahoma, only one pair of which was excited about Thursday's National Championship Game featuring their Sooners. Possibly the most exciting part of the day wasn't the dolphins and whales on the way out or the dolphins and whales on the way back. It was the 6 Gray Whales we followed walking back towards Scorpion from Cavern Point. Just as I was concluding my talk at Cavern Point, I was "rudely interrupted" by a spout just below us. As we walked back towards Scorpion we found and basically walked back with one pair of 2 adult Gray's and just outside them a group of 4 made up of 2 adults and 2 juveniles. With hardly any wind and the quiet and solitude one finds on the island, we could hear them blow. Actually sometimes when I was busy writing I heard them before I saw them. The couple from Oklahoma who admitted that upon planning their trip while back home, they had doubts about what their experience on the Channel Islands would hold for them were ecstatic as they observed and listened to the Gray Whales. We even were treated to a fairly spectacular breach by one of the Gray's. To give credence to something we already know I want to share a comment from the woman from London who was concluding a two month stay with her daughter in Carpinteria. "This day out on the Channel Islands has been the best part of my entire trip." Amen to that. Just before getting ready to board the boat I observed two Island Fox checking out the soon to be completed interpretive center. Yes, I was told it would be finished by the end of the next month. One question that I have based on today's experience. Should land based sightings be included in the sightings log???? 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There are many field trips and presentations offered, although now at this late notice some are full already. It's worth trying though. Debra **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://news.aol.com?ncid=emlcntusnews00000002) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From santafina at hotmail.com Wed Jan 7 09:40:59 2009 From: santafina at hotmail.com (Rachel Harris) Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:40:59 -0800 Subject: [CINC] California Watchable Wildlife presentation at CINP Headquarters in Ventura on 1/14/09 Message-ID: Happy New Year! Please be informed there will be a special ecotourism event coinciding with the 5th Annual California Cultural and Heritage Tourism Symposium (www.culturecalifornia.com) next week in Ventura. It will be an interactive forum presented by California Watchable Wildlife (www.cawatchablewildlife.org) for Tourism Professionals, Business Owners, Community Leaders and Public Lands Managers next week on Wednesday January 14 from 10:00am to 12:15pm at the CINP Headquarters in Ventura. You are all invited to attend and the program is as follows: 10:00am-10:15am Welcome and Introductions 10:15am-10:45am Wildlife Tourism by the Numbers -- The economic impact of wildlife viewing in California -- Barbara Steinberg, California Travel Insider 10:45am-11:15am Introduction to California Watchable Wildlife Program -- Karen Killebrew, California Watchable Wildlife Outreach Coordinator 11:15am-11:45am Building Community Partnerships -- Who's at the Table and Who Should Be? (Panel & Open Forum) --Karen Whitaker, Moderator Ventura VCB -- Rachel Harris Island Packers -- Cherryl Connally Channel Islands National Park -- Yvonne Menard 11:45am -- 12:15pm The Childrens Outdoor Bill of Rights -- Wildlife viewing areas provide critical outdoor skills for California children -- Ray Murray, National Park Service ADJOURN We hope to see you there! To view the official flyer for this public event please click on the following link: http://tourism.visitcalifornia.com/media/uploads/files/editor/BuildingNature.pdf If you have any questions, please feel free to email me or call me at the Ventura Visitor & Convention Bureau at: (805) 648-2075. Thank you, Rachel Harris _________________________________________________________________ Windows LiveTM Hotmail?: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_explore_012009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Carol Peterson sends the below request: The park education program is looking for balloons to use in a marine debris activity. Of special interest are balloons that have frayed as they burst. Balloons can be sent to Carol Peterson via the park address or left at the visitor center with her name on them. Thanks! Debra **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215047751x1200957972/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Wed Jan 7 14:48:16 2009 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:48:16 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Islander 1/6/09 In-Reply-To: <07A04B0198C14F96B55DB7ACC08F8ABF@Dick> References: <07A04B0198C14F96B55DB7ACC08F8ABF@Dick> Message-ID: <49653130.9090103@noaa.gov> Here is Shauna's response to Dick's question about entering data from land-based sightings into the marine mammal sightings database, which can be accessed at: http://www.cisanctuary.org/mammals/ Yes, the sightings can be entered into a form on one of the boats or directly into the database by Dick. He would have to go to the nautical chart to plot the general area in Lat and Long, this can be done easily by clicking on the "view map" link just below the location entry fields. Just go the location and click and it will automatically enter the Lat and Long into the entry fields on the form. 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I didn't have an > exact GPS setting, but between traveling between Cavern Point and > Scorpion at a distance of 250 yds offshore seems pretty specific. > Anyway, is there a policy, procedure or rule regarding these types of > sightings? > > > > Dick > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule week of January 5: MON: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 TUE: 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 WED: 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 THU: 8am-12pm, Oxnard (805) 382-6151 x105 2-6pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 FRI: 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 Cellular: (805) 729-0127 Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Best wishes, Carol Celic From: channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org [mailto:channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org] On Behalf Of robert e holm Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:12 PM To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Subject: [CINC] NEED SUBSTITUTE FOR RANGER 85 ON THURSDAY 1/8/09 @ 11AM Hi Folks, I just came down with a sore throat and cough that won't be going away anytime soon. Rather than spread the germs, I'd appreciate somebody taking my place at the last minute. As usual, first reply get's the trip. Please respond to my personal email at: reholm at scualum.com Thanks, Bob Holm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Thu Jan 8 09:40:05 2009 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare.Fritzsche) Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:40:05 -0800 Subject: [CINC] LAST MINUTE TRIP TO FILL: IPCO ww today 1:30-5pm Message-ID: <49663A75.6090705@noaa.gov> Greetings, Naturalists! Bob Willliamson is sick and unable to make Island Packers' whale watch trip this afternoon from 1:30-5pm. If you have a hankering to go in his place, please call me on my cell phone at 729-0127. Thanks! Clare -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule week of January 5: MON: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 TUE: 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 WED: 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 THU: 9:15-11am, Oxnard (805) 382-6151 x105 2-6pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 FRI: 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 Cellular: (805) 729-0127 Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 From rustgarden at msn.com Thu Jan 8 11:43:51 2009 From: rustgarden at msn.com (Morgan Coffey) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 11:43:51 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Marine Mammal Protection Act public comment Message-ID: I am sending this because MMPA policy is certainly of interest to my fellow naturalists, and because this is not a request for a petition signature, rather, it is just to inform you that NOAA is currently accepting public comments on an issue that directly relates to our shared interests. Please know that if you choose to submit a comment, it must be on your behalf as a private citizen and have no connection to your affiliation with CINC. That said, The U.S. Commerce Department is considering banning the imports of foreign swordfish until exporting countries can provide proof that their fishing practices are equally protective of marine mammals - including whales, dolphins, and sea lions - as methods used by U.S. fishermen. Recent evidence shows that foreign nations kill over 100,000 marine mammals every year. The U.S. can save tens of thousands of whales, dolphins, seals and other wildlife by simply enforcing the Marine Mammal Protection Act! The Marine Mammal Protection Act requires any country wishing to import fish products into the United States to provide proof that the country's fishing practices do not harm or kill marine mammals in excess of U.S. standards. Recent information, obtained from a Freedom of Information Act request, has revealed that the U.S. government has ignored this mandatory duty for decades. Public Comment ends January 29th! HOW TO SUBMIT COMMENTS:1. Click Here2. Enter your first & last name under "Submitter Information"3. List "Private Citizen" as your "Organization"4. Cut & Paste the sample comment letter below into "Public Comment or Submission" box or write your ownSAMPLE COMMENT LETTER Dear Director of the NOAA Office of International Affairs, I respectfully request that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) enforce section 101(a)(2) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Please recognize and enforce the intent of the MMPA and immediately ban swordfish imports from foreign countries until: (1) the U.S. government demands reasonable proof from any nation seeking to export swordfish or swordfish products to the U.S. of the effects on marine mammals of the commercial fishing technology used to obtain swordfish or swordfish products; and (2) the U.S. government receives such proof and determines that it demonstrates that the swordfish or swordfish products to be imported were not caught with commercial fishing technology that results in the incidental kill or incidental serious injury of marine mammals in excess of U.S. standards. Thank you, _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The article also mentioned the fact that an unusually high number of Brown Pelicans have been counted in the Puget Sound area this winter, where they are not common. Fortunately,none reported as sick. Paul From: kat at recycledgoods.com To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 06:55:55 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Brown Pelican article in STAR Here is a link to article about Brown Pelican ?mortality event? in today?s online Star news (county section). http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jan/07/brown-pelican-die-off-puzzles-researchers/ No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.3/1878 - Release Date: 1/6/2009 7:56 AM _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bucholtz at linguistics.ucsb.edu Mon Jan 12 10:04:35 2009 From: bucholtz at linguistics.ucsb.edu (Mary Bucholtz) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:04:35 -0800 Subject: [CINC] CX 1/11 Message-ID: <92CF6C11-7B14-48A9-AAB0-96965AF56527@linguistics.ucsb.edu> 7 gray whales ~ 300 common dolphins 6 Risso's dolphins 1 released sea lion pup Yesterday was a gloriously warm and sunny day on the water. Ginny Fischer and I welcomed 31 passengers, including visitors from Russia, Italy, England, and Northridge, and a rescue team from the Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute that was releasing a rehabilitated CA sea lion pup back into the wild. (The pup had been abandoned by its mother during the weaning process and was undernourished when it was rescued before Christmas.) Things got off to a good start with a pod of around 200 common dolphins before we had even hit mid-channel. Near the gap between SRI and SCI we encountered two grays who were rather shy. Then Captain Mat spotted another group of 3 not far off on the north side of SCI, and we spent a long time enjoying them. Mat said it was likely a mating pod, and we got some great views of the whales, including lots of nice flukes as well as some glimpses of pectoral fins and balleen as they rolled around. A playful sea lion hung out with the group and added to the excitement with some spectacular jumps. After a brief visit to Painted Cave (which we couldn't approach as closely as usual due to a large clump of kelp at the mouth of the cave), it was on to Sea Lions Cove to drop off our smallest passenger. He jumped into the water without hesitation but then seemed a little unsure what to do next. Luckily, there were several other sea lions around to welcome him to the neighborhood and show him the ropes. We then paid a visit to another pair of grays nearby. Heading back to the gap, we encountered a small pod of Risso's intermingled with some sea lions. At the gap we spotted several blows but when we approached the whales made themselves scarce, so we headed for home. On the return to the harbor, we came across a smaller and more spread-out group of common dolphins, which rounded things out nicely. All in all, a great day! Mary Bucholtz From Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov Mon Jan 12 10:27:24 2009 From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna Bingham) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:27:24 -0800 Subject: [CINC] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NOAA Twin Otter Aircraft to Support West Coast Ocean Research Message-ID: <496B8B8C.1090400@noaa.gov> ** Contact: Sarah Marquis *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* 949-222-2212 Jan. 12, 2009 David Hall 301-713-3066 * * *NOAA Twin Otter Aircraft to Support West Coast Ocean Research, Management* /Highly capable plane will support Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary/ Senior federal officials today dedicated a specially equipped twin-engine NOAA aircraft that will support ocean research and management along the West Coast. The NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations is basing the plane and flight crew in Monterey, Calif., to meet the needs of NOAA programs and national marine sanctuaries. NOAA will use the DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft to observe marine mammals and other living ocean resources, conduct offshore and coastal surveys, and support emergency response and enforcement missions. "The highly modified aircraft is well-suited for offshore and coastal surveys and marine resource management," said John H. Dunnigan, NOAA assistant administrator for the National Ocean Service. "We are pleased that this valuable asset will serve the West Coast." Built by de Havilland Canada, the Twin Otter is a maneuverable, versatile aircraft that can be flown at slow speeds and in tight circles. The NOAA version of this high-winged turboprop plane is equipped with color weather radar, dual GPS/Loran-C navigation systems, radar altimeter, and camera ports in the nose and belly areas. A standard flight crew consists of two pilots and up to six scientists. By basing the aircraft in Monterey, NOAA will have the ability to quickly monitor and protect the waters off the West Coast and Alaska, including five national marine sanctuaries that encompass more than 9,000 square nautical miles of open ocean and remote, rugged coastlines from Washington to the