From ppetrich39 at hotmail.com Tue Sep 1 05:37:52 2009 From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com (Paul Jr. Petrich) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 05:37:52 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Replacement needed for Condor X tomorrow! Message-ID: All Volunteers. S.O.S. I pulled a calf muscle at the gym yesterday. It is worse this A.M., making walking difficult. Can anyone take my Condor X trip tomorrow, Sept 2nd, at 10 A.M.? Paul Petrich _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you?re up to on Facebook. http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_facebook:082009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com Tue Sep 1 06:30:52 2009 From: greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com (Keith Grey Hale) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 06:30:52 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Replacement needed for Condor X tomorrow! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I also could us a replacement I pulled a muscle in my back and have a bit of a head cold. Could any two of you wonderful naturalists out there help us out tomorrow, Sept 2nd, at 10 A.M.?Does this kind of thing happen often? Thanks Keith Hale From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 05:37:52 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Replacement needed for Condor X tomorrow! All Volunteers. S.O.S. I pulled a calf muscle at the gym yesterday. It is worse this A.M., making walking difficult. Can anyone take my Condor X trip tomorrow, Sept 2nd, at 10 A.M.? Paul Petrich Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you?re up to on Facebook. Find out more. _________________________________________________________________ Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. http://www.bing.com/cashback?form=MSHYCB&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MSHYCB_BackToSchool_Cashback_BTSCashback_1x1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at hotmail.com Tue Sep 1 18:32:38 2009 From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com (Paul Jr. Petrich) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 18:32:38 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor X tomorrow: Cubby Thanks! Message-ID: Cubby Winkle called me and will come to the rescue , taking my spot on the Condor tomorrow. One more volunteer is needed. Thanks again, Cubby! Paul _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_online:082009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jjwinkel at cox.net Wed Sep 2 19:01:50 2009 From: jjwinkel at cox.net (Cubby Winkel) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 19:01:50 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CX 9/2 Message-ID: <000001ca2c3a$80181e30$80485a90$@net> 1 Blue Whale 5 separate sightings of Long Beaked Common Dolphins totalinf thousands We started from Sunny Santa Barbara harbor headed for Santa Rosa Island. About half way out we encountered fog, but the good news is it cleared shortly. One of the Common sightings moved us East from Santa Rosa and that was a good thing as Amanda spotted the Blue. We spent a long time with the Blue and Capn' Dave called Capn' Anthony of the Islander so they joined us to enjoy the Blue. From there it was off to Painted Cave then downhill to home. Crew was Capn' Dave, Capn' Jacques and Amanda. Gary Delanoye PID and Cubby Winkel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lhittnp at sbcglobal.net Thu Sep 3 12:04:33 2009 From: lhittnp at sbcglobal.net (Linda Hitt) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 12:04:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] IPCO Sept 2 Message-ID: <504679.18168.qm@web83716.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> One Blue whale 5-6 pods of Common Dolphin ranging from 50 to 400 animals We started off in a really thick fog bank which seemed to get worse the further we went.? Capt Anthony's original plan was to head south & go along the back side?of?the islands hoping to get out of the fog & avoid the predicted bad ocean in the west end of the channel.? Arch Rock was barely visible even when we were right beside it!? But then the captain got word that there were some clear patches to the west so he stayed on the inside of the islands.? The fog was spotty but we were able to follow the Blue for awhile.? It was first sighted by the Condor off the west end of SCI.? We continued on to SRI & SMI which were sometimes visible but found no more whales.? 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He has been seeing animals seizing from Domoic Acid at SMI, noting that the occurrence of DA has been very sporadic this year, and this report does show the diatoms being abundant at SMI. please pass this on to anyone else that might be interested. ----- Forwarded by Dan Richards/CHIS/NPS on 08/31/2009 09:40 AM ----- "Langlois, Gregg (CDPH-DDWEM)" "Program REDTIDE" 08/28/2009 01:08 cc PM Subject Biotoxin Monitoring Update: August 28, 2009 The following is a brief update on phytoplankton observations and toxin monitoring for the past several weeks. Alexandrium has been observed in low to moderate numbers at a variety of locations recently, particularly at sites in Marin, Sonoma, and Mendocino counties. PSP toxins have been detected in shellfish from Santa Barbara to Del Norte counties, with high concentrations of these toxins detected in Marin and Sonoma counties. Pseudo-nitzschia, mostly the nontoxic species in the delicatissima complex, remains common to abundant at a number of locations. Domoic acid has not been detected in recent shellfish samples from these regions. The remainder of the phytoplankton assemblage is a captain?s platter of diatoms and dinos, varying in species composition and ratios with location. Red tides and impressive displays of bioluminescence have been reported from Monterey Bay northward to the Sonoma coast. The annual quarantine on sport-harvesting of mussels went into effect on May 1 and will continue through October 31. Our thanks to all of you that take the time to collect samples, provide field identifications, or simply to contact us with your visual observations. Every bit of information is useful to piece together a picture of what is happening along the coast. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (P-n = Pseudo-nitzschia and Al = Alexandrium) (Abundant = >=50%; Common = 10-49%; Present = 1-9%; Rare = <1%) (Embedded image moved to file: pic06688.gif) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TEXT ONLY: DEL NORTE Crescent City: Al rare, P-n abundant (mostly nontoxic); all diatoms (Chaetoceros, Thalassiosira common). HUMBOLDT Humboldt Bay N: P-n common; mostly diatoms (Chaetoceros common) and a few dinos. Humboldt Bay S: P-n common; mostly diatoms (Chaetoceros, Thalassiosira common). Shelter Cove: P-n rare.; mostly diatoms (Coscinodiscus, Chaetoceros common) and a couple zooplankton. MENDOCINO Van Damme: Alexandrium common; a few diatoms and dinos and much detritus. Pt. Arena: No toxic spp.; all diatoms (Coscinodiscus, Navicula, Licmophora) and detritus. SONOMA Fort Ross: Al present, P-n common (toxic, nontoxic); mostly diatoms (Chaetoceros common) and several dinos. ~ low concentration of PSP toxins in mussels farther north at Anchor Bay. ~ strong bioluminescence observed along the southern Sonoma coast (thanks Cathleen!). Bodega Harbor: Al rare, P-n common; diverse mix of diatoms (Chaetoceros, Eucampia, Guinardia common) and dinos (Protoperidinium common). ~ high concentration of PSP toxins in sentinel mussels (626 ug/100 g). MARIN Tomales Bay, mouth: Al rare, P-n common (toxic spp.); Cal reports mix of diatoms (Chaetoceros, Guinardia common) and dinos. " " White Gulch: Al rare, P-n present; mix of diatoms (Chaetoceros abundant) and dinos (Ceratium, Gonyaulax spinifera, Noctiluca). " " Tom's Pt.: Al rare, P-n present; mix of diatoms (Chaetoceros, Guinardia common) and dinos (Protoperidinium common). Tomales Bay, outer: Al rare, P-n present; mostly diatoms (Chaetoceros abundant) and several dinos (Ceratium, Protoperidinium). ~ high concentration of PSP toxins (201 ug/100 g) in shellfish from outer bay. Red tides, bioluminescence reported. Drakes Bay: Al present; mostly dinos (Ceratium furca, Gonyaulax spinifera, Noctiluca common). Red tides, bioluminescence reported. ~ high concentration of PSP toxins (281 ug/100 g) in sentinel mussels. Drakes Estero: Al rare; all dinos (Ceratium spp., Gonyaulax spinifera, and a small, unidentified, unarmored dino are common). ~ high concentrations of PSP toxins (966 ug/100 g) in shellfish from outer, mid-estero. Bolinas Lagoon: Al rare, P-n common (toxic & nontoxic); mix of diatoms (Leptocylindrus common) and dinos (Gonyaulax spinifera common). SF Farallon Islands: No toxic spp. (end of July); a rarely observed bloom of Corethron (75%), along with several other diatoms in low numbers. Presidio Pier: P-n present; mix of diatoms (Coscinodiscus common, Chaetoceros, Leptocylindrus present) and dinos in low numbers. NOAA Pier: Al rare, P-n rare; Ned reports lots of diatoms (Leptocylindrus abundant) along with numerous dinos in low numbers. Pt. Bonita Offshore: P-n common; all diatoms (Chaetoceros abundant, Stephanopyxis common). SAN MATEO Pacifica Pier: Al rare, P-n present; mostly dinos (Ceratium spp., Gonyaulax spinifera common). Red tides reported along the San Mateo coast. Princeton Harbor: Al rare, P-n rare; mix of diatoms (Chaetoceros common) and dinos (Ceratium furca, Gonyaulax spinifera common). Ano Nuevo: P-n rare; mostly dinos (Ceratium, Gonyaulax spinifera, Noctiluca common) and lots of zooplankton. SANTA CRUZ Santa Cruz Pier: Al rare, P-n present (toxic spp.); UCSC reports dominance of diatoms (Chaetoceros abundant) with several dinos in the mix. Santa Cruz Harbor: P-n present (toxic & nontoxic); mostly diatoms (Eucampia, Chaetoceros common) and several dinos. Capitola Pier: No toxic spp.; mostly detritus and a few diatoms and dinos in very low numbers. Twin Lakes Beach: No toxic spp.; mostly diatoms (Chaetoceros abundant, Eucampia common) with several dinos (Protoperidinium, Ceratium). Seabright Beach: Al rare; mostly diatoms (Chaetoceros abundant, Eucampia common) with several dinos (Noctiluca, Ceratium). Seacliff Pier: P-n present (nontoxic spp.); All diatoms (Chaetoceros common). MONTEREY Commercial Wharf: P-n present; all diatoms (Chaetoceros common) and some zooplankters. SAN LUIS OBISPO San Simeon: Al rare, P-n rare; mostly diatoms (Chaetoceros really abundant) and a few dinos and zooplankton. Cayucos Pier: No toxic spp.; all diatoms (Nitzschia common) and lots of detritus. Morro Bay outer: Al rare, P-n present; mostly diatoms (Chaetoceros abundant) and a few dinos. Morro Bay mid: Al rare, P-n common; mostly diatoms (Chaetoceros abundant) with a few dinos. ~ low concentration of PSP toxins in shellfish. Diablo Canyon: Al rare, P-n common (mostly nontoxic spp.); mostly diatoms (Chaetoceros abundant) and a diversity of dinos in low numbers. Cal Poly Pier: Al rare, P-n common (toxic & nontoxic); Sam reports diversity of diatoms and several dinos as well. Pismo Pier: Al rare, P-n abundant (nontoxic); mix of diatoms (Chaetoceros common) and dinos (Ceratium common). SANTA BARBARA Goleta Pier: P-n common (mostly nontoxic spp.); a few other diatoms and several dinos. Ellwood Pier: Al present, P-n present (abundant on 8/11); Sylvia reports lots of dinos (Prorocentrum common) and several diatoms. SB Nearshore: P-n common (nontoxic); all dinos (Prorocentrum, Ceratium common). PnB #2 (SB Channel): P-n abundant end of July (nontoxic spp.); diverse mix of diatoms and dinos. PnB #5 (SB Channel): P-n rare end of July; mostly diatoms (Nitzschia common) and several dinos (Protoperidinium present). San Miguel Is.: P-n abundant ( 98%, nontoxic spp.); a few diatoms and dinos in the haystack. Anacapa Landing: P-n abundant (nontoxic spp.); the remaining few cells were a mix of diatoms and dinos in very low numbers. Pt. Pitas, Offshore: P-n common end of July (toxic); mix of diatoms and dinos (Ceratium common). VENTURA Santa Cruz Is., Offshore: P-n common (nontoxic spp.); diversity of diatoms (Chaetoceros common) and dinos (Ceratium, Dinophysis caudata). Ventura Pier: Al rare, P-n common (nontoxic); mix of diatoms (Chaetoceros, Leptocylindrus common) and dinos (Prorocentrum common). Vent. Harbor: P-n rare beginning of Aug.; mix of diatoms (Chaetoceros, Lithodesmium common) and dinos (Ceratium, Prorocentrum common). Vent. Harbor, Offshore: P-n common (nontoxic); mix of diatoms (Chaetoceros common) and dinos (Ceratium common). Port Hueneme Pier: P-n common (nontoxic); mostly dinos (Ceratium, Prorocentrum common) and a few diatoms. LOS ANGELES Santa Monica Pier: No toxic spp.; mostly dinos (Ceratium spp. abundant) and one diatom sp. (Chaetoceros common). Redondo Beach Pier: No toxic spp.; mostly dinos (Ceratium spp. Abundant, Lingulodinium present) and some diatoms (Chaetoceros common). Palos Verdes: No toxic spp.; mostly dinos (Ceratium, Lingulodinium common) and diatoms (Chaetoceros common). Catalina Is.: P-n present (nontoxic); mostly diatoms (Navicula abundant, Chaetoceros common) and dinos (Ceratium). Catalina Is., Toyon: No toxic spp.; mostly zooplankton (copepods, barnacle nauplii) and a couple wary dinoflagellates. ORANGE Newport, Offshore: No toxic spp.; mostly dinos (Ceratium, Lingulodinium common) and zooplankton. Dana Pt., Offshore: No toxic spp.; mostly diatoms (Chaetoceros common) and several dinos at the end of July. SAN DIEGO Agua Hedionda Lagoon: P-n present (nontoxic).; All dinos (Prorocentrum, Ceratium common) and lots of zooplankton (copepods, barnacle nauplii, ciliates). Scripps Pier: No toxic spp.; SIO reports a diverse mix of dinos (Ceratium common) and many diatoms as well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ________________________ Gregg W. Langlois Senior Environmental Scientist California Dept. of Public Health Richmond Laboratory Campus 850 Marina Bay Parkway, G165 Richmond, CA 94804 (W) 510-412-4635 (F) 510-412-4637 Gregg.Langlois at cdph.ca.gov _______________________ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Plaza De Oro, 371 Hitchcock Way' Today: 5 & 7:30 p.m. Sat-Mon. 2:15; 5:00; and 7:30. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you?re up to on Facebook. http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_facebook:082009 From thusone at aol.com Fri Sep 4 20:29:36 2009 From: thusone at aol.com (thusone at aol.com) Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:29:36 -0400 Subject: [CINC] CX Sept 4 Message-ID: <8CBFBF03A1BE20B-2A18-9BF3@webmail-d076.sysops.aol.com> Mom & Baby Humpback About 3,500 common dolphins in 3 groups It got a little rough on the way out & by Miguel. Dave finally found our whale breaching off in the distance. "heeereeeee I am!" turned out to be a Mother & calf Humpback. The Mom did a few flukes while we were watching, and then at our last look before turning home, baby finally lifted it's tail and Carolyn aced the photo. Dave, Dennis & Jacques Cubby Winkel, Shirley Johnson & Carolyn McCleskey on photo ID From dbellman at dock.net Sat Sep 5 20:40:21 2009 From: dbellman at dock.net (Dick Bellman) Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 20:40:21 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Dolphin kill in Taiji Japan Message-ID: Those who have seen the documentary, "The Cove," will find this piece from NPR interesting and possibly hopeful. Even if you have not seen the film, but are aware of the annual slaughter of Dolphins you will appreciate this piece. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112588779 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We spotted two separate large common dolphin pods, right off of western Santa Cruz and a smaller one on the way home, and everyone got a real kick out of their total belly flops as they sailed clear out of the water. On the way back, we got an absolutely excellent look at a minke whale, which was impressive as I had never seen one before for longer than five seconds. On the not as great side of things, we thought we spotted a harbor seal body floating in the water just outside of Painted Cave. But I guess it's the circle of life, right? A gaggle of docents from Morro Bay joined us and were anxious to see how the naturalists for this park handled. I hope we lived up to the challenge! Fair weather, fair whales, fair dolphins, fair sea birds, fair sea lions, fair people, fair company, not-so-fair traffic on the way back home. I had a really great day. 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Paul From: dbellman at dock.net To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 20:40:21 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Dolphin kill in Taiji Japan Those who have seen the documentary, ?The Cove,? will find this piece from NPR interesting and possibly hopeful. Even if you have not seen the film, but are aware of the annual slaughter of Dolphins you will appreciate this piece. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112588779 _________________________________________________________________ Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. http://www.bing.com/cashback?form=MSHYCB&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MSHYCB_BackToSchool_Cashback_BTSCashback_1x1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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A little over 100 from Ireland, > England, Germany, Japan, and good ol' fashioned California joined > us. It was a hot day but not too windy which was a nice break. We > spotted a lone blue whale around 11:00 quite a ways north of Santa > Cruz Island which was unusual but a real treat. The folks got a real > good look at him, which was excellent. We spotted two separate large > common dolphin pods, right off of western Santa Cruz and a smaller > one on the way home, and everyone got a real kick out of their total > belly flops as they sailed clear out of the water. On the way back, > we got an absolutely excellent look at a minke whale, which was > impressive as I had never seen one before for longer than five > seconds. On the not as great side of things, we thought we spotted a > harbor seal body floating in the water just outside of Painted Cave. > But I guess it's the circle of life, right? A gaggle of docents from > Morro Bay joined us and were anxious to see how the naturalists for > this park handled. I hope we lived up to the challenge! > > Fair weather, fair whales, fair dolphins, fair sea birds, fair sea > lions, fair people, fair company, not-so-fair traffic on the way > back home. I had a really great day. I hope the rest did too! :) > > Chris Carlson > chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > 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 Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov Tue Sep 8 11:03:37 2009 From: Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov (Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov) Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:03:37 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Univ Penn: Story on Dayton Duncan and Nat'l Parks series Message-ID: Here is a great story on the new PBS' series on the national parks: My story on Dayton and The National Parks is out; here?s the link: http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0909/feature1_1.html Let me know if you?d like some hard copies, and if so, where to send them. Many thanks for all your help. Best, Sam Samuel Hughes Senior Editor The Pennsylvania Gazette 3910 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19104-3111 (Phone) 215-898-8690 (Fax) 215-573-4812 http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/ From Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov Tue Sep 8 17:32:27 2009 From: Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov (Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov) Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:32:27 -0700 Subject: [CINC] FROM SHORE TO SEA LECTURE SEPT. 8 & 9, 2009 In-Reply-To: <29a91b7e0909072142t25d084b1off106baa61567273@mail.gmail.com> References: <29a91b7e0909072142t25d084b1off106baa61567273@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Apologies for the late notice for tonight's lecture, but I just received this information late this afternoon. There are several opportunities for viewing the new National Parks film by Ken Burns. If you are not able to make either one of these lectures or were not able to make the preview in March, the Park will be showing this preview on weekends at the main visitor center through September 26. The entire film will be aired in six episodes starting September 27. Please check local television programming. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- America's National Parks?Celebrated in New Ken Burns' Film Series Channel Islands National Park superintendent, Russell Galipeau, will host a special forty-five minute preview of the new Ken Burns series, ?THE NATIONAL PARKS: America?s Best Idea,? during the September ?From Shore to Sea? lecture. Galipeau will introduce the film preview and explain how the NPS is working to preserve and protect the Channel Islands for current and future generations of Americans. The title of the film is "The National Parks: America's Best Idea." It was filmed over more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locations ? from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska. The lectures occur at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 8, 2009, at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way in the Santa Barbara Harbor and Wednesday, September 9, 2009, at the Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center, 1901 Spinnaker Drive in the Ventura Harbor. Tina From Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov Wed Sep 9 09:13:51 2009 From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna Bingham) Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:13:51 -0700 Subject: [CINC] NOAA Reports Threats to Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Message-ID: <4AA7D43F.1020403@noaa.gov> ** Contact:* *Shauna Bingham, 805-729-3275 *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* * *John Ewald, 301-713-3066 September 9, 2009 * * *NOAA Reports Threats to Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary * A new NOAA report on the health of California's Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary indicates that the overall condition of the sanctuary's marine life and habitats is fair to good, but identifies several threats to sanctuary resources, such as growing coastal populations, shipping, and climate change. "The potential impact of global climate change on fragile sanctuary resources and habitats, and increased coastal growth, are issues of concern," said Chris Mobley, sanctuary superintendent. Prepared by the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Condition Report, reviewed by outside experts, indicates that water quality is generally good due to the sanctuary's offshore location and distance from major urban population centers. However, over time, habitat quality and living resource conditions have deteriorated due to human encroachment, as well as changing ocean conditions and disease. The sanctuary's maritime archaeological resources, such as shipwrecks, also face risks from looting, natural degradation, and damage from fishing gear and anchors. NOAA formally began its stewardship of these resources in 1980. The report notes that many management and regulatory programs aimed at protecting and restoring resources are already in place and seek to improve conditions in the sanctuary. For example, the sanctuary contains a network of 13 marine zones composed of 11 "no-take" marine reserves. There are two marine conservation areas where some fishing is allowed. These zones were established in state waters in 2003 and extended to the sanctuary's federal waters in 2007. Additionally, the sanctuary updated its management plan in January 2009, emphasizing ecosystem-based approaches to improving water quality, reducing vessel discharges, and focusing research on emerging threats to ocean ecosystem health. Emerging or poorly understood threats present new challenges in assessing their impact on sanctuary resources. Global climate change is already impacting ocean chemistry, which is expected to affect marine biodiversity and biological productivity. Climate change is also resulting in increased seawater temperatures, changes in currents, and sea level rise all of which are showing signs of impacting fundamental changes in marine and coastal ecosystems. Rising population growth in adjacent cities and counties, vessel traffic, as well as air and water polluting activities outside the sanctuary's boundaries, are also a concern. NOAA prepared the condition report based on consultations from outside experts that occurred in 2007. The full report is available online at: *http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/science/condition*. 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. 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: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary: *http://channelislands.noaa.gov * NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries: *http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov* - 30 - -- Shauna Bingham Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 3600 S. Harbor Blvd. #111 Oxnard, CA 93035 Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (805) 382-6149 ext. 102 Fax (805) 382-9791 http://channelislands.noaa.gov ??`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??.. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov Thu Sep 10 12:11:11 2009 From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna Bingham) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:11:11 -0700 Subject: [CINC] VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: For Filming From Shore to Sea Lecture Series Message-ID: <4AA94F4F.20502@noaa.gov> _*CINMS and CINP Seeking Volunteers to Help Filming of From Shore to Sea Lecture Series:*_ Due to budget cuts over at CAPPS tv, they are no longer able to provide staff to film the Shore to Sea lecture series. The last couple of lectures have not been filmed and therefore, not broadcast on Ventura or Santa Barbara local access channels. The park and sanctuary would like to continue filming these lectures for broadcast as well as streaming and download on our website. CAPPS has generously offered to loan us the equipment and train us to film these lectures ourselves. So we are sending this message out to see if there are any volunteers who would be interested in helping Bill Faulkner film the lectures each month in Ventura. If you are interested, please contact Bill directly as he will be setting up a training soon with CAPPs tv. Bill Faulkner 805-658-5734 or bill_faulkner at nps.gov Thank you for considering our request. -- Shauna Bingham Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 3600 S. Harbor Blvd. #111 Oxnard, CA 93035 Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (805) 382-6149 ext. 102 Fax (805) 382-9791 http://channelislands.noaa.gov ??