Mexico border. They include Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary in Washington, Cordell Bank and Gulf of the Farallones national marine sanctuaries off San Francisco, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary off Santa Barbara. As part of the NOAA fleet of research and survey ships and aircraft, the NOAA Twin Otter will be operated, managed and maintained by NOAA Corps officers and civilians with the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center. Specific research instrumentation or remote sensing technologies will be supplied by program scientists. NOAA understands and predicts changes in the Earth's environment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and conserves and manages our coastal and marine resources. Visit http://www.noaa.gov. On the Web: NOAA Twin Otter: http://www.aoc.noaa.gov/aircraft_otter.htm NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries: www.sanctuaries.noaa.gov NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations: http://www.omao.noaa.gov - 30 - -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: clip_image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 10976 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Mon Jan 12 10:57:45 2009 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:57:45 -0800 Subject: [CINC] CIS available this Friday, Jan 16; also Jan 26 Message-ID: <496B92A9.7000305@noaa.gov> Greetings, Naturalists! Thanks again for all the great coverage on the whale watching boats this month. We do still have an opening for Channel Islands Sportfishing this Friday, January 16th, as well as Monday, January 26th. All other trips have at least one volunteer on them. http://www.nps.gov/chis/supportyourpark/volunteer-schedules.htm Thanks again and have a great week! Clare -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule week of January 12: MON: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 TUE: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 WED: out of office THU: 9:30am-12pm & 2-4:30pm, Oxnard (805) 382-6151 x105 FRI: 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 Cellular: (805) 729-0127 Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 From rustgarden at msn.com Mon Jan 12 11:33:01 2009 From: rustgarden at msn.com (Morgan Coffey) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:33:01 -0800 Subject: [CINC] climate change and seawater sound transmission Message-ID: This is just to share with you 2 interesting articles I recently received from another marine science list. 1) NASA posted an explanation of why it more often uses the term "climate change" instead of "global warming." Some excerpts below. Go to the URL to read the full article.2) We have all heard about/read about ocean acidification and about the effects of underwater noise on marine mammals. But new findings connect these two phenomena in a surprising way. An article out of the most recent issue of "Ocean Update," the online publication of Sea Web, explains how acidification will change the sound transmission properties of seawater, and what that might mean for marine mammals. I also recommend checking out the Sea Web site, http://www.seaweb.org/home.php, "a communications-based nonprofit organization that uses social marketing techniques to advance ocean conservation. By raising public awareness, advancing science-based solutions and mobilizing decision-makers around ocean conservation, we are leading voices for a healthy ocean."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~What's in a Name? Global Warming vs. Climate Change http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/climate_by_any_other_name.htmlDefinitions Global warming: the increase in Earth?s average surface temperature due to rising levels of greenhouse gases.Climate change: a long-term change in the Earth?s climate, or of a region on Earth. "The Internet is full of references to global warming. The Union of Concerned Scientists website on climate change is titled "Global Warming," just one of many examples. But we don't use global warming much on this website. We use the less appealing "climate change." Why? "... Global warming refers to surface temperature increases, while climate change includes global warming and everything else that increasing greenhouse gas amounts will affect. "... During the late 1980s one more term entered the lexicon, ?global change.? This term encompassed many other kinds of change in addition to climate change. When it was approved in 1989, the U.S. climate research program was embedded as a theme area within the U.S. Global Change Research Program. "But global warming became the dominant popular term in June 1988, when NASA scientist James E. Hansen had testified to Congress about climate, specifically referring to global warming. He said: 'global warming has reached a level such that we can ascribe with a high degree of confidence a cause and effect relationship between the greenhouse effect and the observed warming.' Hansen's testimony was very widely reported in popular and business media, and after that popular use of the term global warming exploded. Global change never gained traction in either the scientific literature or the popular media. "But temperature change itself isn't the most severe effect of changing climate. Changes to precipitation patterns and sea level are likely to have much greater human impact than the higher temperatures alone. For this reason, scientific research on climate change encompasses far more than surface temperature change. So "global climate change" is the more scientifically accurate term. Like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we've chosen to emphasize global climate change on this website, and not global warming."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~2) Ocean Update, Dec. 12, 2008, vol. 13, no. 9http://www.seaweb.org/resources/documents/OU_119_Final.pdf How Can Underwater Sound Impact Marine Mammals? In the early 1950s, gray whales were regularly sighted in the Laguna Guerrero Negro in Baja California. Beginning in 1957, however, barges transported salt from the lagoon, and the mouth of the lagoon was dredged. During the next seven years, censuses revealed declines in the number of whales in the lagoon, and by 1964, no whales were seen there at all. In 1967, the saltworks closed for economic reasons; by 1973, whales began to return, and by the early 1980s more than 100 pairs of mothers and calves used the lagoon. In a paper in the Journal of Mammalogy, Peter Tyack of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution argues that, ?although it is possible that visual or chemical stimuli from this industrial activity could be sensed by the whales, the dominant stimulus likely was the sounds of shipping and dredging.? Gray whales have several major breeding lagoons in Baja California, and Tyack notes that the temporary loss of one of them did not have an obvious impact on the population?s recovery. However, he observes, ?sounds from industrial activity seem to have caused the abandonment of critical habitat from the early 1960s to the early 1970s by a species listed as endangered by the United States.? Tyack writes that anthropogenic sound can affect animals in a number of ways, including interfering with their communications, triggering stress responses or even ultimately damaging hearing. The effects of sound are likely to be significantly greater underwater than in terrestrial environments: sound propagates much better than light in water, and as a result many aquatic animals have evolved to communicate and orient predominantly by sound. Toothed whales have evolved high frequency echolocation systems that can identify prey less than three feet in size from several hundred feet away, while baleen whales in contrast use low frequency sounds to communicate over tens and even hundreds of miles. However, writes Tyack, the total amount of underwater sound from ship traffic as well as commercial, research and military sources has increased significantly during the past century, and shipping has elevated the global deepwater ambient noise ten- to one hundredfold in the 20Hz to 200Hz band. This is the same frequency that baleen whales use to communicate across vast distances of ocean, a notion of particular concern in the context of populations of many baleen whale species having been decimated by commercial whaling. ?If the reduction in these populations of whales increased the typical separation of whales during the breeding season, then this could combine with the reduced range of communication to pose a risk of disrupting breeding behavior, with potential adverse impacts on the recovery of these endangered species,? he writes. In addition to such ambient noise, there is an increasing variety of so-called intentional sound sources, such as depth sounders, sonars used to find fish or human-made objects and air guns used to explore geological strata below the seafloor. Although many of these devices produce sound only intermittently, many of them have higher sound source levels than vessel propulsion systems. In a separate paper, a team of five authors argues that one such intentional sound source has demonstrably negative impacts on marine mammals.Writing in Marine Pollution Bulletin, Chris Parsons of George Mason University and colleagues catalogue a series of cetacean mass stranding events apparently coincident with nearby use of active sonar by naval vessels. They list, for example, a 2000 stranding in the Bahamas of 16 whales from three species; eight mass strandings of beaked whales associated with military exercises involving active sonar around the Canary Islands; several strandings in Taiwan in February and March 2004 concomitant with joint United States and Philippine naval exercises in the area; and strandings of multiple species on the Outer Banks in North Carolina in January 2005 and of approximately 145 long-finned pilot whales in Queensland, Australia, in October of that year, both incidents apparently related to naval vessels using active sonar in the area. In addition to such stranding events, Parsons and colleagues document other observations of marine mammal behavior apparently related to naval sonar activity, including: significant decreases in northern minke whale sightings rates in western Scotland during periods of naval exercises; changes in vocalizations of long-finned pilot whales during a military exercise involving active sonar in the Ligurian Sea Cetacean Sanctuary; and alterations in singing behavior of male humpback whales when exposed to low frequency sonar sounds. The authors assert that the ?probability of these associations occurring by chance is prohibitively low, while the likelihood of undiscovered casualties is very high,? and that ?the issue of cetacean strandings and mortalities arising from military exercises and sonar use has progressed well beyond the point of finding a smoking gun.? They criticize government officials, particularly in the United States, for ?deliberately obstructing progress in mitigation and making the protection of cetaceans and their environment from sonar more difficult through deliberate and calculated measures, such as legislative changes.? According to a paper in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, the ocean in general will become a noisier place as a result of ocean acidification caused by increased oceanic concentrations of carbon dioxide. The absorption of sound in the ocean changes with the chemistry of the seawater itself. Although this involves a variety of chemical interactions that are not fully understood, the overall effect is influenced by the acidity of the seawater: the more acidic, the less low- and mid-frequency sound it absorbs and therefore the farther these sounds travel underwater. The ocean has absorbed approximately half the carbon dioxide human activity has released into the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution. The accumulated total is now estimated to be roughly 530 billion tons, with the total increasing by 1 million tons per hour. The consequent changes in ocean chemistry have lowered the pH of the ocean by about 0.1 points since the mid-1700s, and some scientists estimate that ocean pH will lower by a further 0.2 points by 2050. Keith Hester and colleagues from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have calculated that because of its decreased levels of pH, seawater already absorbs low- and midfrequency 12 percent less than in pre-Industrial times; under present projections of increased oceanic carbon dioxide and pH levels, absorption of such sounds could diminish by a total of 40 percent by mid-century.While this decrease in sound absorption would mean that, for example, baleen whale vocalizations would travel across significantly greater distances, the same would be true for anthropogenic sound sources from vessel propulsion to active sonar. Note Hester and colleagues: ?It remains to be seen how marine mammals will adapt to an ocean increasingly transparent to sound at low frequencies.? Sources: Tyack, P.L. 2008. Implications for marine mammals of large-scale changes in the marine acoustic environment. Journal of Mammalogy 89(3): 549-558; Parsons, E.C.M. et al. 2008. Navy sonar and cetaceans: Just how much does the gun need to smoke before we act? Marine Pollution Bulletin 56: 1248-1257; Hester, K.C, et al. 2008. Unanticipated consequences of ocean acidification: A noisier ocean at lower pH. Geophysical Research Letters L19601, doi:10.1029/2008GL034913. Contacts: Peter L. Tyack, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. E-mail: ptyack at whoi.edu Chris Parsons, George Mason University. E-mail: ecm-parsons at earthlink.net Peter G. Brewer, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. E-mail: brpe at mbari.org _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Mon Jan 12 15:46:44 2009 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:46:44 -0800 Subject: [CINC] CINMS Advisory Council Meeting Message-ID: <496BD664.4060504@noaa.gov> /A public meeting announcement/ ------------------------------------------ c h a n n e l i s l a n d s n a t i o n a l m a r i n e s a n c t u a r y Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting * Friday, January 23, 2009* *9:00 am -- 4:00 pm* * Casa Las Palmas*[1]* <#_ftn1>* *323 E. Cabrillo Blvd ? Santa Barbara, CA* *D R A F T A G E N D A* *9:00-10:00**AM** 1. Administrative Business and Announcements* *A. Introduction of New and Returning Council Members* *B. Comment on/Adoption of November 14, 2008 Draft Key Outcomes* (_Council Action Requested_)** *C. Sanctuary Superintendent's Report* (_No Council Action Requested_) *D. Brief Council Member Announcements *(_No Council Action Requested_)** * * * 10:00-11:00**PM** 2. Completion of Management Plan Revision Process* (_No Council Action Requested_)** ? Distribution of Final Management Plan, Final EIS, and Final Rule ? Summary overview presentation ? Questions/Discussion *11:00-11:15**AM** 3. Public Comment *(1st of 2) (may be extended at the discretion of the Chair or used as a break)** *11:15-11:45**AM **4. Marine Protection Areas *(_No Council Action Requested_)** *A. **Follow-up on Channel Islands MPAs Report to CA Fish & Game Commission *(John Ugoretz)** *B. **Marine Life Protection Act Initiative, Southern California Process Update: Role of the Channel Islands MPAs* * 11:45**AM**-12:45**PM** LUNCH* *12:45-1:00**PM** 5. Election of Council Chair *(_Council Action Requested)_** ? Staff explanation of Chairperson duties and election process ? Council Nominations for Chairperson** ? _Council Action_: Vote** * 1:00-1:30** PM** 6. Presentation: Multicultural Education for Resource Issues Threatening Oceans (MERITO) Program *(_No Council Action Requested_)** ? Informational presentation on this important and expanding Sanctuary educational program ? Questions/Discussion *1:30-2:30**PM** 7. Working Group and Subcommittee Reports *(_No Council Action Requested_)** Brief reports from active Working Groups and Subcommittees: A. CINMS Interagency Enforcement Working Group (Dayna Matthews, NOAA Office for Law Enforcement) B. Ship Strike Subcommittee (Sean Hastings, CINMS and Chris Yates, NOAA Fisheries) ? Progress report on Subcommittee activities and other related developments [15-20 min.] C. Sanctuary Education Team (Maria Petueli) D. Chumash Community Working Group (Jacy Ontiveros or Alan Salazar) E. Recreational Fishing Working Group (Capt. David Bacon) F. Commercial Fishing Working Group (Bruce Steele) G. Conservation Working Group (Linda Krop) ** *2:30-2:45**PM** 8. Public Comment *(2nd of 2) (may be extended at the discretion of the Chair or used as a break)** * 2:45-3:30**PM** 9. Advisory Council Annual Work Plan *(_Council Action Requested_)** ? Presentation of staff recommendations for 2009 Council work priorities ? Council discussion of potential priority issues, activities and work projects ? Council members to prioritize suggested issues ? _Possible Council Action_: Provide prioritized worksheets to staff and consider adoption of a 2009 SAC Work Plan * 3:30-3:45**PM** 10. Renewal of Advisory Council Charter *(_Council Action Requested_) *A. **Staff description of Charter and need for minor updates* *B. *_Council Action_:* *Council comments and/or concurrence with staff recommendation** * 3:45-4:00**PM** 11. Future SAC Meeting Schedule, Meeting Close-Out* (_No Council Action Requested_) ? *Schedule for 2009 meetings and events:* o Friday March 20, 2009 (SAC meeting, Ventura) o Spring 2009 (Date TBD): Rescheduled Council field trip to Santa Cruz Island o May 4-7, 2009: SAC Chairs annual meeting (Chair-only to attend, Alpena, Michigan) o Friday May 15, 2009 (SAC meeting, Santa Barbara) o Friday July 17, 2009 (SAC meeting, Ventura) o Friday September 18, 2009 (SAC meeting, Santa Barbara) o Friday November 20, 2009 (SAC meeting, Ventura) * 4:00**PM** **ADJOURN* * * *_DIRECTIONS_** Casa Las Palmas, 323 E. Cabrillo Blvd., Santa Barbara, CA* 1) Take U.S. 101 north or southbound to Santa Barbara 2) Exit on GARDEN Street 3) Turn toward the ocean on GARDEN 4) Turn LEFT on CABRILLO Blvd. at the beach 5) Casa Las Palmas is on the left (inland) side within Chase Palm Park, at 323 E. 