`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??.. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From dean.benjamin at sbcglobal.net Thu Sep 10 18:26:02 2009 From: dean.benjamin at sbcglobal.net (Dean Benjamin) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:26:02 -0700 Subject: [CINC] IPCO Islander 9/10 Message-ID: <05898EEC55924EAB8BF4338596D7066A@HomeLaptop> 35 Passengers 2000 common dolphins in 4 sightings 20 Rissos Dolphins Captain: Anthony Crew: Dave and Laurie Naturalist/PID: Ken Tatro No Whales today, sadly. Weather varied from perfect and clear to rough, foggy, and windy. We covered 160nm first heading towards Anacapa as the screen below indicates (this is not from a GPS, just an estimate in Google Earth). Visitors from Boston, NY, New Mexico (Sante Fe Los Alamos nuclear engineer), Boulder City NV and Brisbane Australia (both Ken's relatives). It does seem that the humpbacks and blues are becoming scarcer of late. Dean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: <6142229.1252606668627.JavaMail.www@app309> References: <6142229.1252606668627.JavaMail.www@app309> Message-ID: <8CC010F195489A8-9A24-22109@webmail-m044.sysops.aol.com> Sincerely, Catherine French cfrench1366 at aol.com 805.815.3523 -----Original Message----- From: Humane Society International To: cfrench1366 at aol.com Sent: Thu, Sep 10, 2009 11:15 am Subject: How much longer will sharks and nautiluses survive? Only one day left to ask for?CITES protection for species threatened by trade. Send?your comments by this Friday. Trouble with links or images? View this message online. September 10, 2009 Dear Catherine, ? NOAA; Lee R. Berger ? Tell the FWS: Increase protection for sharks at CITES.? ?Then, ask them to do the same for nautiluses. Submit your comments today! The deadline is this Friday, September 11. In the lead-up to the 15th meeting of Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in March 2010, I am writing to ask for your help to increase protection for sharks and nautiluses against unregulated trade. Sharks and nautiluses share a long history?they have both existed for hundreds of millions of years. Some species of shark have been around since before the time of the dinosaurs. Nautiluses have remained unchanged for so long that they are often considered to be ?living fossils.? However, the continued survival of these animals is now in doubt. Every year, millions of sharks suffer painful deaths from the cruel and wasteful shark fin trade due to the demand for ?shark fin soup,? a delicacy in Asia. Sharks are particularly vulnerable because they are slow to mature and reproduce and have relatively few offspring. Several species, including hammerheads, oceanic whitetip, dusky and sandbar sharks, are in?sharp decline and need protection from trade. Nautiluses are also in high demand, mainly because of the unique coiled shell that these cephalopods call home. They are traded live or as shell products or jewelry. More than 579,000 specimens were imported into the U.S. between 2005 and 2008. With no regulations to protect?nautiluses from trade, many populations have been overfished. But, there is hope. The United States is currently considering proposals to add nautiluses and several shark species to CITES Appendix II. With this classification, these creatures will be shielded from the negative effects of international trade. TAKE ACTION The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is accepting comments from the public ahead of the upcoming CITES meeting. Please take the following actions to ensure that sharks and nautiluses are given the protection they need at CITES: Urge the U.S. to add vulnerable shark species to the list of sharks on CITES Appendix II Tell the U.S. to give nautiluses CITES protection by submitting a proposal to add them to Appendix II of CITES. After you've taken action to help protect sharks and nautiluses, be sure to tell your friends and family how they can help other s pecies threatened by trade, too. Thanks for all you do for animals. Sincerely, Andrew Rowan President & CEO Humane Society International P.S. If you haven't already done so, sign our petition to President Obama and send comments regarding CITES protection of polar bears to the U.S. government by this Friday. P.P.S. Bobcats are at risk, too,?so ask the U.S. to maintain CITES protection for them as well! ??Share on Facebook???Share on Twitter ? Copyright ? 2009 Humane Society International (HSI) | All Rights Reserved. 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URL: From Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov Fri Sep 11 10:40:29 2009 From: Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov (Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:40:29 -0700 Subject: [CINC] park multimedia presentations now available on our website Message-ID: >From Derek: Most of the park's multimedia presentations are now available on our website in a variety of formats from streaming Flash files to downloadable Windows Media or Apple Quicktime files. You can view or download presentations like the park film, the restoration of santa cruz movie, the pygmy mammoth animation, and you can even watch ranger Mike Morales wax poetically about kayak safety. Visit the link below to check it out: http://www.nps.gov/chis/photosmultimedia/multimedia.htm Derek Lohuis Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Dr. Ventura, CA 93001 805-658-5736 From staci at savzsea.com Sat Sep 12 06:01:45 2009 From: staci at savzsea.com (Staci Kaye-Carr) Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:01:45 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Trip to San Miguel Island on Saturday, September 12 References: Message-ID: Josh woke up with a temp of 102 and can't go on the SMI trip today. 1. If you are on the wait list for SMI trip and 2. get up early enough, and 3. read your email early enough and, 4. and can be at Island Packers before 7:30 AM this morning and 5. want to fill Josh's spot....EMAIL or CALL ME 805-643-4012 ASAP. Please don't just show up. First early bird get the spot! Staci If you receiving this message due to the number of hours you contributed as a volunteer last year and for your activity this year. Thank you! The park has purchased 20 seats on the day trip to San Miguel this Saturday, September 12th. Begin forwarded message: > From: Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov > Date: September 11, 2009 8:43:07 AM PDT > To: Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov > Cc: klez18 at sbcglobal.net > Subject: Trip to San Miguel Island on Saturday, September 12 > > > Greetings! > > Channel Islands National Park is thrilled that you can travel to San > Miguel > on Saturday, September 12 to experience this special island. Here is > some > information you will need for the trip. > > After 5:30am on Saturday morning, please call Island Packers at > 642-1393 > and when you hear the recording, press 4 to find out if the trip has > been > canceled. > > If it is still going as planned, make sure that you are at the Island > Packers dock in Ventura Harbor no later than 7:30am. You do not need > to > check in at the desk. Instead, please go to the grassy area of in > front of > the boat ramp and look for our group of 20. > > There will be a Channel Islands Naturalist Corps volunteer, Marty > Flam, in > a navy blue shirt/jacket. Marty will need to check you in and give > you a > boarding pass, so make sure you find him. Please note that Marty is > only a > volunteer like you, and so as much as you can remain organized as a > group, > it will make things easier for him. Once everyone has been checked in, > Marty will finalize the manifest with the Island Packers office and > come > back with your return tickets, so please stay as a group until he > distributes those tickets. Once done, you are welcome to get on the > boat. > > You do not need to wear your volunteer uniform, but it would be > helpful if > you would please wear your nametag as a courtesy for your > colleagues. For > those who record volunteer hours on a timesheet, this is considered a > training trip so please include these hours, along with travel time. > > Please note that you will not be back in Ventura until about 7pm, > and so > you will want to bring plenty of water and food for the duration. > There are > no drinking fountains or stores on the island; there is a galley on > the > boat where you can purchase drinks and light meals or snacks. > > Since there is no landing dock or pier at San Miguel Island, you > will go > ashore in a small skiff and might end up getting your feet wet when > arriving and departing. For your own comfort (so that you don't have > wet > shoes to hike in), you will probably want to take your shoes off for > the > landing and possibly roll up your pants. Wearnig layers is advised > since it > could be alternately foggy and sunny. Wearing a backpack to carry > your gear > is also advised, since it allows your hands to be free when exiting > and > entering the skiff and boat. > > When it is time to depart the island, please gather again as a group > so > that Marty can check that everyone on the volunteer manifest has > made it > back to the beach for pick up. > > Many thanks, and have a wonderful time out there! Clare > > Clare Fritzsche > Volunteer Coordinator Assistant > Channel Islands National Park > 1901 Spinnaker Drive > Ventura, CA 93001 > (805) 658-5733 > FAX: (805) 658-5799 > Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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He remains on the board of directors today, and conducts whale watching training seminars for them. BUT, most amazing about this man and his wife Muriel, is the fact that as a team of two, ever since before they married over 60 years ago, they have ROWED A 14 FOOT BOAT to Catalina Isand back ( from San Pedro ), many times! They plan to do it again on John's 90th birthday next year! Their rowing ventures have taken them to San Miguel Island; from Monterey down to San Diego; from Vancouver up the Inland Passage; and to excursions in the distant islands of the Caribbean and Fiji. These ventures were strictly for pleasure, never done as publicity stunts. John's father may have given him his "marathon mentality", as he migrated to San Pedro from Mexico by foot, as a youth. John's mother's side had seafaring marathon genes as well, as she was Gabrielino (Pimungan) Native American, the tribe that inhabited Santa Catalina prior to european settlement. On Catalina, this tribe was expert at seafaring in their own sea crafts, much like their neighbors, the Chumash did in their Tomols. John and Muriel totally fascinated Skipper Anthony, and a few other lucky passengers, including myself, with these stories as we came home through whale feeding waters that were now empty of whales. Very Good Vibrations. PaulP.S. Anthony and his crew were fantastic in ferrying everyone on and off the island, including the "Cabrillo Party"! _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Dave, Dennis (DJ), and crew-in-training Bailey *One of the passangers puts out a zine about whales, you can check it out at http://www.kpetunia.com/whoosh.htm *They'd issued whale checks on Friday but everybody was happy on Saturday _____________________________________ Lisa Angle at Ninety Degrees Media Subscribe to my BLOG: http://www.ninetydegreesmedia.com/blog Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/dolphingal805 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From klez18 at sbcglobal.net Sun Sep 13 15:00:13 2009 From: klez18 at sbcglobal.net (Marty Flam) Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:00:13 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Blues off EAI Cathedral 9/11 In-Reply-To: <001601ca34b0$40938aa0$6400a8c0@Janeway> Message-ID: <719503.34878.qm@web83206.mail.mud.yahoo.com> About 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept 11, about eight blows in five minutes, moderate surface travel heading east, about 400 yards north of East Anacapa's Cathedral Cove, probably Blues, seen from?Cathedral Cove overlook?by Don Abbot and Marty Flam while leading afternoon Vanguard?hikers to Inspiration Point. ? --- On Sun, 9/13/09, Lisa Angle wrote: From: Lisa Angle Subject: [CINC] CondorX 9-12 To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 1:24 PM *2 groups of Common Dolphins 100 and 200 *Large group of about 100 Risso's *A couple of blue whales near Santa Rosa Island. At first they were moving very fast and Cpt. Dave said he thought it was racing behavior. Later they settled down and took more than one breath before?diving again. Cpt. Mat said he thought that at the beginning there was a third?blue that had taken off. ? *Megapod of 1000 Commons near Santa Rosa *Naturalists: Morgan Coffey, Maryann Johansson, and me on PID *Crew: Cpt. Mat, Cpt. Dave, Dennis (DJ), and?crew-in-training Bailey *One of the passangers puts out a zine about whales, you can check it out at http://www.kpetunia.com/whoosh.htm *They'd issued whale checks on Friday but everybody was happy on Saturday _____________________________________ Lisa Angle at Ninety Degrees Media Subscribe to my BLOG: http://www.ninetydegreesmedia.com/blog Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/dolphingal805 -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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 ginnyafischer at me.com Sun Sep 13 17:47:15 2009 From: ginnyafischer at me.com (Ginny Fischer) Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:47:15 -0700 Subject: [CINC] 9/13 CX Trip Message-ID: <31663B2A-915C-428F-BA1C-7B127707F3CB@me.com> 3 mini, mini, mini pods of common dolphins, including some youngsters. 