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Polly Blackburn From sallymarian at earthlink.net Tue Jan 13 06:56:10 2009 From: sallymarian at earthlink.net (Sally Narkevic) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:56:10 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Jan.10 Ranger 85 Message-ID: Trip cancelled. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Tue Jan 13 08:30:21 2009 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:30:21 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Drum and Dance Benefit for WCN! Message-ID: <496CC19D.4040108@noaa.gov> CINC volunteer Kathy deWet-Oleson sends along this information about an upcoming benefit for the Wildlife Care Network: Hi Clare, These are really great people, I took a dance workshop & performed with them for a different benefit & it was a great expereince. I thought this might be suitable to pass along to the CINC. Kathy Begin forwarded message: *From: *info at panzumo.com *Date: *January 11, 2009 5:58:33 PM PST *To: *info at panzumo.com *Subject: **Drum and Dance Benefit for WCN!* Greetings~ Attached is the flier for a benefit we are hosting at Arts Alive this Friday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Santa Barbara. All proceeds from the benefit go to the Wildlife Care Network, an organization that rescues and rehabilitates our local birds. Right now, Pelicans are dying daily. The volunteers at WCN need our financial support to help feed and rehabilitate these magnificent creatures. Entertainment by Panzumo and special guests... Food and wine... Art Show... and more... We hope to see you there! Lisa and Budhi www.panzumo.com -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule week of January 12: MON: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 TUE: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 WED: out of office THU: 9:30am-12pm & 2-4:30pm, Oxnard (805) 382-6151 x105 FRI: 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 Cellular: (805) 729-0127 Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Tue Jan 13 08:31:43 2009 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:31:43 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Pacific Coast Shark Attacks During 2008 Message-ID: <496CC1EF.4060300@noaa.gov> Ralph Collier spoke at one of our meetings last year and sends along this report for 2008: *NEWS RELEASE * For information contact: Ralph S. Collier (818) 998-5818 Email: SharkResearch at aol.com *For Immediate Release* January 12, 2009 *Pacific Coast Shark Attacks During 2008* ** There were 5 unprovoked shark attacks confirmed from the Pacific Coast of North America during 2008, which is slightly more than half of the total number of authenticated shark attacks reported during 2007. The victims were engaged in surfing (2), kayaking (2), and swimming (1). The fatal attack on swimmer David Martin at Solana Beach in April was the third fatality confirmed for the 21st Century with the prior two occurring in the month of August in 2003 and 2004. The Great White Shark, /Carcharodon carcharias/, was positively identified as the causal species in all five of the attacks verified in 2008. This brings the total number of authenticated shark attacks along the West Coast during the first 8 years of the 21st Century to 42, /?more than five times?/ the Twentieth Century annual average. /?Shark Attacks of the Twentieth Century?/ authenticated 108 unprovoked shark attacks from the Pacific Coast between 1900 and 1999. The Great White Shark, was implicated in 94 (87%) of the attacks with an annual average of slightly more than one shark attack per year. It is compelling that since the year 2000 there have been 42 unprovoked shark attacks reported from the Pacific Coast. This is nearly 40% of the total number of attacks reported for the entire Twentieth Century and all in less than a decade. The most recent victim was Tony Johnson kayaking near Tomales Head and Dillon Beach, California on December 20th. He was the eighth kayaker to be attacked off the Pacific Coast since the first reported incident in 1989 and the 150th shark attack victim since 1900. The Great White Shark has been implicated in 130 (87%) of the 150 confirmed unprovoked shark attacks reported from the Pacific Coast of North America. There were 36 shark attacks confirmed from California, which includes 3 fatalities, and 6 unprovoked attacks reported from Oregon during the first eight years of the 21st Century. Surfers accounted for 32 (76%) of the shark attacks documented since 2000 with 4 (10%) swimmers, 3 (7%) kayakers, 2 (5%) divers and 1 (2%) paddle boarder. The number of juvenile and adult Great White Sharks observed in the Southern California area during 2008 suggests a possible change in their population dynamics and seasonal site preferences. The number of stranded marine mammal carcasses reported, specifically their location and time of year, would seem to support this observation. The Shark Research Committee will closely monitor this activity in the coming year. 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Common Dolphins ? 5 (mid channel in morning, 1000 mid channel in afternoon) CA Sea Lions ?? apx. 5 Vta Harbor Buoy thermoregulating, am & pm, warm day ???apx.?3 mid-channel (poss. mis-identified as Sea Otters on Jan. 1) ?? apx. 1 Scorpion Anchorage ? Wonderful warm almost windless weather, calm seas, spectacular vistas, great sightings. ? IPCO Islander Informed, Efficient & Genial Crew - Capt. Dave, Capt. Anthony, Ali & Andrea; Lulis, CINPS Ranger Passengers - Denmark, PA, OK, WA, OR, CA, including classroom of Middle school outbound Campers for 3 nights from Whidbey Island, WA Visitors Interests?- Hike, Bird watch, Camp, Kayak, Picnic, Ranching, Plants, Animals, History, Photography, Landscape Oil Painting. ? The?birdwatcher groups spotted the Island Scrub Jay, both by Prisoners and up Scorpion Canyon.? Some had IPCO's checklist.? Most returning campers saw?SCI Foxes, all saw spotted skunk. Some reported sightings of migrating Grays from Cavern Point. ? A special treat for me was meeting and?discussing the most current bone dating techniques CINPS Anthropologist Kelly Minas en route.? At Scorpion, I discovered the landing craft had arrived and a Budget rental truck was being unloaded with NJ museum exhibit creators and/or installation crew with Derek fully engaged.? The great and historic day approaches! ? ? Question of the Day:? "What will it be, Mammoth or Marine Mammal?" Alicia Chang, AP Science writer starts her report in LA Times this morning:?"A complete tusk believed to belong to a prehistoric mammoth was uncovered on Santa Cruz Island off the Southern California coast, researchers reported Tuesday."??The article ends: "Paul Collins, curator of vertebrate zoology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, was unsure of the significance of the latest find based on pictures he has seen...it was possible the remains could have belonged to a marine mammal and said an excavation should settle the matter...'It's very difficult to tell whether or not you're dealing with mammoth bones,' "? [emphasis added] The article?(on line) ends with a reference to?CINPS website! ?http://www.latimes.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-sci-island-tusk,1,7845218.story -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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One of the whales seemed to be quite small (perhaps a calf or a late arrival from last year?) The passengers were treated to multiple flukes and blows. I saw another 3 whales about a mile or so off of Anacapa. We passed another Gray as we were getting ready to head back. On our way back we came across another pod of 500 Commons. Looking forward to the afternoon journey. ~ Carol Celic Sent from my iPhone From kensword at cox.net Wed Jan 14 15:13:55 2009 From: kensword at cox.net (Kenneth A. Tatro) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:13:55 -0800 Subject: [CINC] CX 14 Jan 09 Message-ID: Hi folks, From Carol's IPCO morning run report, sounds as if it was a nice day to be out there. Would have been nice but insufficient number of passengers caused the CX to cancel for today. I'll try again on the 29th. Ken Tatro From vfo at mindspring.com Wed Jan 14 19:16:13 2009 From: vfo at mindspring.com (Valerie Olson) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:16:13 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Condor Cancelled 15 January Message-ID: <0AF04AC7-C3F6-40E0-8482-7BB3F4B1DB0A@mindspring.com> Although we have had wonderfully calm seas and balmy weather, there were only a handful of reservations on the Condor. Not enough to go out. Too bad ... it would have been a great day. Valerie Olson From klez18 at sbcglobal.net Thu Jan 15 08:44:29 2009 From: klez18 at sbcglobal.net (Marty Flam) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:44:29 -0800 (PST) Subject: [CINC] "One Coast, One Future" report released today Message-ID: <275582.90956.qm@web83208.mail.mud.yahoo.com> How to best protect the ocean:?? ? The Joint Ocean Commission Initiative report, ?One Coast, One Future: Securing the Health of West Coast Ecosystems and Economies?? released today. ? http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jan/15/cooperate-to-aid-coast-report-advises-report-to/ http://www.jointoceancommission.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ciharbor1 at roadrunner.com Thu Jan 15 09:52:39 2009 From: ciharbor1 at roadrunner.com (Carol Shoemaker) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:52:39 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Ranger 85 Message-ID: <0608AF56EBAB4A39BE1420027933E936@OwnerPC> 1/15 trip cancelled -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bweinerth at hotmail.com Fri Jan 16 08:10:35 2009 From: bweinerth at hotmail.com (bill weinerth) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:10:35 +0000 Subject: [CINC] Friday Ranger 85 trip Message-ID: No whale watchers signed up. Trip cancelled. 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URL: From Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov Fri Jan 16 10:39:38 2009 From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:39:38 -0800 Subject: [CINC] NOAA Releases Plan for Managing and Protecting CINMS Message-ID: Contact: Shauna Bingham FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 805-729-3275 Jan. 16, 2009 Sarah Marquis 949-222-2212 NOAA Releases Plans for Managing and Protecting Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary NOAA has released the final management plan, regulations and final environmental impact statement for Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. The final plan provides a framework for the sanctuary to expand its research, education, outreach and enforcement programs, create and enhance partnerships, enhance wildlife protections, develop a water quality program, and reduce ocean impacts from vessels. Priorities listed in the plan include expanding multicultural education, aerial monitoring of sanctuary resources, and collaborative marine research programs, and studying the social and biological effects of marine reserves. The plan also calls for the completion a new sanctuary office building and education center on the University of California Santa Barbara campus, monitoring and inventorying maritime heritage resource sites, and ?greening? sanctuary operations. ?We developed the new management plan with extensive community involvement, and we are proud that it charts a forward-looking course to protect the sanctuary?s rich marine ecosystems while allowing compatible, sustainable human uses,? said sanctuary superintendent Chris Mobley. The result of years of study, planning and extensive public input, these detailed documents are major revisions of the sanctuary's original management plan and address key issues including resource protection, wildlife disturbance, vessel discharge, non-native species and water quality. The final plan consists of non-regulatory actions, but some changes to sanctuary regulations clarify and strengthen protections for marine habitats, sensitive species, water quality and submerged cultural and historical resources. Highlights of the regulatory changes include: protecting natural ecosystems from the introduction of non-native species protecting the area?s water quality by prohibiting harmful vessel discharges prohibiting discharges beyond the boundary of the sanctuary that enter and damage the sanctuary?s resources improving habitat protection by limiting or prohibiting activities that impact the sea floor The final environmental impact statement analyzes potential environmental and economic impacts of the sanctuary regulation changes. A goal of the management plan is to expand the sanctuary?s leadership role in ocean education through programs such as the award-winning Multicultural Education for Resource Issues Threatening Oceans (MERITO) program. The MERITO program earned a 2008 Department of Commerce sliver medal, one of the highest forms of recognition awarded by the Secretary of Commerce, for implementing a bilingual outreach program that expands awareness to Latino communities and inspires community involvement in ocean issues. Copies of the final management plan, regulations, and final environmental impact statement are available at the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary office, online at http://channelislands.noaa.gov, or by calling 805-884-1464. Managed by the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary was designated in 1980 to protect marine resources surrounding San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa and Santa Barbara islands. The sanctuary spans approximately 1,470 square miles, extending from island shorelines to six miles offshore, and encompasses a rich diversity of marine life, habitats and historical and cultural resources. 