2 Blues feeding, and one gave us a beautiful tail fluke !!!! It was a floggy day out on the channel but the water was placid. We had a small group of 46 passengers; some from Holland and Germany. Captain Dave did his usual best at locating our whales. Naturalists on board were: Mary Bucholtz, Ginny Fischer and Dino Dal Bon on PID. From kat at recycledgoods.com Sun Sep 13 22:12:37 2009 From: kat at recycledgoods.com (Kathryn Wasden) Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:12:37 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Sighting report from Monterey Message-ID: <000501ca34f9$fa569600$ef03c200$@com> The Washington state legislature who visited the Condor last week went up to Monterey the next day and reported (kindly back to me) that the boat was packed, 1/3 of the passengers sick and he feared never to step on a boat again, no blue whales, just some transient orcas. I thought some might be interested to know that there were not blue sightings (of course keeping in mind this was only one windy trip) .as this was one of many conversations on the ride out to San Miguel yesterday. Kat. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov Mon Sep 14 11:03:01 2009 From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna Bingham) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:03:01 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CINC Meeting Reminder: Tuesday, September 15, 6:30 pm Ventura Message-ID: <4AAE8555.8050907@noaa.gov> CINC September Meeting Reminder and Speaker Update: *September 15, at 6:30 pm at the Channel Islands National Park auditorium in Ventura. * Laura Harvey, Channel Islands National Park Seabird Biologist, will not be able to make our meeting tomorrow night. *Roberta Cordero*, co-founder of the *Chumash Maritime Association* will make up the lecture she missed in August. She will share Chumash values and history. In addition, *Staci Kaye-Carr* will deliver a brief PowerPoint presentation about the *CINC tour of San Clemente Island*! _The following outreach events will be available for sign-ups at the meeting and posted online:_ 1^st Annual Science Day at the Zoo , Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, October 3, Saturday, 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. Eco-Fair/ Carnival, Washington School, Santa Barbara, October 3, Saturday, 1- 4 p.m.* *Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival, Santa Barbara Harbor October 10, Saturday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. (includes shifts on the R/V /Shearwater/ for public tours).* *Mini-CUE Conference, Ventura Co. Office of Education, Camarillo October 31, Saturday (time TBA) -- Shauna Bingham Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 3600 S. Harbor Blvd. #111 Oxnard, CA 93035 Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (805) 382-6149 ext. 102 Fax (805) 382-9791 http://channelislands.noaa.gov ??`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??.. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From staci at savzsea.com Mon Sep 14 14:40:42 2009 From: staci at savzsea.com (staci at savzsea.com) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:40:42 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Adventures on San Miguel Island. Message-ID: <20090914144042.1f69f13e02bba7ff49a08cffd4b84343.2c62a23781.wbe@email.secureserver.net> Dear CINCies, As you know some of us who had never been to San Miguel Island finally got to visit there last Saturday. I was REALLY looking forward to going, since this would be my 8th island. So when Josh woke up at 5:00 AM with a temperature of 102 degrees, given the circumstances, I did what I felt any good wife would do.... Emailed the CINC looking for his replacement, gave Josh two aspirins, reminded him to drink plenty of fluids and blew him a kiss goodbye.... Look if the NOAA report of "wind between 18 and 24 mph with gusts as high as 33 mph" wasn't going to stop me from getting my 8th island...then a grown man with 102 temp wasn't ether! To set up the story, they skiffed everyone off the boat, except the actors, who needed to get in to costume. Once ashore people had a choice of several different hikes. If they chose the hikes, they would miss the Cabrillo reenactment. I for one, didn't know when I would ever get another chance to behold a troupe of velveteen clad men, wielding pointy swords and staffs, all squished together, in a small rubber boat. So I stayed at sea level and watched and waited for the fun to begin....I wasn't disappointed. I hope you aren't either. For story and photos....Click on the link. You do not have to be a facebook member to see them. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2023936&id=1205432411&l=d3e2b9fe57 Staci From cfrench1366 at aol.com Tue Sep 15 08:53:08 2009 From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine French) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:53:08 -0400 Subject: [CINC] Fwd: Awe and wonder In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CC0433C0F78D52-82C-17290@webmail-m031.sysops.aol.com> I received this email and didn't know if everyone in the corps did or not. The video is worth the watch. Here is the direct link. http://www.npca.org/who_we_are/2016film/film.html Sincerely, Catherine French cfrench1366 at aol.com 805.815.3523 -----Original Message----- From: Thomas C. Kiernan To: CATHERINE FRENCH Sent: Mon, Sep 14, 2009 11:01 am Subject: Awe and wonder ? Dear Friend, View the Photo Film! Do you remember the awe and wonder you felt the first time you saw the Grand Canyon or toured the Washington Monument? I know I want my children and grandchildren to build the same lifetime memories. Nothing can replace actually seeing our national parks' historic and natural marvels in person, but unless you're lucky enough to be reading this from Yellowstone, I thought sending you this photo film would be a great way to brighten your day. Click here to see our top photos of America's National Parks. These are really the best of the best and I hope you like them as much as I do. When I look at photos like these, I want to make sure these vistas remain entirely unspoiled for generations to come. That's why the National Parks Conservation Association makes sure our elected officials in Congress create and uphold laws that protect the parks, provide necessary funding, and address new threats as they emerge. We conduct research and work with park managers to make sure they have everything they need to keep our national parks beautiful and sustainable. We also organize hundreds of thousands of our members and grassroots activists to help preserve our national heritage, and I want you to be a part of this team. Letters to Congress and to National Park Service officials from people like you who care about our parks are a critical component of completing our mission. I hope you enjoy the photo film, and I hope I can count on your continued support. Sincerely, Thomas C. Kiernan, President National Parks Conservation Association ? NPCA | 1300 19th Street, NW | Suite 300 | Washington, DC 20036 | 800.NAT.PARK | npca at npca.org If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Do you remember the awe and wonder you felt the first time you saw the Grand Canyon or toured the Washington Monument? I know I want my children and grandchildren to build the same lifetime memories. Nothing can replace actually seeing our national parks' historic and natural marvels in person, but unless you're lucky enough to be reading this from Yellowstone, I thought sending you this photo film would be a great way to brighten your day. Click here to see our top photos of America's National Parks. These are really the best of the best and I hope you like them as much as I do. When I look at photos like these, I want to make sure these vistas remain entirely unspoiled for generations to come. That's why the National Parks Conservation Association makes sure our elected officials in Congress create and uphold laws that protect the parks, provide necessary funding, and address new threats as they emerge. We conduct research and work with park managers to make sure they have everything they need to keep our national parks beautiful and sustainable. We also organize hundreds of thousands of our members and grassroots activists to help preserve our national heritage, and I want you to be a part of this team. Letters to Congress and to National Park Service officials from people like you who care about our parks are a critical component of completing our mission. I hope you enjoy the photo film, and I hope I can count on your continued support. Sincerely, Thomas C. Kiernan, President National Parks Conservation Association NPCA | 1300 19th Street, NW | Suite 300 | Washington, DC 20036 | 800.NAT.PARK | npca at npca.org If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at hotmail.com Tue Sep 15 09:39:40 2009 From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com (Paul Jr. Petrich) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:39:40 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Adventures on San Miguel Island. In-Reply-To: <20090914144042.1f69f13e02bba7ff49a08cffd4b84343.2c62a23781.wbe@email.secureserver.net> References: <20090914144042.1f69f13e02bba7ff49a08cffd4b84343.2c62a23781.wbe@email.secureserver.net> Message-ID: Great photos Staci! Thanks. For those who might consider this trip ext year, usually , after the re-enactment landing, the entire party will lead you on a good exercise hike up to the Cabriilo Monument. However, Saturday's surf did not allow shuttling of passengers the usual 6 at a time to the beach ( 0nly 4 ), so it took longer to get everyone on the beach. All of Cabrillo's party, as seen in photos, did do it in one load! > From: staci at savzsea.com > To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:40:42 -0700 > Subject: [CINC] Adventures on San Miguel Island. > > Dear CINCies, > > As you know some of us who had never been to San Miguel Island finally > got to visit there last Saturday. > I was REALLY looking forward to going, since this would be my 8th > island. > So when Josh woke up at 5:00 AM with a temperature of 102 degrees, given > the circumstances, I did what I felt any good wife would do.... > Emailed the CINC looking for his replacement, gave Josh two aspirins, > reminded him to drink plenty of fluids and blew him a kiss goodbye.... > > Look if the NOAA report of "wind between 18 and 24 mph with gusts as > high as 33 mph" > wasn't going to stop me from getting my 8th island...then a grown man > with 102 temp wasn't ether! > > To set up the story, they skiffed everyone off the boat, except the > actors, who needed to get in to costume. > Once ashore people had a choice of several different hikes. If they > chose the hikes, they would miss the Cabrillo reenactment. > I for one, didn't know when I would ever get another chance to behold a > troupe of velveteen clad men, wielding pointy swords and staffs, > all squished together, in a small rubber boat. > So I stayed at sea level and watched and waited for the fun to > begin....I wasn't disappointed. I hope you aren't either. > > For story and photos....Click on the link. You do not have to be a > facebook member to see them. > http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2023936&id=1205432411&l=d3e2b9fe57 > > Staci > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. 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These events are open to the public, and may not include school events such as science fairs, and the CINC recognition dinner on Oct. 20. http://channelislands.noaa.gov/focus/calendar.html ~Tina From gizmo92067 at yahoo.com Tue Sep 15 13:03:05 2009 From: gizmo92067 at yahoo.com (Carol C.) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:03:05 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] From SB News Press: Reward offered in pelican abuse Message-ID: <390967.38387.qm@web52304.