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URL: From m_jsos at verizon.net Fri Jan 16 14:58:09 2009 From: m_jsos at verizon.net (mgs) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:58:09 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Friday Ranger 85 trip In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <49711101.7020104@verizon.net> FYI, i stopped at CISCOS about 10 this morning to check status with Jeff. No riders today but they have whale watchers going out for the for Sat 9am and about 40 for the afternoon cruise. Mike Sos bill weinerth wrote: > No whale watchers signed up. Trip cancelled. > Bill Weinerth > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.8/1898 - Release Date: 1/16/2009 3:09 PM > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From klez18 at sbcglobal.net Fri Jan 16 17:51:33 2009 From: klez18 at sbcglobal.net (Marty Flam) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:51:33 -0800 (PST) Subject: [CINC] CX Fri 01/16/09 Sightings Message-ID: <962427.82394.qm@web83208.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Welcome Back Eugene Radding! Crew - Mat, Dave, Amanda - Thank you for great work and dialog;.? Gray Whales - 13 approaching in in SCI - SRI gap over an hour (w/another 15 spouts off in the distance = 28);? Common Dolphins - 700 (in several pods);? Sea Lions - ?10 in the gap, many on SCI; Sea - mostly calm; Air temp - warm (enjoyed the breeze); Whale Kit Prep - Debra Herring (before departure, added?new stranding/rescue card in sighting log notebook, kit well supplied and immaculate, thank you);? Passengers - 11 (10 USA resident, mostly CA, 1 WA, 1 Bahamian, 2? part time Nipomo & Calgary), all apparently delighted;? CINC Naturalists - Marty Flam & Eugene Radding, both definitely delighted. ? ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at hotmail.com Fri Jan 16 21:46:25 2009 From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com (Paul Jr. Petrich) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:46:25 -0800 Subject: [CINC] (no subject) Message-ID: Fellow CINC volunteers, This is a good time to share some new insights with you about our friends the Gray Whales that surfaced at the recent Cetacean Society Conference in Monterey ( Nov. 15-17 ). The last day of that conference of esteemed marine scientist was a free to the public look at all the latest research related specifically to Gray Whales. Titled " Gray Whales and Climate Change: Sentinels of the North Pacific/Arctic Ecosystem", the presenting researchers seemed in agreement about some surprising new findings. First, Eastern Pacific subspecies is now considered to be a very opportunistic feeder, not a feeder restricted to bottom feeding specifically in certain locals at a specific season. One presenter showed how these Grays up in the Arctic region actually are moving their migration to feed farther north as Arctic ice retreats in the face of climate change. Relating to this retreat of ice, another presenter detailed how this retreat may "increase" the food supply for Grays in the Arctic, due to more sunlight reaching the ocean depths at the retreating edge of the ice flows, totally opposite to the situation facing the polar bear. Other researchers presented a historical study of a durable creature on this earth that has survived over 120,000 years through many cycles of cooling and warming extremes- when the industrial input of our species was not a factor. However,the Western Pacific Gray Whales were not presented in this rather positive light , and as one researcher theorized, "may exist in so few numbers that the subspecies will not survive.. at only a few hundred now". Whereas the Eastern Pacific subspecies appears to be moving across the North American Arctic to feed, their is no indication the two subspecies have mingled. Surprisingly, however, researchers could not be specific about where the Western Pacific Grays gave birth to their calves, and studied them in northern feeding grounds exclusively. In the North Atlantic, the last Gray Whale recorded as killed in the by whalers was in the late 1600s or early 1700s. Among those in attendance at this conference was Captain Matt, of the Condor Express. I am sure he will have his always informative commentaries full of these latest facts, and more. Happy whale watching to all. l will be in Sicily and Dalmatia for the next six months, and will spread the news of the good work you are doing to ocean enthusiast over there! Paul Petrich _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? Hotmail?: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_explore_012009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at hotmail.com Fri Jan 16 21:56:07 2009 From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com (Paul Jr. Petrich) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:56:07 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Gray whales and Climate Message-ID: From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Subject: Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:46:25 -0800 Fellow CINC volunteers, This is a good time to share some new insights with you about our friends the Gray Whales that surfaced at the recent Cetacean Society Conference in Monterey ( Nov. 15-17 ). The last day of that conference of esteemed marine scientist was a free to the public look at all the latest research related specifically to Gray Whales. Titled " Gray Whales and Climate Change: Sentinels of the North Pacific/Arctic Ecosystem", the presenting researchers seemed in agreement about some surprising new findings. First, Eastern Pacific subspecies is now considered to be a very opportunistic feeder, not a feeder restricted to bottom feeding specifically in certain locals at a specific season. One presenter showed how these Grays up in the Arctic region actually are moving their migration to feed farther north as Arctic ice retreats in the face of climate change. Relating to this retreat of ice, another presenter detailed how this retreat may "increase" the food supply for Grays in the Arctic, due to more sunlight reaching the ocean depths at the retreating edge of the ice flows, totally opposite to the situation facing the polar bear. Other researchers presented a historical study of a durable creature on this earth that has survived over 120,000 years through many cycles of cooling and warming extremes- when the industrial input of our species was not a factor. However,the Western Pacific Gray Whales were not presented in this rather positive light , and as one researcher theorized, "may exist in so few numbers that the subspecies will not survive.. at only a few hundred now". Whereas the Eastern Pacific subspecies appears to be moving across the North American Arctic to feed, their is no indication the two subspecies have mingled. Surprisingly, however, researchers could not be specific about where the Western Pacific Grays gave birth to their calves, and studied them in northern feeding grounds exclusively. In the North Atlantic, the last Gray Whale recorded as killed in the by whalers was in the late 1600s or early 1700s. Among those in attendance at this conference was Captain Matt, of the Condor Express. I am sure he will have his always informative commentaries full of these latest facts, and more. Happy whale watching to all. l will be in Sicily and Dalmatia for the next six months, and will spread the news of the good work you are doing to ocean enthusiast over there! Paul Petrich Windows Live? Hotmail?: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. Check it out. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? Hotmail?: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_howitworks_012009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It is titled " Planning the marine sanctuary's future: Channel Islands have a new road map for the next 5 to 10 years." It is the most positive article I have personally seen in the News-Press about the CINMS or the CINP gaining front page coverage. Maybe someone can pipe it up for the rain-list? _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? Hotmail?: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_explore_012009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mr.zalophus at gmail.com Sat Jan 17 09:56:52 2009 From: mr.zalophus at gmail.com (Mr Zalophus) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:56:52 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Pelicans - update Message-ID: Also press related: this morning's LA Times, section B ---> a nice article about the recent Pelican deaths. Some of these deaths might be attibuted to the big freeze and storm winds that we had last month and were worse along the coast of Oregon and NorCal. Pelicans examined showed signs of frostbite and tissue damage on their feet, webs, and bills. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pelicans17-2009jan17,0,4932433.story Bob Perry On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Paul Jr. Petrich wrote: > Volunteers, > This morning's SB News-Press has a very good article by Scott Steepleton > summarizing the final management plan for the CINMS. It is titled " Planning > the marine sanctuary's future: Channel Islands have a new road map for the > next 5 to 10 years." It is the most positive article I have personally > seen in the News-Press about the CINMS or the CINP gaining front page > coverage. Maybe someone can pipe it up for the rain-list? > > ------------------------------ > Windows Live? Hotmail(R): Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. Check it > out. > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From diver23 at cox.net Sat Jan 17 23:12:17 2009 From: diver23 at cox.net (Kevin Bailey) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:12:17 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Condor Sat. Jan 17, 2009 Message-ID: <000701c9793c$18eec670$4acc5350$@net> 18 + Gray Whales (1+2+6+4+ 2+2 + others in the distance) 250 Common Dolphins (200 + 50) 2 Dall's Porpoise 4 Bottlenose Dolphins 3 Blue Sharks Today was another perfect day on the water. Fellow naturalist Scott Cuzzo and I talked with people from France, Holland, N. CA, LA area, CO, NE, and AZ. Capt Mat, Dave and Dennis lead us on today's adventure with guests Bernardo and Diane Alps of LA ACS. This was a better than usual crowd with everyone exciting all day to see what was in the channel. The awesome weather on shore stayed with us the entire day and no one was sick so that makes it good already. We saw our first cetacean 10 minutes out of the harbor with about 200 Common Dolphins scattered everywhere eating, jumping, porpoising and enjoying their morning feeding session. We stayed with them a while since they were so active and then continued toward the islands seeing 2 Dall's porpoise for a quick glance. These were not the ones that wanted to be seen or photographed. Most people missed them and I only saw one quick black blip and that was it. On we go toward the SCI-SRI gap where we saw our 1st solo Gray this side of the island. This whale didn't want to show us any action so with several spouts toward the gap we continued on and came upon a pair that we watched for a bit and then as we got closer to SCI we saw a couple good sized groups. Once we were on scene, we had 6 whales to our immediate left, 4 whales to our immediate right and stayed with these groups for a while with lots of fluking. The group of 6 was very close to each other the whole time. We often saw 3-4 blows at the same time as 2-3 dives. We would see many combos of flukes and spouts in a very small area. These whales were swimming along the island toward Painted Cave so we followed them along the island. While watching this group we could see many spouts behind us in the 1-2 mile range headed our way and/or toward the gap. Although the sea was calm all day there was quite a surge immediately against the island so we barely made it into the shade of the cave and were not able to get a close look at it today. All day there were large numbers of sea birds from the gazillion pelicans that have been hanging out at the harbor to lots of auklets skimming along the surface. A woman from NE was an avid birder and she thoroughly enjoyed the day watching all the wildlife and loved the Peterson Flash Guide for birds of the West Coast from the whale kit. I also gave her a couple other good locations for tomorrow to see birds both on shore and at Lake Cachuma. We continued home toward UCSB and saw a Blue Shark that quickly disappeared but then 5 minutes late we saw 2 more, 1 of which allowed us to observe its behavior for several minutes as it was slowly cruising at the surface. We followed the coastline from just east of Goleta Beach back to the to the harbor. Following the coast we saw 2 pairs of Bottlenose Dolphins in their coastal positions. Everyone on board was extremely happy with the day and several people commented that they were amazed at how much wildlife there was to see out here as well as the beauty of the islands. 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He picked the island trip as the place to ask her to marry him. When we got back to the dock there were about thirty of their friends waiting with congratulations signs and plans to take them to a party. The surprise was that the couple was not on the Islander since the Vanguard did the pick. Good news was, Vanguard was not far behind Islander! Both AM and PM trips included visitors from other nations (New Zealand, England, Germany, India) and other states (Virginia, Colorado, Ohio, Texas, Minnesota, to name a few I recall). We had several babies and a good number of small children. On the afternoon trip Tom set up "kids table" with crayolas, papers with pictures to color and whale models to examine. This kept them busy on the hour long trip from the up-close look at East AI. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mardanne at silcom.com Sun Jan 18 18:17:18 2009 From: mardanne at silcom.com (Marilyn Dannehower) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:17:18 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Condor Sat. Jan 17, 2009 In-Reply-To: <000701c9793c$18eec670$4acc5350$@net> References: <000701c9793c$18eec670$4acc5350$@net> Message-ID: Very interesting report! I have something to add, I was on the beach at Arroyo Burro as the Condor was on the way back to the Harbor. I had just seen a lone whale spouting and moving in a westerly direction. It was a very tall spout, and seemed to be going the "wrong" way! The Condor stopped, headed towards the whale, then turned fully around and left for the harbor. I thought they might have seen the whale and identified it, but I guess not! Marilyn Dannehower Marilyn Dannehower ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Bailey To: RAIN LIST Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 11:12 PM Subject: [CINC] Condor Sat. Jan 17, 2009 18 + Gray Whales (1+2+6+4+ 2+2 + others in the distance) 250 Common Dolphins (200 + 50) 2 Dall's Porpoise 4 Bottlenose Dolphins 3 Blue Sharks Today was another perfect day on the water. Fellow naturalist Scott Cuzzo and I talked with people from France, Holland, N. CA, LA area, CO, NE, and AZ. Capt Mat, Dave and Dennis lead us on today's adventure with guests Bernardo and Diane Alps of LA ACS. This was a better than usual crowd with everyone exciting all day to see what was in the channel. The awesome weather on shore stayed with us the entire day and no one was sick so that makes it good already. We saw our first cetacean 10 minutes out of the harbor with about 200 Common Dolphins scattered everywhere eating, jumping, porpoising and enjoying their morning feeding session. We stayed with them a while since they were so active and then continued toward the islands seeing 2 Dall's porpoise for a quick glance. These were not the ones that wanted to be seen or photographed. Most people missed them and I only saw one quick black blip and that was it. On we go toward the SCI-SRI gap where we saw our 1st solo Gray this side of the island. This whale didn't want to show us any action so with several spouts toward the gap we continued on and came upon a pair that we watched for a bit and then as we got closer to SCI we saw a couple good sized groups. Once we were on scene, we had 6 whales to our immediate left, 4 whales to our immediate right and stayed with these groups for a while with lots of fluking. The group of 6 was very close to each other the whole time. We often saw 3-4 blows at the same time as 2-3 dives. We would see many combos of flukes and spouts in a very small area. These whales were swimming along the island toward Painted Cave so we followed them along the island. While watching this group we could see many spouts behind us in the 1-2 mile range headed our way and/or toward the gap. Although the sea was calm all day there was quite a surge immediately against the island so we barely made it into the shade of the cave and were not able to get a close look at it today. All day there were large numbers of sea birds from the gazillion pelicans that have been hanging out at the harbor to lots of auklets skimming along the surface. A woman from NE was an avid birder and she thoroughly enjoyed the day watching all the wildlife and loved the Peterson Flash Guide for birds of the West Coast from the whale kit. I also gave her a couple other good locations for tomorrow to see birds both on shore and at Lake Cachuma. We continued home toward UCSB and saw a Blue Shark that quickly disappeared but then 5 minutes late we saw 2 more, 1 of which allowed us to observe its behavior for several minutes as it was slowly cruising at the surface. We followed the coastline from just east of Goleta Beach back to the to the harbor. Following the coast we saw 2 pairs of Bottlenose Dolphins in their coastal positions. Everyone on board was extremely happy with the day and several people commented that they were amazed at how much wildlife there was to see out here as well as the beauty of the islands. A couple locals were even amazed and said that they had never been out in the channel even though they had lived in SB for many years. Kevin Bailey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From grays-n-blues at cox.net Sun Jan 18 18:40:45 2009 From: grays-n-blues at cox.net (Michael H Smith) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:40:45 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Condor Sat. Jan 17, 2009 In-Reply-To: References: <000701c9793c$18eec670$4acc5350$@net> Message-ID: Yes, it is interesting, Marilyn; and, if it was a gray whale (very likely), it is early going north (westward). The Census Project in Palos Verdes has been on-station since December 1 and they are getting good numbers of southbound gray whales, including early calves born before the lagoons. They have recorded a single northbound whale. Perhaps, it was the one you saw today. We begin Gray Whales Count at Coal Oil Point on Monday, February 2 and continue every day through May 17, 2009. We will update our webpage graywhalescount.org daily, and you can follow links to partners and collaborators and other survey sites such as ACS-LA (Palos Verdes). It is a good resource for the great work you do informing people about the Sanctuary and marine mammals in our Channel. Cheers, Michael michael h smith, project coordinator gray whales count 211 w gutierrez st studio 8 santa barbara, ca 93101 (805) 451-4600 mobile grays-n-blues at cox.net nonprofit research/education project with ucsb's coal oil point natural reserve, goleta, ca + american cetacean society ? channel islands, ca + cascadia research collective, olympia, wa + marine physical laboratory, scripps institution of oceanography, ucsd, la jolla, ca On Jan 18, 2009, at 6:17 PM, Marilyn Dannehower wrote: > Very interesting report! I have something to add, I was on the > beach at Arroyo Burro as the Condor was on the way back to the > Harbor. I had just seen a lone whale spouting and moving in a > westerly direction. It was a very tall spout, and seemed to be > going the "wrong" way! The Condor stopped, headed towards the > whale, then turned fully around and left for the harbor. I thought > they might have seen the whale and identified it, but I guess not! > Marilyn Dannehower > Marilyn Dannehower > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kevin Bailey > To: RAIN LIST > Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 11:12 PM > Subject: [CINC] Condor Sat. Jan 17, 2009 > > 18 + Gray Whales (1+2+6+4+ 2+2 + others in the distance) > > 250 Common Dolphins (200 + 50) > > 2 Dall?s Porpoise > > 4 Bottlenose Dolphins > > 3 Blue Sharks > > Today was another perfect day on the water. Fellow naturalist Scott > Cuzzo and I talked with people from France, Holland, N. CA, LA > area, CO, NE, and AZ. Capt Mat, Dave and Dennis lead us on today?s > adventure with guests Bernardo and Diane Alps of LA ACS. This was a > better than usual crowd with everyone exciting all day to see what > was in the channel. The awesome weather on shore stayed with us the > entire day and no one was sick so that makes it good already. > > We saw our first cetacean 10 minutes out of the harbor with about > 200 Common Dolphins scattered everywhere eating, jumping, > porpoising and enjoying their morning feeding session. We stayed > with them a while since they were so active and then continued > toward the islands seeing 2 Dall?s porpoise for a quick glance. > These were not the ones that wanted to be seen or photographed. > Most people missed them and I only saw one quick black blip and > that was it. On we go toward the SCI-SRI gap where we saw our 1st > solo Gray this side of the island. This whale didn?t want to show > us any action so with several spouts toward the gap we continued on > and came upon a pair that we watched for a bit and then as we got > closer to SCI we saw a couple good sized groups. Once we were on > scene, we had 6 whales to our immediate left, 4 whales to our > immediate right and stayed with these groups for a while with lots > of fluking. The group of 6 was very close to each other the whole > time. We often saw 3-4 blows at the same time as 2-3 dives. We > would see many combos of flukes and spouts in a very small area. > These whales were swimming along the island toward Painted Cave so > we followed them along the island. While watching this group we > could see many spouts behind us in the 1-2 mile range headed our > way and/or toward the gap. > > Although the sea was calm all day there was quite a surge > immediately against the island so we barely made it into the shade > of the cave and were not able to get a close look at it today. All > day there were large numbers of sea birds from the gazillion > pelicans that have been hanging out at the harbor to lots of > auklets skimming along the surface. A woman from NE was an avid > birder and she thoroughly enjoyed the day watching all the wildlife > and loved the Peterson Flash Guide for birds of the West Coast from > the whale kit. I also gave her a couple other good locations for > tomorrow to see birds both on shore and at Lake Cachuma. We > continued home toward UCSB and saw a Blue Shark that quickly > disappeared but then 5 minutes late we saw 2 more, 1 of which > allowed us to observe its behavior for several minutes as it was > slowly cruising at the surface. We followed the coastline from just > east of Goleta Beach back to the to the harbor. Following the coast > we saw 2 pairs of Bottlenose Dolphins in their coastal positions. > > Everyone on board was extremely happy with the day and several > people commented that they were amazed at how much wildlife there > was to see out here as well as the beauty of the islands. 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URL: From reholm at roadrunner.com Mon Jan 19 11:01:22 2009 From: reholm at roadrunner.com (robert e holm) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:01:22 -0800 Subject: [CINC] NEED SUBSTITUE FOR RANGER 85 FOR TOMORROW 1/20/09 @ 11AM Message-ID: <0EA2A2E4EA8F4B8EAC628130B7C88FF5@D3GJJ821> Hi Folks, I can't believe this but I'm heading into week 3 of a sore throat and cough and can not risk doing the Ranger 85 whale watching trip. The day sneaked up on me so here I am with another last minute appeal for a replacement. Trip goes to the first to respond. TRIP: RANGER 85 11:00 TUESDAY, 11/20/09 Please respond to my private email: reholm at scualum.com Thanks, Bob 805-815-3216 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dbellman at dock.net Mon Jan 19 12:02:47 2009 From: dbellman at dock.net (Dick Bellman) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:02:47 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Sunday 1/18 - Ranger 85 Message-ID: Morning trip was cancelled due to scarcity of passengers. Afternoon trip: 7 Gray Whales (3 of which were juveniles) 2 pods Common Dolphins (1st encounter 300; 2nd encounter 50) It was a small group of 21 passengers that went out with skipper Frank who was assisted by crew members Alex and Rick. Naturalists aboard were Dick Bellman and Natalie Swan. By the time we approached Anacapa the wind had abated and on the back side there was virtually no wind, absolutely flat seas and visibility of 20+ miles. We could see both Santa Rosa and Santa Barbara Islands with the virtually unlimited visibility. Yes, it was another ?chamber of commerce? day out on the water. The Grays were in two groups seemingly traveling together but separated by about ? mile. We stayed with the 4 adults and were treated to incredible sights with frequent close up views of flukes. As the day got late and we turned these whales over to the Vanguard which came upon the scene additional spouts were visible in the distance. Since it was now getting late we began the trip back to Channel Islands Harbor and I went to complete the sightings logs. Crewmember Alex, who had been the ?eye in the sky? topside came to me and indicated that the two spouts in the distance were fin whales. Possibly someone aboard the Vanguard can corroborate the sightings of these Fins. Needless to say the passengers were thrilled with their experience, especially the family that was flying back to Chicago the next day. Brrrrrrr. Dick Bellman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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They were very wise and just stayed still and didn't try to follow the whale. Then another whale comes from my right to left... or it might have even been two. But it was further out and it did a full breach. I have only seen one Gray whale from Carpinteria beach before this, and that was the more usual north bound. Shirley Johnson ************** Inauguration '09: Get complete coverage from the nation's capital.(http://www.aol.com?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000027) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From staci at savzsea.com Mon Jan 19 19:23:08 2009 From: staci at savzsea.com (staci at savzsea.com) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:23:08 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Grays at the beach! Message-ID: <20090119202308.1f69f13e02bba7ff49a08cffd4b84343.5db9c11416.wbe@email.secureserver.net> Sunday around 3PM I (and a beach full people) spotted a south bound gray whale, outside the Ventura harbor entrance just past the breakwater. Staci Kaye-Carr -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [CINC] Grays at the beach! From: ThusOne at aol.com Date: Mon, January 19, 2009 6:39 pm To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org This is a bit unusual for south bound... I saw two gray whales, one did a full breach and i wasn't even on a boat. Today at Carpinteria beach about 3:15 pm. (nice big surf) And I didn't bother bringing my binoculars on this particular day. The first whale was right at the end of the Venoco pier when I became aware of it. I thought it might be in trouble because it was so close to shore. There was a kayak right there only even further out than the whale was, with teenagers in it (I think). They were very wise and just stayed still and didn't try to follow the whale. Then another whale comes from my right to left... or it might have even been two. But it was further out and it did a full breach. I have only seen one Gray whale from Carpinteria beach before this, and that was the more usual north bound. Shirley Johnson ************** Inauguration '09: Get complete coverage from the nation's capital.(http://www.aol.com?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000027) _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps From pollyblackburn at charter.net Mon Jan 19 19:31:42 2009 From: pollyblackburn at charter.net (Polly Blackburn) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:31:42 -0800 Subject: [CINC] 1/28 CX Trip Taken Message-ID: Cubby Winkel will take Ginny Fisher's slot on the CX Wednesday Jan 28 10-2:30. Thanks Cubby! From CalMeuser at aol.com Mon Jan 19 19:47:34 2009 From: CalMeuser at aol.com (CalMeuser at aol.com) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:47:34 EST Subject: [CINC] Ranger 85 1/19 Message-ID: Flat seas, 20 passengers, 1500 common dolphin and one lone gray whale. Peg & Cal Meuser. **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov Tue Jan 20 16:33:24 2009 From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:33:24 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Sanctuary News Clips Message-ID: <9aaf067d6a69ede7.4975fcd4@noaa.gov> Hello CINC Volunteers! The following sanctuary news clips were compiled for our Sanctuary Advisory Council and I thought you might be interested in seeing coverage about our management plan and some other issues related to the sanctuary. I am looking forward to seeing you at our meeting next week on Tuesday, 1/27. Cheers, Shauna Bingham Stories Included: 1. New management plan released for Channel Islands Sanctuary 2. Sanctuary plan finally released 3. Planning the marine sanctuary's future 4. New rules made for Channel boaters 5. Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Regulations 6. Senate Passes Lautenberg Measure on Ocean Acidification 7. NOAA Grants Endangered Species Status to Black Abalone 8. Company wants to use ocean waves to produce electricity --------------------------- 1. New management plan released for Channel Islands Sanctuary Santa Maria Times CENTRAL COAST NEWS http://www.santamariatimes.com/articles/2009/01/18/news/centralcoast/news11.txt January 18, 2009 By Times Staff An updated management plan for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary that has been a decade in the making was released Friday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The sanctuary, known for its rich diversity of marine life, extends six miles offshore from each of five islands in the Santa Barbara Channel, encompassing about 1,470 square miles. The new plan, which is several hundreds pages long, changes some regulations to clarify and strengthen protections for the sanctuary?s marine habitats, water quality, sensitive species and subsea cultural and historic resources. ?We developed the new management plan with extensive community involvement, and we are proud that it charts a forward-looking course to protect the sanctuary?s rich marine ecosystems while allowing compatible, sustainable human uses,? said sanctuary superintendent Chris Mobley. One of the local organizations that has worked closely with NOAA since it began updating the plan in the late 1990s is the Environmental Defense Center in Santa Barbara. ?Overall, we?re basically really pleased that NOAA finally released its long overdue update to the management plan,? said Shiva Polefka, marine conservation analyst for EDC. ?The new plan incorporates a vastly improved body of scientific knowledge? about the marine sanctuary, he added. ?It represents quite a bit of promise for significantly improved management of the sanctuary.? According to NOAA, the new plan includes changes aimed at: protecting natural ecosystems from non-native species; protecting the area?s water quality by prohibiting harmful vessel discharges; prohibiting discharges from outside the sanctuary that enter and damage its resources; improving habitat protection by limiting or prohibiting activities that affect the sea floor. The plan is available online at www.channelislands.noaa.gov or by calling the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary at (805) 884-1464. ------------ 2. Sanctuary plan finally released By record Staff http://www.lompocrecord.com/articles/2009/01/18/news/centralcoast/news06.txt An updated management plan for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary that has been a decade in the making was released Friday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The sanctuary, known for its rich diversity of marine life, extends 6 miles offshore from each of five islands in the Santa Barbara Channel, encompassing about 1,470 square miles. The new plan, which is several hundreds pages long, changes some regulations to clarify and strengthen protections for the sanctuary?s marine habitats, water quality, sensitive species and subsea cultural and historic resources. ?We developed the new management plan with extensive community involvement, and we are proud that it charts a forward-looking course to protect the sanctuary?s rich marine ecosystems while allowing compatible, sustainable human uses,? said sanctuary superintendent Chris Mobley. One of the local organizations that has worked closely with NOAA since it began updating the plan in the late 1990s is the Environmental Defense Center in Santa Barbara. ?Overall, we?re basically really pleased that NOAA finally released its long overdue update to the management plan,? said Shiva Polefka, marine conservation analyst for EDC. ?The new plan incorporates a vastly improved body of scientific knowledge? about the marine sanctuary, he added. ?It represents quite a bit of promise for significantly improved management of the sanctuary.? According to NOAA, the new plan includes changes aimed at: protecting natural ecosystems from non-native species; protecting the area?s water quality by prohibiting harmful vessel discharges; prohibiting discharges from outside the sanctuary that enter and damage its resources; improving habitat protection by limiting or prohibiting activities that affect the sea floor. The plan is available online at www.channelislands.noaa.gov or by calling the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary at 884-1464. ------------- 3. Planning the marine sanctuary's future SCOTT STEEPLETON, NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR January 17, 2009 12:00 AM http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=LOCAL&ID=565510317375881274 A final management plan for Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary was released Friday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Designated in 1980 to protect marine resources around the islands off the coasts of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, the 1,470-square-mile sanctuary is managed by the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. The plan released Friday is the first major update of the original master plan from 1983. Officials call it a five- to 10-year road map for management intended to help achieve the goals of the sanctuary "using the best means available." Goals of the plan include additional multicultural education regarding the sanctuary, which encompasses Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel and Santa Barbara islands. In 2008 a program called Multicultural Education for Resource Issues Threatening Oceans earned a Department of Commerce silver medal for its bilingual outreach program for Latinos through programs such as Multicultural Education for Resource Issues Threatening Oceans. In 2008, MERITO earned a Department of Commerce silver medal for its bilingual outreach program for Latinos. Also included in the plan is the completion of a new sanctuary office building and education center at UCSB, "the monitoring and inventorying maritime heritage resource sites and 'greening' sanctuary operations," according to a statement. "We developed the new management plan with extensive community involvement," sanctuary superintendent Chris Mobley. "We are proud that it charts a forward-looking course to protect the sanctuary's rich marine ecosystems while allowing compatible, sustainable human uses." Some aspects of the plan don't involve regulating human activity, while others are aimed at clarifying and strengthening protections for marine habitats, sensitive species, water quality and submerged cultural and historical resources, officials said. Some of these changes include: ? protecting natural ecosystems from the introduction of non-native species ? protecting the area's water quality by prohibiting harmful vessel discharges ? prohibiting discharges beyond the boundary of the sanctuary that enter and damage the sanctuary's resources ? improving habitat protection by limiting or prohibiting activities that affect the sea floor. Drafted after years of study and public input, the plan also calls for aerial monitoring of sanctuary resources and "studying the social and biological effects of marine reserves." Copies of the plan are available at www.channelislands.noaa.gov or by calling 884-1464. e-mail: ssteepleton at newspress.com ------------------ 4. New rules made for Channel boaters First plan since '83 tackles issues By Zeke Barlow (Contact) Saturday, January 17, 2009 http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jan/17/new-rules-made-for-channel-boaters/ (also audio podcast online) Much has changed in the natural world since the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary last drafted a management plan in 1983. Invasive species that can alter the environment are more of an issue. Whales dying from ship strikes in the Santa Barbara Channel have became a huge concern. And then there are global warming, aquaculture, sewage discharge and myriad other challenges that have come up in the 26 years since the last plan was drafted. A new plan, released Friday, addresses those issues and others that may pop up in the oversight of the 1,470 square miles of protected area that circle the Channel Islands. ?It?s a blueprint for how we manage the sanctuary for the foreseeable future,? said Sanctuary Manager Chis Mobley. ?Since it hadn?t been done since 1983, a lot of effort went into engaging the public about what we want to do in the future.? Though much of the document offers loose guidelines on future management ? such as expanding education, restoring ecosystems and promoting more science ? there are some concrete changes that affect boaters motoring or sailing through the channel. A new regulation clarifies that any discharge of untreated sewage in the sanctuary is prohibited. Mobley said a number of boats that can carry up to 30 people only have sewage storage, not treatment capabilities, onboard. Untreated sewage can cause marine mammals to become ill and lead to algal blooms in the ocean, which can decrease oxygen levels in the sea. Another new regulation doesn?t allow large ships to dump gray water stored in the ballast into the sanctuary for fear it could contain exotic species such as zebra mussels. One thing not addressed in the report is if the sanctuary could expand its boundaries in the future. But Mobley said given current financial issues, it?s a challenge to manage the existing sanctuary. ?Given that reality, we are not in a big hurry to change our boundaries,? he said. The document also details plans for a new headquarters, which will be built in about a year on the UC Santa Barbara campus. The university also is constructing a new building, the Outreach Center for Teaching Ocean Science, which will be next to the sanctuary?s new headquarters. On the Net http://channelislands.noaa.gov ------------------ 5. Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Regulations Rotor News Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 http://www.rotor.com/Default.aspx?tabid=510&newsid905=60477 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published a rule to finalize the regulations for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (Sanctuary). The regulations were revised to implement prohibitions on: Exploring for, developing, or producing minerals within the Sanctuary; abandoning matter on or in Sanctuary submerged lands; marking, defacing, damaging, moving, removing, or tampering with Sanctuary signs, monuments, boundary markers, or similar items; operating motorized personal watercraft within waters of the Sanctuary that are coextensive with the Channel Islands National Park, among other revisions. The revised terms take effect and become final after a review period of forty-five days of continuous session of Congress beginning on January 16, 2009. --------------- 6. Senate Passes Lautenberg Measure on Ocean Acidification Bi-Partisan Bill Would Focus Research on Acidification Threatening Oceans, Marine Life http://www.politickernj.com/paganm/26644/senate-passes-lautenberg-measure-ocean-acidification By Michael Pagan WASHINGTON, D.C. - Legislation authored by Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) to focus research on rising ocean acidity passed the Senate yesterday. Ocean acidification harms marine life and poses serious risks to the fishing industry. "Ocean acidification is a serious threat to our environment and to our marine life," said Sen. Lautenberg. "Changes in ocean chemistry, caused by greenhouse gases, will affect our food supply and the health of our oceans. But research on ocean acidification is still in its infancy. My legislation would provide the needed research to analyze and address the environmental and economic impacts of ocean acidification." Increased carbon dioxide emissions are causing oceans to become more acidic. Ocean acidity has increased 30 percent in the last 100 years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA also projects that, by the end of this century, current levels of carbon dioxide emissions would result in the lowest levels of ocean pH in 20 million years. Oceans require a balanced pH to maintain water quality favorable to marine life. If oceans become too acidic, the shells of scallops, clams, crabs, plankton, corals and other marine life begin to dissolve. In New Jersey, sea scallops and clams are some of the state's most valuable fisheries, valued at $121 million, according to NOAA. Sen. Lautenberg's bill, the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2007 (FOARAM), would require a committee of federal agencies led by NOAA to coordinate research and monitoring of acidification of our oceans, develop a national plan to assess the environmental and economic impacts, and recommend solutions. The measure would also establish an ocean acidification program in NOAA - the federal agency with primary responsibility for preserving the health of our oceans and marine life. The legislation just approved by the Senate is based on a bill from last Congress sponsored by Sen. Lautenberg and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and is co-sponsored by Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), John Kerry (D-MA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA). The bill has received support from environmental and conservation groups including the Marine Conservation Biology Institute, Greenpeace, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Marine Fish Conservation Network, the Climate Institute, Environmental Defense, Gulf Restoration Network, Ocean Conservancy, Coastal States Organization, Oceana, Surfrider Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, and World Wildlife Fund. The bill is also supported by the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE) representing 95 academic institutions and universities; the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) - the world's largest professional organization devoted to the study of aquatic science; and the National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML) representing about 120 coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes laboratories. In 2007, Sen. Lautenberg authored a provision in the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill to direct funds to the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the acidification of the oceans and how this process affects the United States. Sen. Lautenberg has also authored provisions to research and protect deep sea corals, another habitat threatened by ocean acidification. Those provisions became law in January 2007 as part of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006. The measure now heads to the House of Representatives for consideration. ### MICHAEL PAGAN can be reached via email at Michael_Pagan at Lautenberg.Senate.Gov. ----------------- 7. NOAA Grants Endangered Species Status to Black Abalone Agency also Seeks Public Input Relevant in Designating Critical Habitat January 14, 2009 [press release] NOAA?s Fisheries Service today determined black abalone, an edible marine mollusk, should be listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The ruling takes effect on Feb. 13, and comes one year after the fisheries service proposed to list the species. Black abalone High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Once harvested for food, black abalone were plentiful in intertidal waters along the Pacific coast. The species was harvested early in California?s history by native Americans and peaked as a commercial fishery in the state in the 1970s. The state of California closed commercial and recreational harvesting of black abalone in 1993. Since the 1980s, black abalone abundance has plummeted primarily from a bacterial disease known as withering syndrome. The spread of the disease may have been exacerbated by warmer coastal waters caused by factors such as long- and short-term changes in climate or from the warm water effluent of power plants. Other factors that may have led to the rapid population decline are historical overfishing, and poaching. Coupled with the listing decision, NOAA?s Fisheries Service is also soliciting comments and information relevant to the designation of critical habitat for black abalone. Public comments on black abalone critical habitat may be submitted by: Webform at the Federal Rulemaking Portal Fax: 562-980-4027, Attn: Melissa Neuman Mail: Chief Protected Resources Division, NOAA?s Fisheries Service Southwest Region, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 View the final rule (Click on "View regular filing documents" and scroll down to NOAA). Reference materials regarding this determination. NOAA understands and predicts changes in the Earth's environment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and conserves and manages our coastal and marine resources. -------------- 8. Company wants to use ocean waves to produce electricity By Scott Hadly Sunday, January 4, 2009 A Washington state company has asked federal regulators for a permit to study the potential of producing electricity from ocean waves five to 10 miles off the Ventura coast. Greys Harbor Ocean Energy applied for a permit in October from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a first step in what would be a multi-year process. Although the permit simply gives the company the right to study the area, if it is approved the company would also get priority for use of the wave and wind "field" in that location, according to officials with the federal agency. Modeled after a wave energy facility being built off the United Kingdom coast, the Ventura Ocean Energy Project, as it is called, would also include a wind power component, according to the company's president, Burton Hamner. Hamner said the site could produce up to 1,000 megawatts of power, although the permit indicates the Ventura project would produce about 100 megawatts during peak winter storm periods and average about 40. What is being considered by the company is an offshore platform fixed to the ocean floor that holds an "oscillating water column." The up and down action of the waves pushes air back and forth and drives a turbine that generates electricity. Wind turbines would augment power production. The electricity produced would be conveyed via cables on the sea floor that would come ashore near Ventura, Hamner said. There are areas off the Channel Islands as well as just north of Point Conception that produce much larger waves and more wind, according to the Community Environmental Council in Santa Barbara. But the area identified by Hamner off Ventura is ideal because of the depth and its proximity to a city power grid. The cost of building such facilities isn't cheap but is competitive with construction costs of nuclear power plants or clean coal power plants, Hamner said. "Using the numbers from construction in the U.K. as a rule of thumb, their costs are about $5 million per megawatt installed," he said. "That's everything, soup to nuts." Using his formula, the Ventura project would cost about $500 million. In October, the company asked for permits in six other locations on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, he said. Those sites include an area off and just north of San Francisco as well as sites off Hawaii, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey. According to Hamner, if all seven sites were developed, they could produce up to 7,700 megawatts of power, enough for 2 million homes. Building the facilities would cost from $20 billion to $30 billion, the company estimates. The company, formed last year, is not currently producing any power but is building a demonstration project off of Tacoma. A public comment period on the project goes until the end of January, according to Celeste Miller of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Those comments can be made online or through the mail. To view the proposal, go to: http://graysharboroceanenergy.com/Project%20Site%20Files/GHOEC%20Project%20Site%20Ventura.htm. To view the notice and comment go to http://ferc.gov/industries/hydropower/indus-act/hydrokinetics/permits-pending.asp. To comment by mail, send letters to Kimberly D. 