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Reward offered in pelican abuse : Birds have been 'hooked' before being tossed back into the ocean ANGEL PACHECO, NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER September 15, 2009 7:28 AM After a string of cases of animal abuse against seabirds, the nonprofit Animal Rescue Team is offering $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or group responsible. Among the alleged atrocities is the removal of the upper beak from a young pelican that was located near the launching ramp at the Santa Barbara Waterfront, according to Betsy Cramer, a seabird volunteer and member of the Santa Barbara Harbor Commission. A Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network volunteer picked up the bird from the Harbor Patrol on Sunday, and although CARE Hospital personnel hoped it could be fitted with an artificial bill, the pelican had to be euthanized. "Mutilating any animal needs to be punished to the fullest extent of the law," Animal Rescue Team executive director Julia Di Sieno told the News-Press. She is also hoping others will step up to match Animal Rescue Team's reward to help bring in and convict the culprits. Just the day before the pelican was picked up from Harbor Patrol, the Wildlife Care Network bird pond received a pelican with a badly torn pouch, which may have been from "natural causes" by a fishhook, Ms. Cramer wrote in an e-mail to the News-Press. June Taylor, a Wildlife Care Network volunteer who operates a bird sanctuary on her property, noted it was "among the worst such injuries I've seen." The injury could not be treated locally so the animal was sent to the International Bird Rescue Research Center in San Pedro. Most recently, Ms. Taylor received a report of cruelty on a sports fishing boat out of Channel Islands Harbor Monday morning in which a pelican was allegedly hooked on its beak and thrown back into the water without the instrument being removed, Ms. Cramer said. Two cormorants were also reportedly hooked, smashed with pliers and killed, and the state Department of Fish & Game has been notified. A couple of weeks ago, another pelican was discovered near More Mesa suffering from injuries that were likely human caused, and the bird had to be euthanized, Ms. Cramer said. She noted that all seabirds are protected by state and federal laws. Ms. Di Sieno is also encouraging residents to report any acts of wildlife cruelty to the Santa Ynez-based Animal Rescue Team, which always offers a reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of offenders. The organization can be reached at 896-1859 -- everything can be kept confidential -- and for more information, log onto www.animalrescueteam.net. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From miramarragamuffin at yahoo.com Tue Sep 15 22:06:18 2009 From: miramarragamuffin at yahoo.com (Deborah Lee Clark) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:06:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Fw: pelican plumage Message-ID: <338333.54398.qm@web63402.mail.re1.yahoo.com> In case anyone else would like to see some great photos of juvenile California brown pelicans, Staci found this website. Thank you Staci. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Staci Kaye-Carr To: Deborah Lee Clark Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 3:51:32 PM Subject: Re: [CINC] pelican plumage Try this...... http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=TEh&um=1&sa=1&q=brown+juvenile+pelican&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&start=0 Hope this is a help and not redundant. See you tonight, Staci On Sep 15, 2009, at 2:39 PM, Deborah Lee Clark wrote: On our way out of Santa Barbara harbor Friday a passenger and I noticed several pelicans with dark grey/black feathers on the head and back and white on the chest. Does anyone know if these are one year olds? That's the only possibility I could find online but no photos were available. >Many thanks, >Deb Clark_______________________________________________ >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... 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So after a few day interlude from this summer's eastern channel sighting, are our Blues now heading east on their way south, or is this just randomness??? ? Is this?whale tale I heard on the Island Adventure Monday seem credible to you? "I saw a?big Blue out here in June and a three days later saw what?appear to be the same Blue in similar area but now was much skinnier and with a small calf."? ? Thank you Staci and Ms. Roberta Codero (and those who make them available to us) for last night expanding and enriching our knowedge of these amazing Channel Islands, their waters and peoples. ? Marty --- On Sun, 9/13/09, Marty Flam wrote: From: Marty Flam Subject: Blues off EAI Cathedral 9/11 To: "CINC Rainlist" Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 3:00 PM About 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept 11, about eight blows in five minutes, moderate surface travel heading east, about 400 yards north of East Anacapa's Cathedral Cove, probably Blues, seen from?Cathedral Cove overlook?by Don Abbot and Marty Flam while leading afternoon Vanguard?hikers to Inspiration Point. ? --- On Sun, 9/13/09, Lisa Angle wrote: From: Lisa Angle Subject: [CINC] CondorX 9-12 To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 1:24 PM *2 groups of Common Dolphins 100 and 200 *Large group of about 100 Risso's *A couple of blue whales near Santa Rosa Island. At first they were moving very fast and Cpt. Dave said he thought it was racing behavior. Later they settled down and took more than one breath before?diving again. Cpt. Mat said he thought that at the beginning there was a third?blue that had taken off. ? *Megapod of 1000 Commons near Santa Rosa *Naturalists: Morgan Coffey, Maryann Johansson, and me on PID *Crew: Cpt. Mat, Cpt. Dave, Dennis (DJ), and?crew-in-training Bailey *One of the passangers puts out a zine about whales, you can check it out at http://www.kpetunia.com/whoosh.htm *They'd issued whale checks on Friday but everybody was happy on Saturday _____________________________________ Lisa Angle at Ninety Degrees Media Subscribe to my BLOG: http://www.ninetydegreesmedia.com/blog Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/dolphingal805 -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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 Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov Wed Sep 16 11:56:34 2009 From: Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov (Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov) Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:56:34 -0700 Subject: [CINC] geology files now posted for streaming and download Message-ID: >From Derek: the geology animation files are now posted on our website. you can stream or dowload these files. http://www.nps.gov/chis/photosmultimedia/models-of-change-geology.htm thanks for the recent feedback on some problems with the streaming video files, i am working on a solution to this. the videos seem to work fine on some computers and not at all on other computers with the same software and settings. if you can't stream, you can always download the files to your desktop and watch them from there. once i find a solution, i will let you know. thanks. Derek Lohuis Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Dr. Ventura, CA 93001 805-658-5736 From dean.benjamin at sbcglobal.net Thu Sep 17 09:21:43 2009 From: dean.benjamin at sbcglobal.net (Dean Benjamin) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:21:43 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Question Message-ID: <246FAFA83F044D95837BE662B2DBF241@HomeLaptop> I am loathe to expose my ignorance to our august group of naturalists, but this one really has me puzzled. I came across 4 animals yesterday, about ? mile off the Mandalay Power Plant at about 18:30. Two were most likely bottlenose dolphins. The other two were solid black, at least as much of the body as I could see (no clear view of the head, tail, or lower portion of the body). Dorsal fins about 2 feet high. Exhalation was visible although no well defined and not huge, and I estimate the length to be 9-12 feet. Water temperature 68 degrees F. My thoughts are: Dall?s Porpoise ? I observed no white coloration. Orcas ? these were too small and juvenile Orcas would not be alone, and the bottlenose would not have stayed close. Melon-headed Whale ? perhaps, although they are generally in larger groups. Pygmy Killer Whale ? perhaps, although not commonly seen in California and Baja. False Killer Whale ? these were too small and the bottlenose would not have been nearby. Short-finned Pilot Whale ? these were again too small to have been this species. Bottlenose which were all black??? Any ideas? Thanks, Dean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com Thu Sep 17 09:57:15 2009 From: greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com (Keith Grey Hale) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:57:15 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Question In-Reply-To: <246FAFA83F044D95837BE662B2DBF241@HomeLaptop> References: <246FAFA83F044D95837BE662B2DBF241@HomeLaptop> Message-ID: Good question I have seen these to. I am not sure but all that you have said came into mind also. Keith From: dean.benjamin at sbcglobal.net To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:21:43 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Question I am loathe to expose my ignorance to our august group of naturalists, but this one really has me puzzled. I came across 4 animals yesterday, about ? mile off the Mandalay Power Plant at about 18:30. Two were most likely bottlenose dolphins. The other two were solid black, at least as much of the body as I could see (no clear view of the head, tail, or lower portion of the body). Dorsal fins about 2 feet high. Exhalation was visible although no well defined and not huge, and I estimate the length to be 9-12 feet. Water temperature 68 degrees F. My thoughts are: Dall?s Porpoise ? I observed no white coloration. Orcas ? these were too small and juvenile Orcas would not be alone, and the bottlenose would not have stayed close. Melon-headed Whale ? perhaps, although they are generally in larger groups. Pygmy Killer Whale ? perhaps, although not commonly seen in California and Baja. False Killer Whale ? these were too small and the bottlenose would not have been nearby. Short-finned Pilot Whale ? these were again too small to have been this species. Bottlenose which were all black??? Any ideas? Thanks, Dean _________________________________________________________________ Bing? brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. Try it now. http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MLOGEN&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MLOGEN_Core_tagline_local_1x1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mr.zalophus at gmail.com Thu Sep 17 11:12:18 2009 From: mr.zalophus at gmail.com (Mr Zalophus) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:12:18 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Question In-Reply-To: References: <246FAFA83F044D95837BE662B2DBF241@HomeLaptop> Message-ID: I cannot tell from the description what the general behavior of the black animals was, for example, were they in line with the Tt's, surfacing and blowing at regular intervals with them? But I can share with you that we have had a number of report of "killer whales' broadcast over marine Ch 16 by naive sailors and their kin who see a local resident couple of Minke Whales that have particularly tall dorsal fins as compared to the rest of the Minke bell-shaped curve. But, again, if the black animals with tall dorsals were not behaving like a Minke...ie, shy, long down times compared to Tt, eratic directional component to movement, then we are still up in the air. To bad a staff photographer was not around ! Bob Perry Malibu On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Keith Grey Hale < greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com> wrote: > Good question I have seen these to. I am not sure but all that you have > said came into mind also. > > Keith > > ------------------------------ > From: dean.benjamin at sbcglobal.net > To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:21:43 -0700 > Subject: [CINC] Question > > I am loathe to expose my ignorance to our august group of naturalists, > but this one really has me puzzled. I came across 4 animals yesterday, > about ? mile off the Mandalay Power Plant at about 18:30. Two were most > likely bottlenose dolphins. The other two were solid black, at least as > much of the body as I could see (no clear view of the head, tail, or lower > portion of the body). Dorsal fins about 2 feet high. Exhalation was > visible although no well defined and not huge, and I estimate the length to > be 9-12 feet. Water temperature 68 degrees F. > > > > My thoughts are: > > Dall?s Porpoise ? I observed no white coloration. > > Orcas ? these were too small and juvenile Orcas would not be alone, and the > bottlenose would not have stayed close. > > Melon-headed Whale ? perhaps, although they are generally in larger groups. > > Pygmy Killer Whale ? perhaps, although not commonly seen in California and > Baja. > > False Killer Whale ? these were too small and the bottlenose would not have > been nearby. > > Short-finned Pilot Whale ? these were again too small to have been this > species. > > Bottlenose which were all black??? > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > Dean > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Bing? brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. Try it > now. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 miramarragamuffin at yahoo.com Thu Sep 17 15:23:35 2009 From: miramarragamuffin at yahoo.com (Deborah Lee Clark) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:23:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] CX Thursday, Sept 17 Message-ID: <80287.5911.qm@web63406.mail.re1.yahoo.com> 3 pods common dolphins (50-500-1000+) 1 blue whale 1 blue whale with 1 calf Capt. Mat got wind of possible blues and a sperm whale sighting off Anacapa so we headed out lickety split. On the way we saw a small pod of commons and then a lone blue in the middle of hoards of birds. Next came another pod of dolphins followed by a lengthy sighting of a mother blue and calf. On the way home a large pod of commons joined us. Seas going out and during whale viewing were calm, sun shining and all right with the world. Return found some sizable swells but, all in all, a fabulous trip especially for the three people who cashed in on their "whale checks" after having gotten skunked earlier. Visitors from Florida, England, Canada, Arizona, Texas, New York, northern California and many more that I missed. Fun "working" with Natalie Swan. Deb Clark -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov Fri Sep 18 14:35:54 2009 From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:35:54 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Update on Suspected Blue Whale Giving Birth in SB Channel Message-ID: >From Cascadia Research Collective Research Biologist, John Calambokidis regarding a recent report claiming a blue whale may have given birth in the SB Channel: "The account of the sightings of this mom had been sent to me a number of weeks ago (a mom seen without a calf and then several days later with a calf) and I had explained that I had seen her earlier to those reports already with a calf and so it was not a SB Channel birth (or at least these events did not show it to be one). Apparently that account and possible conclusion had gotten some traction and perhaps my explanation did not make it to everyone involved. I am pretty sure this was the source incident and our sightings show she already had a calf when first seen here. I suspect that the reported sightings of her without a calf were likely because the calf was hard to see with a very small blow and did not surface every time with the mom. I suspect the small size of the calf and the emaciated state of the mom are likely related in that she may be struggling to provide adequate food for the calf." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From withwind2 at charter.net Fri Sep 18 17:42:18 2009 From: withwind2 at charter.net (Larry Harris) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:42:18 -0700 Subject: [CINC] BEACH CLEAN UP Message-ID: I find that I will have time available tomorrow for Beach Clean up. Is there a group of CINC volunteers doing this on the Ventura Area beaches? Larry Harris Mahalo and remember "Chance favors the prepared mind" therefore...MAKE it a great day! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mommasisa at gmail.com Fri Sep 18 20:17:04 2009 From: mommasisa at gmail.com (Lisa Anderson) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:17:04 -0700 Subject: [CINC] BEACH CLEAN UP In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1f69dbb40909182017t38789fb0w233a5b0389b30be0@mail.gmail.com> Emma Wood Group--at the end of Main Street. Lisa On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Larry Harris wrote: > I find that I will have time available tomorrow for Beach Clean up. Is > there a group of CINC volunteers doing this on the Ventura Area beaches? > > Larry Harris > Mahalo and remember "Chance favors the prepared mind" therefore...MAKE it a > great day! > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > > -- Lisa Proud Marine Corp Mom LCPL. Nicholas Hale Anderson KIA 11/12/2004 "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." -General George S. Patton, Jr. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bweinerth at hotmail.com Sat Sep 19 07:50:17 2009 From: bweinerth at hotmail.com (bill weinerth) Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:50:17 +0000 Subject: [CINC] Island Adventure Friday Sept 18th to Santa Rosa Message-ID: Fog the entire day. Three Blue Whales - cow calf pair and another adult. Three pods of common dolphins. Sixteen day visitors and forty plus campers. We started out in dense fog, radar going, fog horn sounding, headed for San Pedro Point on SCI. Captain Lee was taking his time to be safe. We got beyond Platform Gail and into the north bound shipping lane where the Islander was stopped with the cow calf pair of Blues. They looked to be closer than fifty feet to their bow! Islander was finally able to move off the whales and we moved in but never got real close. Still we got good sitings and the strong smell of whale breath. We continued to SCI and up the back side. We did stop at Gull Island to off-load a passenger. This passenger was a rehabilated Guadalupe Fur Seal pup which wondered into the San Pedro Harbor some months ago. She is about six months old now and on her own. Good luck to her. Skiffing to the island at Water Canyon was mostly dry - Thanks to Alex, Dave and the rest of the IPCO staff. Eight of the day hikers did the Torrey Pines loop. We made it back just in time to keep the departure on schedule. There was a hugh west swell hitting the north side of SCI so Painted Cave looked to be out. But Capt Lee found a way to get the Is Ad well into the cave to the delight of all aboard. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From santafina at hotmail.com Sat Sep 19 10:27:47 2009 From: santafina at hotmail.com (Rachel) Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:27:47 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Sub for CX Sunday 9/20/09 Message-ID: Dear CINC, Unfortunately I will not be able to make my shift on the CX tomorrow from 10 to 2:30 and am hoping to find a sub. Please call me at 805-218-5857 or email me at santafina at hotmail.com if you are interested in picking up this shift. Thank you, Rachel Gomez From sallymarian at earthlink.net Sat Sep 19 12:54:19 2009 From: sallymarian at earthlink.net (Sally Narkevic) Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:54:19 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Emma Wood Beach Clean Up Message-ID: <7DE507BD0932405292FC784D3E8995D4@blackie> On a foggy morning at Emma Wood State Beach, Lisa Anderson directed Larry Harris and Drew Picard along with representatives of the Audubon Society and the 4H, families, couples and solos picking up trash. At least 22 surfers were out in clear warm water, ducks were in the lagoons and pelicans flew overhead in formation. Bright yellow and various hues of purple flowers scented the trails. There were fewer than last year's participants both at Emma Wood and Mcgrath State Beach Parks, said Lisa. Among items collected were clothes, bicycle parts, bottle caps, glass and aluminum cans. Sally Narkevic -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From klez18 at sbcglobal.net Sat Sep 19 18:21:32 2009 From: klez18 at sbcglobal.net (Marty Flam) Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:21:32 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Friday with cow-calf Blues (probably not born here per John) Message-ID: <258802.28916.qm@web180116.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Thank you Shauna for?reporting John's skepticism of Blues birthing in SB Channel. ? The cow-calf? Blue pair,?same or similar to those seen Monday while crossing to Scorpion, were seen again on the same route Friday, ?lingering very close to Captain Anthony's Islander cat for approximately 15 minutes?as?our boatload of CINP and CINMS visitors in awe?listened to Bm exhaust tones, Jeanne's blow-by- blow?and thrilled to a twirl or?two (vertical flukes and pec waves) from the youngster.? IPCOs other cat , the Island Adventure with CINC's Bill Weinerth aboard en route to SRI, then arrived and?we continued on to SCI for hiking, kayaking, plant restoration, swimming, diving, picnicking?and/or camping.???Wow, whatta day! ? 9:05 AM?et seq. 34-06-554; 119-27-187 ? Marty --- On Fri, 9/18/09, Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov wrote: From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov Subject: [CINC] Update on Suspected Blue Whale Giving Birth in SB Channel To: "channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org" Date: Friday, September 18, 2009, 2:35 PM >From Cascadia Research Collective Research Biologist, John Calambokidis regarding?a?recent report claiming a?blue whale may have given birth in the SB Channel: ? "The account of the sightings of this mom had been sent to me a number of weeks ago (a mom seen without a calf and then several days later with a calf) and I had explained that I had seen her earlier to those reports already with a calf and so it was not a SB Channel birth (or at least these events did not show it to be one). Apparently that account and possible conclusion had gotten some traction and perhaps my explanation did not make it to everyone involved.? 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URL: From diver23 at cox.net Sat Sep 19 22:46:06 2009 From: diver23 at cox.net (Kevin Bailey) Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:46:06 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CX 9/19/2009 Message-ID: <008901ca39b5$a6124740$f236d5c0$@net> 3 Blues Whales 2 Fin Whales 1 Minke Whale 200 + 800 Common Dolphins Many groups of birds An occasional sea lion I was joined by Karen and Gary Sullivan today on the Condor Express voyage which had us heading toward Anacapa Island where 3 blues were seen yesterday. It was a different direction than the ?normal? blue or humpback fall season trip but like we say, this is the wild ocean west and these animals do move. Today they were about 2 miles north of AI. We 1st saw the blow in the distance, then a second blow. It was cow/calf pair. We also saw a 3rd blow of a blue but it headed east and we tried to stay with the original two. The down cycles were quite long, yet normal (6-10 min) but in that time frame they moved a lot. Each time they surfaced they were ? mile away so it was a bit of cat and mouse on the water today. We did get some good views and were blessed with 2 blue whale flukes. Shortly after seeing the 1st two 2 blues were also saw 2 fin whales that were travelling next to each other. They surfaced as we were headed toward the blues and for a brief period we had 5 whales in our circle of vision. But then the solo blue went its way and the 2 fins went their way and we watched several breathing cycles of the pair of blues. The mother blue had a very distinguishing look. It had a very distinctive indentation on the top of the animal behind its head that was quite large and then a large hump behind this indention. In talking with Dave, he said it was probably not a ship strike because it appeared to be swimming and acting normal and had a calf with it. It looked more like a deformity / birth defect. It would be interesting to see what John Calambokidis has to say about this animal. I talked to a couple from LA who had seen The Kingdom of the Blue Whale and wanted to come to Santa Barbara to see blue whales. Interestingly enough, an hour later we saw 3 blue whales, but even more interesting was that in the same area we saw John Calambokidis in his orange jumpsuit in his skiff just like on TV. They were quite thrilled! The past President of ACS at National level was onboard with 4 of her friends along with many from oversees. There were 2 groups of 2 from Holland and when Karen introduced them to meet each other they discovered that they live about 2 miles from each other. There were also visitors from Germany, England (2 groups of 2 here too), Australia, and then the locals from Moorpark, LA area and Bay area. Only 28 people today so everyone got plenty of attention if they needed or wanted their own guide. The Australians told me that there has never been a better time to go to Australia than now with the currency rate today for Americans. The folks from southern Australia gave me tips about when to travel there and we discussed places I had seen on Nat Geo that I had hoped to see some day. Also making a Captain?s Appearance was a Minke that Karen saw but I most others never saw. There were a total of close to 1000 Commons in 2 groups. The first was thin and scattered and maybe 200 and the second group later in the day were equally scattered and everywhere ? lots of little tiny babies! The birds today were tricking us because we saw many groups of Gulls, Pelicans and Shearwaters all mixed together just sitting on the water but no cetaceans nearby and they didn?t appear to be feeding but just hanging out. Until next time, Kevin Bailey -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dtl at stanfordalumni.org Sun Sep 20 07:14:32 2009 From: dtl at stanfordalumni.org (David Telleen-Lawton) Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:14:32 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Santa Claus Lane Beach Clean-up - Lots of trash and many volunteers Message-ID: <513NiToNG8026S12.1253456072@cmsweb12.cms.usa.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From santafina at hotmail.com Sun Sep 20 08:59:38 2009 From: santafina at hotmail.com (Rachel) Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:59:38 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Sub found for CX on 9/20/09 Message-ID: Dear CINC, Kevin Bailey is covering my shift on the CX today from 10 to 2:30. ~Rachel Gomez From withwind2 at charter.net Sun Sep 20 15:13:36 2009 From: withwind2 at charter.net (Larry Harris) Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:13:36 -0700 Subject: [CINC] EMMA WOOD BEACH CLEAN UP FEEDBACK LOOP Message-ID: EMMA WOOD BEACH FEEDBACK LOOP: When output from the past (trash) results in influencing the same event/phenomenon in the present or future (more trash). Physical samples collected: Personally, 8 bags of litter from Emma Beach Clean up activity. Most involved did at least as much for a total of well over an estimated 300 bags! Items collected: Plastic, plastic, & more plastic: bottles, cups, plates, liner, packaging, and bags! Also worn out clothing, rags, blankets, and old magazines. Observation: Most heavily concentrated areas of trash were the washes, ravines, drainage culverts, and brush hollows where homeless had stayed. Areas that will overflow directly to the ocean during rain and wind storms. I estimate that the homeless generated at least 70% of all the litter collected. I think much of the litter on the beach came from the past homeless camps. The feedback loop: The trash is generated by those who camp there because they cannot afford to (or don't care to ) live elsewhere. They stay till ran out by the man and then return later. The economic downturn generates more homeless and they generate more trash. As they generate more trash the oceans become more polluted and less productive, this has a negative effect on the fishing industry which has negative effect on the economy, which generates more homeless, which generates more trash. The result: More trash. ONE SOLUTION: Reduce plastic use! But Lisa did a GREAT job! Larry Mahalo and remember "Chance favors the prepared mind" therefore...MAKE it a great day! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ThusOne at aol.com Sun Sep 20 17:53:23 2009 From: ThusOne at aol.com (ThusOne at aol.com) Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:53:23 EDT Subject: [CINC] EMMA WOOD BEACH CLEAN UP FEEDBACK LOOP Message-ID: In a message dated 9/20/2009 3:23:18 PM Pacific Standard Time, withwind2 at charter.net writes: > The feedback loop: The trash is generated by those who camp there because > they cannot afford to (or don?t care to ) live elsewhere. They stay till > ran out by the man and then return later. The economic downturn generates > more homeless and they generate more trash. As they generate more trash the > oceans become more polluted and less productive, this has a negative effect > on the fishing industry which has negative effect on the economy, which > generates more homeless, which generates more trash. > > > > The result: More trash. > > > > ONE SOLUTION: Reduce plastic use! > > Another solution? Fork out a few bucks to leave some dumpsters out there in the general area.... not for the "temporarily un-building-code-domiciled" you understand. We do not want to encouage that sort of thing. And one might even weld some uncomfortable type vertical thingies in the bottom of the dumpsters... in case that some might be tempted to view the dumpster as "home." So these dumpsters might be sort of stored in certain watershed areas and visited on a regular basis by our trash services. I think we could afford that. The fish and the fishermen will appreciate it. 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Quite similar to Kevin's report on the Saturday. Honestly, I got confused in the end on the sightings with so much activity. Apologies to those who had to interpret that report. Capt. Dave and John Kuizenga on PID did not think that either pod of 2 blues included the mother calf that have been reported recently. The 2 Fin whales, if that is what they were, stayed with us for quite some time although far enough away to not be able to positively identify. The second shark was not positively identifiable either. Unfamiliar to me were the vast numbers of small pods of commons. The fog never cleared and the Beaufort was dead calm but swells mounted to at least 6 feet (made for some great surfing back home). Debbie Shelley and/or John Kuizenga please jump in here and correct my vagueness if necessary. Thank you both for being great naturalists aboard on this fascinating day. Deb Clark -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mommasisa at gmail.com Mon Sep 21 11:14:21 2009 From: mommasisa at gmail.com (Lisa Anderson) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:14:21 -0700 Subject: [CINC] EMMA WOOD BEACH CLEAN UP FEEDBACK LOOP In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1f69dbb40909211114hc903e03tea85b75e47202834@mail.gmail.com> Most of the homeles are in the riverbed and that would not be a solution. The other problem with the homeless are used needles and human waste all over the area--the dunes and vegitation are being trampled which greatly impact the birds as well. Unfortunatly dumpsters would encourage more activity in this sensitive area. Lisa On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 5:53 PM, wrote: > In a message dated 9/20/2009 3:23:18 PM Pacific Standard Time, > withwind2 at charter.net writes: > > > The feedback loop: The trash is generated by those who camp there because > they cannot afford to (or don?t care to ) live elsewhere. They stay till ran > out by the man and then return later. The economic downturn generates more > homeless and they generate more trash. As they generate more trash the > oceans become more polluted and less productive, this has a negative effect > on the fishing industry which has negative effect on the economy, which > generates more homeless, which generates more trash. > > > > The result: More trash. > > > > ONE SOLUTION: Reduce plastic use! > > > > Another solution? Fork out a few bucks to leave some dumpsters out there > in the general area.... not for the "temporarily > un-building-code-domiciled" you understand. We do not want to encouage > that sort of thing. And one might even weld some uncomfortable type > vertical thingies in the bottom of the dumpsters... in case that some might > be tempted to view the dumpster as "home." So these dumpsters might be > sort of stored in certain watershed areas and visited on a regular basis by > our trash services. I think we could afford that. The fish and the > fishermen will appreciate it. > > Shirley > > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > > -- Lisa Proud Marine Corp Mom LCPL. Nicholas Hale Anderson KIA 11/12/2004 "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." -General George S. Patton, Jr. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov Mon Sep 21 10:40:43 2009 From: Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov (Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:40:43 -0700 Subject: [CINC] OCT OUTREACH SIGN-UPS In-Reply-To: <244118.29798.qm@web63407.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <244118.29798.qm@web63407.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Good morning, naturalists. All of the community-outreach event sign-ups are filled, except for one. If you would like to sign up for the Eco-fair/carnival at Washington School in Santa Barbara on October 3, Saturday from 12-4:30 pm please let me know! A pdf is attached showing your shifts. Thank you, Tina -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: OCT_Outreach_2009.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 64881 bytes Desc: not available URL: From staci at savzsea.com Mon Sep 21 12:01:49 2009 From: staci at savzsea.com (staci at savzsea.com) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:01:49 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Ocean task force Message-ID: <20090921120149.1f69f13e02bba7ff49a08cffd4b84343.aad78ebdfc.wbe@email.secureserver.net> Fellow CINCs, I would like to share this good news....... Sweeping changes could affect the United States' management of oceans, including offshore energy development. President Obama's Ocean task force (yes, there really is such a thing) last week released a comprehensive ocean management plan to guide federal agencies in restoring and protecting a badly stressed US coastal and ocean environment. Among the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force's national objectives were: 1. Ecosystem-based management as a foundational principle for comprehensive management of the ocean, coasts, and Great Lakes. 2. Coastal and marine spatial planning to resolve emerging conflicts to ensure that shipping lanes and wind, wave, and oil and gas energy development do not harm fisheries and water quality. 3. Improved coordination of policy development among federal state, tribal, local, and regional managers of ocean, coasts, and the Great Lakes. 4. Focus on resiliency and adaptation to climate change and ocean acidification. 5. Pay special attention to policies needed to deal with changing arctic conditions. Experts said that the new, unified policy was timely, after decades of hit-or-miss development policies. If you'd like to read all about it, just click here: http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/09/17/obamas-ocean-task-force-releases-report/. Staci Kaye-Carr Channel Islands Naturalist Corps From chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com Mon Sep 21 20:02:56 2009 From: chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com (Christopher Carlson) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:02:56 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CX 09-21-09 Report (Sperm Whale Ahoy!) Message-ID: <29a91b7e0909212002y72578f37p226c57a3abd96e6f@mail.gmail.com> Friends, Romans, countrymen, and countrywomen, Chris Carlson here bringing you today's Condor Express report. Just the facts ma'am: -1 Sperm Whale -700-1000 Common Dolphins Captain Mat and crew welcomed about 35 people aboard on an overcast Monday morning. We had some from the Netherlands, Phoenix, the United Kingdom, Colorado, but most that I talked to were very local and had read about Sunday's awesome sightings. Well we sure didn't see the same volume of whales that Sunday brought, but we sure had a pretty neat sighting of our own. Yep, about two or three miles off the coast of southern Anacapa, Capt. Mat spotted a spout he thought might be a blue, but as we approached it became apparent that it was not. An actual, factual sperm whale! I couldn't believe it myself. Obviously I had never seen one in real life until today. It was just coasting with its upper body out of the water, facing north towards Anacapa. But just a few minutes after we approached it, it did a spectacular deeper dive where its tail turned totally, ninety degree vertical and dropped right down beneath the calm ocean in 250 fathoms of water. We waited fifteen minutes but, not surprisingly, it never came back up. Those things can dive for well over an hour if they want to, but at least we got to see that awesome deeper dive close up. Needless to say, I was pretty excited to see that spectacular fluke and bragged to everybody just how rare a sighting they witnessed. Mat said that it was the first sperm whale he had seen aboard the current Condor Express ship, and that he had only seen a handful in his many year career. So yeah, that pretty much made my day right there. We saw about four different bouts of common dolphins, one rather large one that people went nuts over. Those dolphins can jump! The customers still got some whale passes because of our brief encounter, but mannnnn, did they have a real treat today! And so did I. Chris Carlson chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cfrench1366 at aol.com Tue Sep 22 09:32:12 2009 From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine French) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:32:12 -0400 Subject: [CINC] Fwd: Coral Bleaching Season [News & Notes In-Reply-To: <307c3fdce2-cfrench1366=aol.com@mail.vresp.com> References: <307c3fdce2-cfrench1366=aol.com@mail.vresp.com> Message-ID: <8CC09B95EE9888F-D34-5480@webmail-d033.sysops.aol.com> >From the Florida Keys Sanctuary. Sincerely, Catherine French cfrench1366 at aol.com 805.815.3523 -----Original Message----- From: Sanctuary Friends Foundation of the Florida Keys To: cfrench1366 at aol.com Sent: Tue, Sep 22, 2009 5:07 am Subject: Coral Bleaching Season [News & Notes] Click to view this email in a browser In this Issue: >From the Board You Can Protect Coral Reefs Coral Bleaching Alert Bonefish & Tarpon Protections Upcoming Events News & Notes September 2009 ? Our Amazing Ocean Everyone Can Help Protect Coral Reefs Even if you don't live near a reef, you can help protect coral reefs in the U.S. and around the world. Be a "Blue Tourist" by doing all you can to celebrate the ocean's beauty without harming it. Following are some examples from NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program. ? Educate yourself about coral reefs and the creatures they support so you can help others understand their fragility and value throughout the world. ? Be a wastewater crusader! Excess nutrients in wastewater can negatively impact coral reef ecosystems. Support organizations that protect coral reefs. Join Sanctuary Friends today. Don't use chemically-enhanced pesticides and fertilizers, which can end up in the watershed and, ultimately, the ocean. Volunteer for a reef cleanup and enjoy the beauty of one of the world 's treasures while helping to preserve it for future generations. Team Ocean has volunteer opportunities available in the Keys. Be an informed consumer and support reef-friendly businesses. Only buy marine fish and other reef organisms when you know they have been collected in an ecologically sound manner. Recycle and conserve water. Help keep trash out of oceans and landfills where it can have an adverse impact on water quality. Use less water so there's less runoff and wastewater that eventually gets back into the oceans. Don't litter! Beach litter poses a threat to the health and survival of marine organisms, which can swallow or get tangled in the debris. Report dumping or other illegal activities. Help be the eyes and ears of the reef. Don't anchor on the reef. Use mooring buoy systems when available. Respect local guidelines when you visit a reef. Ask local authorities or your dive shop how to be a reef-friendly tourist. Hire local guides to support the local economy, which will help protect the future of the reef. Spread the word. Sharing your excitement gets everyone involved. Buy products that are coral-inspired rather than coral-derived. Take