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Shirley > In a message dated 1/19/2009 7:59:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, > grays-n-blues at cox.net writes: > > > >> >> You may remember that in February 2006 a young southbounder breached >> outside Santa Barbara Harbor and landed on a boat! >> >> The gray whales migrating south now through the nearshore of the Santa >> Barbara Channel are mostly juveniles <1 to 4 years old. Yes, 3 and 4 year olds >> can be pretty big animals. These whales are following the route in reverse >> that momma taught 'em. Until they hook up with a mature whale that shows them >> it is faster and easier to ride the California Current toward the islands, >> these whales, juvenile and mostly solitary, will follow the coast through the >> Channel. >> >> >> It's a wonderful sight. >> >> >> My best, >> Michael >> >> >> michael h smith, >> project coordinator >> >> >> gray whales count >> 211 w gutierrez st >> studio 8 >> santa barbara, ca 93101 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > ************** Inauguration '09: Get complete coverage from the nation's capital.(http://www.aol.com?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000027) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From klez18 at sbcglobal.net Tue Jan 20 20:12:08 2009 From: klez18 at sbcglobal.net (Marty Flam) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:12:08 -0800 (PST) Subject: [CINC] IPCO - ESCI 1/20/09 Message-ID: <206426.20591.qm@web83202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Tues. 1/20/09 ?IPCO Islander 9-4:45 Vta ? Scorpion Ranch Crew: Dave, Anthony, Andrea, Danielle, calm sea, warm air Outbound: ?1 southbound Gray mid-channel about half-way out to Scorpion, dozens of Commons in a couple of pods. Mid-day Potato Harbor, Cavern Point, Ranch loop trail:?walked along?a Gray pair for 20 minutes about 400 yards off shore.? Inbound: ?3 pods totaling over a thousand Commons.? EXTRAS:? Scorpion NPS Visitor Center/Museum exhibit installation continuing. MMCC (Marine Mammal Care Center San Pedro) took?four fully rehabilitated Northern fur seal pups for release off SCI courtesy of IPCO. www.marinemammalcare.org.? Marty Flam, CINC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From langle411 at gmail.com Tue Jan 20 21:08:11 2009 From: langle411 at gmail.com (Lisa Angle) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:08:11 -0800 Subject: [CINC] grays at the beach - another question References: Message-ID: <008901c97b86$43814830$6400a8c0@Janeway> What I want to know is about the gray whales we occasionally see this time of year heading north. Marilyn Dannehower saw one earlier this month and I saw one a couple years ago. Are they really going back to Alaska? Or could it be that these juveniles, not yet interested in the mating deal, are sort of sight seeing along the coast and going up and down waiting for the water in Alaska to warm up so they can go back and gorge? ----- Original Message ----- From: ThusOne at aol.com To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 6:48 PM Subject: [CINC] grays at the beach The below is offered by Michael. Very interesting! The whales i saw did seem on the small side. I think this explanation makes a lot of sense. Shirley In a message dated 1/19/2009 7:59:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, grays-n-blues at cox.net writes: You may remember that in February 2006 a young southbounder breached outside Santa Barbara Harbor and landed on a boat! The gray whales migrating south now through the nearshore of the Santa Barbara Channel are mostly juveniles <1 to 4 years old. Yes, 3 and 4 year olds can be pretty big animals. These whales are following the route in reverse that momma taught 'em. Until they hook up with a mature whale that shows them it is faster and easier to ride the California Current toward the islands, these whales, juvenile and mostly solitary, will follow the coast through the Channel. It's a wonderful sight. My best, Michael michael h smith, project coordinator gray whales count 211 w gutierrez st studio 8 santa barbara, ca 93101 ************** Inauguration '09: Get complete coverage from the nation's capital.(http://www.aol.com?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000027) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From oaars at sbcglobal.net Thu Jan 22 07:57:52 2009 From: oaars at sbcglobal.net (Warren Glaser) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:57:52 -0800 (PST) Subject: [CINC] opening on the vanugard, channel islands harbor, friday afternoon... Message-ID: <694890.86788.qm@web83102.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Fellow Naturalists... On Friday, the 23rd. 1:30-5:00pm, I am schceduled for the Vanguard, out of Channel Islands Harbor. As it presently stands I will be out of town, due to a death in the family thru at least Saturday evening. Both spots are now open for this trip. If no one steps forward we will have a boat with no one aboard. I will be checking in with my e-mail up thru about 1:00pm to se if anyone is able to take this spot, and then will not get another chance until later tis evening when i arrive in Oceanside. Thank for the help. Warren Glaser "if you have achieved any level of success, then pour it into someone else. Success is not success without a successor." T.D. Jakes Are you disabled or do you have a friend or loved one who is? Would you be interested in support from or sharing with those who are? Go to www.buildingbridgesfc.org and if you care to join us or find out more about us, contact me, Warren Glaser, at 642-2912 or oaars at sbcglobal.net. From oaars at sbcglobal.net Thu Jan 22 08:31:00 2009 From: oaars at sbcglobal.net (Warren Glaser) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:31:00 -0800 (PST) Subject: [CINC] Vanguard ww on the 23rd. Message-ID: <947080.82714.qm@web83103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Fellow naturalists ... My spot on the 23rd is taken, Diane Renell scoped it up quickly. If you are still interested, i think the second spot is still open, check with Clare on that one. Warren "if you have achieved any level of success, then pour it into someone else. Success is not success without a successor." T.D. Jakes Are you disabled or do you have a friend or loved one who is? Would you be interested in support from or sharing with those who are? Go to www.buildingbridgesfc.org and if you care to join us or find out more about us, contact me, Warren Glaser, at 642-2912 or oaars at sbcglobal.net. From thflor at sbcglobal.net Thu Jan 22 09:02:08 2009 From: thflor at sbcglobal.net (Tom Flor) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:02:08 -0800 Subject: [CINC] opening on the vanugard, channel islands harbor, friday afternoon... References: <694890.86788.qm@web83102.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Warren, I'm available to take this trip for you, unless someone else is in need of the hours. Sorry to hear of your loss. Regards, Tom. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Glaser" To: Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:57 AM Subject: [CINC] opening on the vanugard, channel islands harbor,friday afternoon... > Fellow Naturalists... > > On Friday, the 23rd. 1:30-5:00pm, I am schceduled for the Vanguard, out of > Channel Islands Harbor. > > As it presently stands I will be out of town, due to a death in the family > thru at least Saturday evening. Both spots are now open for this trip. > If no one steps forward we will have a boat with no one aboard. > > I will be checking in with my e-mail up thru about 1:00pm to se if > anyone is able to take this spot, and then will not get another chance > until later tis evening when i arrive in Oceanside. > > Thank for the help. > > Warren Glaser > > > > "if you have achieved any level of success, then pour it into someone > else. Success is not success without a successor." T.D. Jakes > > > > Are you disabled or do you have a friend or loved one who is? Would you > be interested in support from or sharing with those who are? Go to > www.buildingbridgesfc.org and if you care to join us or find out more > about us, contact me, Warren Glaser, at 642-2912 or oaars at sbcglobal.net. > > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps From harthome at roadrunner.com Thu Jan 22 11:42:49 2009 From: harthome at roadrunner.com (Pat Hart) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:42:49 -0800 Subject: [CINC] trip cancelled Message-ID: <3AC320EA6C6541F1BE0167B4F2EF530F@charlesthegreat> ranger 85 trip for thursday january 22nd cancelled pat hart -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Thu Jan 22 12:04:49 2009 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare.Fritzsche) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:04:49 -0800 Subject: [CINC] [Fwd: Fw: opening on the vanugard, channel islands harbor, friday afternoon...] Message-ID: <4978D161.1070802@noaa.gov> Thanks, Warren, for looking for a sub, and it looks like Diane was the first to respond. I'm stepping in since you are away and am assigning it to Diane, so that folks can plan for tomorrow. Thanks to anyone else who responded--we appreciate the offer. Take good care, Warren! -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fw: [CINC] opening on the vanugard, channel islands harbor, friday afternoon... Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:14:08 -0800 (PST) From: Diane Rennell To: Clare Fritzsche Clare, this was bounced back from warren just a minute ago. best, Diane ----- Forwarded Message ---- *From:* Diane Rennell *To:* Warren Glaser *Sent:* Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:13:21 AM *Subject:* Re: [CINC] opening on the vanugard, channel islands harbor, friday afternoon... Hi, Warren, I can do the trip for you, 1:20-5 pm IPCO Vanguard. Is it a whale watch? i can do either ww or hike. My condolences on your loss in the family, best to you, Diane Rennell ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Warren Glaser *To:* channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org *Sent:* Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:57:52 AM *Subject:* [CINC] opening on the vanugard, channel islands harbor, friday afternoon... Fellow Naturalists... On Friday, the 23rd. 1:30-5:00pm, I am schceduled for the Vanguard, out of Channel Islands Harbor. As it presently stands I will be out of town, due to a death in the family thru at least Saturday evening. Both spots are now open for this trip. If no one steps forward we will have a boat with no one aboard. I will be checking in with my e-mail up thru about 1:00pm to se if anyone is able to take this spot, and then will not get another chance until later tis evening when i arrive in Oceanside. Thank for the help. Warren Glaser "if you have achieved any level of success, then pour it into someone else. Success is not success without a successor." T.D. Jakes Are you disabled or do you have a friend or loved one who is? Would you be interested in support from or sharing with those who are? Go to www.buildingbridgesfc.org and if you care to join us or find out more about us, contact me, Warren Glaser, at 642-2912 or oaars at sbcglobal.net . _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule week of January 19: MON: holiday TUE: 8am-2pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 WED: out of office THU: 9:30am-2:30pm, Oxnard (805) 382-6151 x105 FRI: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 Cellular: (805) 729-0127 Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From scott at scottcuzzo.com Thu Jan 22 15:13:24 2009 From: scott at scottcuzzo.com (Scott Cuzzo) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:13:24 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Whales at the beach... Message-ID: <0A0B374F-EABD-4F14-B442-BB4F1765218B@scottcuzzo.com> On Tuesday I was coming back from LAX via the PCH. (Is there any other way to travel to and from the airport...no.) And I saw a number of spouts by a kelp bed. I waited to see it they traveled north or south and they did neither! I only watched about three cycles of 3-4 minutes each, and they (at least two whales) kept coming up at the corner of the kelp bed. This was at the northern end of Malibu when the oceanside houses just begin. Scott Cuzzo From anthonynsocal at yahoo.com Thu Jan 22 16:43:30 2009 From: anthonynsocal at yahoo.com (Anthony Lombardi) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:43:30 -0800 (PST) Subject: [CINC] whales close to beach Message-ID: <776598.88556.qm@web30302.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hello, We have been seeing several sightings on our whale watch and island trips, of whales being very close to shore and they are southbounders. Just last week there was a very shy gray and judging by size was a juvenile that stayed very close to the shallower topography of the bottom and continued to the east right in front of Channel Islands Harbor. The other two we had seen were large adults that were doing the same on a previous trip. We have also had another sighting of a close to being a newborn calf off of Chinese harbor last week, it was quite small like the one last year and very dark. Of course we are still seeing the high numbers out by the islands but have seen one or two northbounders, unless they changed their minds after we left. Just an update. Capt. Anthony Lombardi Island Packers From susiewilliams at sbcglobal.net Thu Jan 22 18:43:44 2009 From: susiewilliams at sbcglobal.net (susiewilliams at sbcglobal.net) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:43:44 -0800 (PST) Subject: [CINC] Need sub for C. I. Sportfishing/Ranger 85, Sunday, 1/25 Message-ID: <734420.34005.qm@web81102.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I need a sub for the Ranger 85 Sunday coming from 9-12 and 1-4. Susie Williams From islandkayaker at earthlink.net Fri Jan 23 08:30:05 2009 From: islandkayaker at earthlink.net (islandkayaker at earthlink.net) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:30:05 -0500 (EST) Subject: [CINC] Whales at the beach... Message-ID: <4815695.1232728206347.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rustique.atl.sa.earthlink.net> They were probably free diving the reef for lobsters... -----Original Message----- >From: Scott Cuzzo >Sent: Jan 22, 2009 6:13 PM >To: RAIN >Subject: [CINC] Whales at the beach... > >On Tuesday I was coming back from LAX via the PCH. (Is there any >other way to travel to and from the airport...no.) And I saw a >number of spouts by a kelp bed. I waited to see it they traveled >north or south and they did neither! I only watched about three >cycles of 3-4 minutes each, and they (at least two whales) kept >coming up at the corner of the kelp bed. This was at the northern >end of Malibu when the oceanside houses just begin. > >Scott Cuzzo > >_______________________________________________ >Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list >Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org >http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Fri Jan 23 15:49:36 2009 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:49:36 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Record your land-based sightings on online database Message-ID: <497A5790.4070205@noaa.gov> Greetings, Naturalists! Thanks for all the news about near-shore gray whale sightings. Staci Kaye-Carr brought up a good point to me today, encouraging everyone to record that information into the CINMS Marine Mammal Sightings Database, which you can access at: http://www.cisanctuary.org/mammals/ Especially those of you who also volunteer at the Carpinteria Seal Watch, it's a great opportunity to add to the data. Sounds like there have been quite a few whales to see lately. Have a lovely weekend! 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The bad news, there not looking good enough for me to lead the hike on Santa Cruz Island this Tuesday. I'd appreciate a substitute hike leader to take my place. The trip is from Ventura Harbor starting at 9am and going to 4pm. Please respond to my private email: reholm at scualum.com Thanks, Bob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From camccleskey at yahoo.com Sun Jan 25 13:58:20 2009 From: camccleskey at yahoo.com (Carolyn McCleskey) Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:58:20 -0800 (PST) Subject: [CINC] Polo shirt available Message-ID: <24767.30201.qm@web33407.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Attention :? Women of the CINC Available :? One Medium size 100% cotton, Outer Banks, short-sleeve, navy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? polo shirt.? ?????????????????? I special-ordered it, having worn that size before in that brand, ?????????????????? but the new model runs small, so I'm trying to find a new home ?????????????????? (or body) for it.? ??????????????????? I paid $33 for it, but will? happily take $25? if someone wanting ??????????????????? an all-cotton shirt can use it.? ??????????????????? I will bring the shirt to the Tuesday meeting for interested small ??????????????????? types to try on for size.? ??????????????????? Carolyn McCleskey 967-1830. ??????????????????? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov Mon Jan 26 10:55:18 2009 From: Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov (Tina Johnson) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:55:18 -0800 Subject: [CINC] FROM SHORE TO SEA LECTURE SERIES FLYER Message-ID: <497E0716.4010104@noaa.gov> Dear Naturalists, The lecture schedule for the first six months of the *From Shore to Sea Lecture Series* is available on our Web site (text below), along with an updated sanctuary calendar for the first quarter. Please note that the June lecture on maritime heritage may be changed to the fall. Stay tuned for an update. See: http://channelislands.noaa.gov/focus/calendar.html Thank you for your attendance at these lectures! 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Mola Mola (one alive, one dead and one in the process of being eaten by a Seal Lion) * Birds included: Red-Necked Phalaropes, Pacific Loons, Pomarine Jaeger (Thanks Matt), Black-vented Shearwater, Surf Scoter and the always present Gull?s, Pelican?s and Cormorants For a synopsis of the trip see the Word Document Attachment! For a synopsis of the trip see the Attachments! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Volunteers can actively participate in Rescue, Rehabilitation, Education, Fundraising, Administration, Facility Maintenance and Restoration. If you?d like to get involved with CIMWI, please contact Ruth Dover at rdover at cimwi.org See you at the CINC meeting! Staci > > The mission of Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute (CIMWI) > is to rescue and rehabilitate marine wildlife and actively engage in > education, research and cooperative efforts. > > To realize this purpose, Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute > will: > ? Provide immediate response to displaced, injured, ill, > orphaned and oiled animals by trained and experienced caregivers > ? Treat, rehabilitate and provide ongoing care with the > goal of releasing the animals to their natural, wild environment > ? Educate the public on the plight of marine wildlife and > the impact that people have on the environment, thereby promoting > ways in which individuals can help bring about positive change > ? Conduct research on environmental and other causes of > illness and injury to marine wildlife > ? Wok with other agencies, organizations and researchers > similarly engaged > > CIMWI is a part of the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response > Program under the direction of the National Marine Fisheries > Service. CIMWI is authorized to respond to and rehabilitate > stranded pinnipeds (seals and sea lions) and cetaceans (dolphins, > porpoises and whales) in Ventura County. CIMWI is a California > nonprofit public benefit corporation, 501(c)(3). > > CIMWI?s facility is located in Santa Barbara County at the historic > Vista Del Mar School campus on Highway 101 just south of the Gaviota > Pass. Vista Del Mar School previously operated on this parcel with > a main school building, classrooms, outer buildings, garages, a > workshop and ball fields. This site has ample space for the > treatment, care, research, conservation, education and > administration of a marine mammal stranding and rehabilitation > center. Outdoor pools and enclosures will meet treatment and > rehabilitation holding needs while the indoor facilities will > accommodate a hospital, surgery/treatment room, pharmacy, > laboratory, fish preparation kitchen, administrative offices and > presentation/educational space. > > > CIMWI began rescuing and treating marine mammals in June of 2006. > Last year CIMWI rescued and treated 48 pinnipeds. CIMWI has already > rescued and treated six patients this year. The organization is > still a grass roots effort and needs dedicated volunteers and > donations to achieve its goal of becoming a first class marine > mammal stranding and rehabilitation center. > > To learn more about CIMWI, please visit www.cimwi.org > > If you?d like to get involved with CIMWI, please contact Ruth Dover > at rdover at cimwi.org CIMWI volunteers are necessary to maintain all > aspects of the organization. Volunteers can actively participate in > Rescue, Rehabilitation, Education, Fundraising, Administration, > Facility Maintenance and Restoration. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Staci Kaye-Carr [mailto:staci at savzsea.com] > Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 2:43 PM > To: Ruth Dover > Subject: Re: REVISED: NOW 5 Patients @ CIMWI - Need Help with Rehab > Shifts! > > Hi Ruth, > > Wow you have your hands filled. > As much as I would like to, my schedule right now prevents me from > coming up there to help, BUT I want to remind you that I do know > people who work with the Channel Island Naturalist Corps who live > near your facility, some even trained (like they have worked with > Peter H in SB) who I can forward your info to. Just let me know. > > Staci > > Begin forwarded message: >> From: "Ruth Dover" >> Date: January 25, 2009 3:59:01 PM PST >> To: "'Staci Kaye-Carr'" >> Subject: RE: REVISED: NOW 5 Patients @ CIMWI - Need Help with Rehab >> Shifts! >> >> Staci ? >> >> Thank you for you email. >> >> I appreciate your offer to spread the word about CIMWI to your >> friends with the Naturalist Corps. I have owed you a little blurb >> about CIMWI to include with your personal email to them for a long >> time! I came up with the following. It should give people an >> overview without having to go to the website. Let me know what you >> think. >> >> Thank you again for your offer to spread the word and help get more >> people involved! >> >> Ruth >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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" Santa Barbara Short Docs," showing at 6:30p.m. Thursday at the Victoria Theater and again at 10 a.m. Sunday at the SB Museum of Art, will include: SANTA CRUZ ISLAND: RESTORING THE BALANCE, a 20 minute film analyzing the impact that that ranching has on the ecosystem, produced by Michael Hanrahan . Another film THE FUTURE OF THE GAVIOTA COAST is a 19 minute film that focuses on preserving the last undeveloped coastline on the Southern California mainland. This stretch on coast was declared to have ideal National Park designation by a government study early in this decade, but mutual trust with the local ranchers was lacking. The feature will conclude with a 43-minute documentary about the loon, a rare visitor to our locale that seems to disappear every winter. See you there! _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail? goes where you go. 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" Santa Barbara Short Docs," showing at 6:30p.m. Thursday at the Victoria Theater and again at 10 a.m. Sunday at the SB Museum of Art, will include: SANTA CRUZ ISLAND: RESTORING THE BALANCE, a 20 minute film analyzing the impact that that ranching has on the ecosystem, produced by Michael Hanrahan . Another film THE FUTURE OF THE GAVIOTA COAST is a 19 minute film that focuses on preserving the last undeveloped coastline on the Southern California mainland. This stretch on coast was declared to have ideal National Park designation by a government study early in this decade, but mutual trust with the local ranchers was lacking. The feature will conclude with a 43-minute documentary about the loon, a rare visitor to our locale that seems to disappear every winter. See you there! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hotmail? goes where you go. On a PC, on the Web, on your phone. 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The dates and locations for the park film "Santa Cruz Island: Restoring Balance" to air at the 24th Santa Barbara International Film Festival are: January 29th, Thursday 6:30 p.m. at Victoria Hall February 1st, Sunday 10:00 a.m. at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art For tickets the festival website is www.sbfilmfestival.org Yvonne Menard Chief of Interpretation & Public Information Officer Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Drive Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 658-5725 Fax (805) 658-5799 From tara_brown_sb at yahoo.com Thu Jan 29 09:26:01 2009 From: tara_brown_sb at yahoo.com (TARA BROWN) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:26:01 -0800 (PST) Subject: [CINC] Replacement for Condor on Friday? In-Reply-To: <497A5790.4070205@noaa.gov> Message-ID: <357121.45843.qm@web38306.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I will not be able to go out on the Condor Express tomorrow, Friday January 30th.Would someone like to take my place??Tara Brown -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Clare -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule week of January 26: MON: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 TUE: 1:30-4:30pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 WED: 8:30am-4pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 THU: 9:30am-2:30pm, Oxnard (805) 382-6151 x105 FRI: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 Cellular: (805) 729-0127 Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Fri Jan 30 09:52:25 2009 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:52:25 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Available whale watching trips In-Reply-To: <49833966.3040702@noaa.gov> References: <49833966.3040702@noaa.gov> Message-ID: <49833E59.8090802@noaa.gov> Thanks, Ron Dreher, for covering Channel Islands Sportfishing this Sunday! Clare Fritzsche wrote: > Greetings, Naturalists! > > Thanks for all the sign-ups at our meeting this week--we're looking > good for February. And there still are a few trips coming up that > don't yet have a naturalist, so please let me know if you are > interested. You're welcome to call me on my cell phone (729-0127) this > weekend for this Sunday's trips, if you would like to go out. > > * Sunday, *FEB 1*, Channel Islands Sportfishing, *9am-12pm & 1-4pm* > * Wednesday, *FEB 4*, Channel Islands Sportfishing, *11am-2pm* > * Sunday, *FEB 8*, Island Packers (Oxnard), *9:30am-1pm & 1:30-5pm* > * Sunday, *FEB 8*, Channel Islands Sportfishing, *9am-12pm & 1-4pm* > > > Have a great weekend! 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URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Fri Jan 30 10:25:24 2009 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:25:24 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Available whale watching trips In-Reply-To: <49833966.3040702@noaa.gov> References: <49833966.3040702@noaa.gov> Message-ID: <49834614.6010107@noaa.gov> Sunday is now totally booked (Larry Harris will join Ron Dreher) and Wednesday now has Marilyn Dannehower on board. Thanks so much for the swift response! Clare Fritzsche wrote: > Greetings, Naturalists! > > Thanks for all the sign-ups at our meeting this week--we're looking > good for February. And there still are a few trips coming up that > don't yet have a naturalist, so please let me know if you are > interested. You're welcome to call me on my cell phone (729-0127) this > weekend for this Sunday's trips, if you would like to go out. > > * Sunday, *FEB 1*, Channel Islands Sportfishing, *9am-12pm & 1-4pm* > * Wednesday, *FEB 4*, Channel Islands Sportfishing, *11am-2pm* > * Sunday, *FEB 8*, Island Packers (Oxnard), *9:30am-1pm & 1:30-5pm* > * Sunday, *FEB 8*, Channel Islands Sportfishing, *9am-12pm & 1-4pm* > > > Have a great weekend! Clare > -- > Clare Fritzsche > Volunteer Administration > Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary > Channel Islands National Park > Schedule week of January 26: > MON: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 > TUE: 1:30-4:30pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 > WED: 8:30am-4pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 > THU: 9:30am-2:30pm, Oxnard (805) 382-6151 x105 > FRI: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 > Cellular: (805) 729-0127 > Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule week of January 26: MON: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 TUE: 1:30-4:30pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 WED: 8:30am-4pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 THU: 9:30am-2:30pm, Oxnard (805) 382-6151 x105 FRI: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 Cellular: (805) 729-0127 Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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