the Pledge to Save Coral: Too Precious to Wear. Hot Issues Coral Bleaching: High Temps Threaten Reef High summer temperatures briefly triggered a Coral Bleaching Alert 2 for the Florida Keys this month. Water temps reached 87 degrees, the level where researchers begin to expect coral bleaching. Th e Alert 2 phase means widespread bleaching and some coral mortality are likely. High water temperatures are expected throughout the Caribbean through October. Watch a video about Coral Bleaching. Coral bleaching occurs when corals become stressed and expel the algae living within them. The coral tissue becomes transparent and the observer can see through the tissue to the white calcium carbonate skeleton. The corals appear to have been "bleached." Coral bleaching can be caused by a wide range of environmental stressors such as pollution, oil spills, increased sedimentation, extremes in sea temperatures, extremes in salinity, low oxygen, disease, and predation. Corals are still alive after bleaching and can recover. If the environmental conditions return to normal rather quickly, corals can regain or regrow their zooxanthellae and survive. If the stressors are prolonged, corals are more susceptible to disease, predation and death because they are without an important energy source. Coral bleaching is a natural event that that occurs, to some extent, every year in the FKNMS; however, the frequency and severity have steadily increased since the 1980s. Large-scale, mass coral-bleaching events in the Keys are normally driven by unusually warm sea temperatures. The effects of these mass events are potentially devastating to ecosystems and the people who depend on them. The initial onset of mass coral bleaching can vary in the species affected, geographic location, types of reef zones and a fluctuation of severity, whi ch makes it very difficult to predict where or when it will occur. What can I do? The Florida Keys BleachWatch program utilizes volunteers to provide reports from the reef on the actual condition of corals throughout the bleaching season. SCUBA divers and free divers can help by reporting if they observe or do NOT observe bleaching. Submit a report online or print a report form to mail or fax. To learn how to recognize coral bleaching, view coral bleaching current condition reports or work with Mote as an observer, visit http://isurus.mote.org/Keys/bleaching.phtml ?Programs & Projects Protections for Bonefish and Tarpon? Bonefish and tarpon are perhaps the most spectacular game fish in terms of speed and fighting power. They occur worldwide in warm subtropical and tropical coastal waters, appearing in extremely shallow near-shore "flats" environments as well as offshore on the coral reefs. Florida Keys fisheries for bonefish and tarpon are world-renowned and support multi-billion dollar industries. Great interest in bonefish and tarpon fishing has helped fuel the explosive growth of recreational angling in south Florida. At present, an urgent concern expressed by those most knowledgeable about regional bonefish and tarpon fisheries suggests that these resources are declining. At the same time, Florida's marine environment is undergoing extensive changes. Concerns about the effects of rapid growth of the human population, recreational fishing fleets and ongoing environmental changes are magni fied by the fact that overfishing is decimating other popular sport and commercial fisheries in the Florida Keys. Bonefish & Tarpon Trust is working with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) on initiatives that would elevate the status of bonefish in Florida to "catch and release." (Recreational harvest is currently allowed.) Protecting these fisheries also helps protect the coastal habitats that support them and the social culture that surrounds the guides and lodges that depend on them. Attend a meeting to learn more about this initiative. In addition, the Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science has developed a technically sound program for bonefish and tarpon research in South Florida. The Bonefish & Tarpon Conservation Research Center is designed to promote better understanding of stock dynamics paramount to the sustainable future of these valuable fisheries. Sanctuary Friends Foundation has contributed approximately $250,000 over the years to the Bonefish and Tarpon Conservation Research Center led by the University of Miami. Sea Turtles Protected in Bahamas The Bahamas Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources announced that the Fisheries Regulations governing marine turtles have been amended to give full protection to all marine turtles found in Bahamian waters. The new regulations prohibit the harvesting, possession, purchase and sale of turtles, their parts and eggs, and prohibit the molestation of marine turtle nests. The regulations went into effect Sept ember 1. This is a time for celebration for sea turtles! More information. blue & green occasions celebrating the event... ???????????????? honoring the earth and sea SERVING THE FLORIDA KEYS AND KEY WEST We invite you to hold your special celebrations, business meetings and other occasions in a meaningful way at the Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center. Our staff will help you celebrate in a green way, and your donations will help to give back to the ?Sanctuary.? Call today to reserve your date and share your celebration with the earth and sea! 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If you have activated spam filters in your email application, please add the following email to your address book: Sanctuary_Friends_Foundation_of_ at mail.vresp.com. Say Goodbye to Summer ... Cooler temps are on the way! Become a Sanctuary Friend and support our coral reef and marine ecosystems. Subscribe to our e-Newsletter ?From the Board Greetings, We are coming to the end of a long, warm summer and, luckily, so far we have not been threatened by any hurricanes or serious tropical storms. At this time of year, with higher sea surface temperatures, we sometimes begin to see coral colonies fading and turning a shocking stark white. This phenomenon has been studied here in the FKNMS by scientists who want to understand what is happening at the cellular level and to learn what might be done to prevent the "bleaching." Even though the coral colonies appear to be dead or dying, many do recover and regain their health. Other researchers are seeking to find these resilient corals to discover possible genetic or physical characteristics that make them strong. The concept of resilience may help protect future reefs. If you have a reef that you visit regularly, please let us know if you observe bleaching corals. Watch for recovery and see if you can spot the colonies that continue to live and regain color. This information could be helpful to sanctuary scientists. If you care about corals and coral reefs, we hope you will join us as a member20of Sanctuary Friends to learn more about how to support these studies and how to help preserve our precious marine ecosystem here in the Florida Keys. Thank you for your interest and your support! Judy Halas SFFFK Board Secretary Upcoming Events Coastal Clean-up Sept. 23, 9 am-1 pm, Hurricane Hole Marina Public is invited to help clean up the waterways. Gloves and drinking water provided. Meet at the marina before being dispersed to the airport area, North Roosevelt Boulevard and Stock Island. Both water and land crews needed. RSVP to Mike via email or tel: 305-434-0058. More information. Florida Keys Birding & Wildlife Festival Sept. 23-27, Curry Hammock State Park, MM 56.2, Marathon. During the peak of the fall birding season, this event includes presentations, an environmental fair and field trips focusing on education and conservation as they relate to Keys birds and wildlife. Call 305-852-4486 to register. More information. Smithsonian Museum Day Sept. 26, History of Diving Museum, Islamorada Free admission to the museum all day. Download your free admission card or find it in the September issue of Smithsonian magazine. Public Workshops on Bonefish Oct. 7, 6-8 pm, Key Colony Beach City Hall The purpose of the workshop is to examine possible options for rule changes for the bonefish fishery. FWC will be gathering comments on extending state regulations into federal waters, establishing a tagging program, including all species of bonefish in the current rule , and making bonefish a catch and release only fishery. More information. International Day of Climate Action Oct. 24, worldwide Join a global movement to solve the climate crisis. www.350.org Coming This Fall "Eco-Discovery Tours: Discover the Florida Keys through eco-friendly and historical excursions." Thousands of islands ... thousands of stories The Eco-Discovery Center and Sanctuary Friends team up to take visitors on journeys that will teach them about the history and natural wonders of the 1,700 islands that are called the Florida Keys. Learn underwater photography from an instructor who knows the secrets of the reef, experience the rich history of writers that have called Key West their home, discover nature's beauty as you kayak under the moon through canopied mangrove islands or share a gourmet dinner with local chefs who are dedicated to using organic, local and Floridian delights. For more information, call 305-289-2288 or e-mail to request a brochure. EcoWeek 2010 Coming! Nov. 1-14, 2010 A Keys-wide event to educate and celebrate environmental preservation. Special activities in the Upper, Middle and Lower Keys. Inaugural event in 2010 to celebrate healthy living, a healthy planet and peaceable and sustainable communities. http://ecoweekfloridakeys.com/ Long, sharp, brittle spines, the Diadema sea urchin. Nemesis of divers, salvation of the coral reefs The long-spined sea urchin, Diadema antillarum, of the tropical western Atlantic coral reefs was the k eystone herbivore that maintained the balance of growth between the fast growing macro algae and the slow growing, reef building corals. Diadema populations suffered a great plague in 1983 that almost drove the species to extinction. An estimated 98% of all the billions of these urchins throughout the Caribbean, Florida, and the Bahamas succumbed to this plague. It was thought that those that remained, because of their great reproductive potential, would soon enable the reef cleaning urchin populations to rebound to their former levels, but this did not happen. Population levels remain very low; the species is functionally ecologically extinct, and macro algae, not coral, rule the reefs. The only hope for restoration of vibrant coral reefs to the Florida Keys is the return of these essential herbivores in ecologically functional numbers. by Martin Moe Ken Nedimyer photo Our Mission Sanctuary Friends Foundation of the Florida Keys supports the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) in the preservation, restoration, and sustainable use of our coral reef and marine ecosystems. We focus on development of community support and advancement of public awareness, education, outreach and scientific research. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the following link: Unsubscribe Click here to forward this email to a friend Sanctuary Fr iends Foundation of the Florida Keys 11450 Overseas Highway Suite 102 Marathon, Florida 33050 Read the VerticalResponse marketing policy. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The entire day at the museum was free admission, and this festival was for educators and families alike.? We had lots of fun from 10-4 talking with folks about our Channel Islands, engaging in the famous Matching Game, and handing out materials.? Fun was had by all! Gary Delanoeye Bhrian Resnik Debra Herring -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov Wed Sep 23 08:31:55 2009 From: Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov (Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:31:55 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Presentation on SMI historical archeology 9/21 Message-ID: On Wednesday, October 21, at 3:00, archeologist Julia Costello will discuss her investigations of several historic sites on San Miguel Island. Dr. Costello and her crew (including former park archeologist Don Morris) located the boundaries of the Nidever adobe, examined its adobe bricks, searched for the site of the Mills ranch house, and did additional historic archeological research on the island. Dr. Costello will talk about the historical documentation of the island ranches, their archeological investigations on the island, and how the historical data informed their island archeological work. The presentation will be in the park auditorium. ____________________________ Ann Huston Chief, Cultural Resources Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Drive Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 658-5752 Fax: (805) 658-5799 From Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov Wed Sep 23 08:42:19 2009 From: Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov (Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:42:19 -0700 Subject: [CINC] eagle cam now on our website Message-ID: >From Derek: the eagle cam is now embedded on our website. you must have windows media player to view it. let me know if you have any problems as i am still trying to work out the bugs. http://www.nps.gov/chis/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm Derek Lohuis Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Dr. Ventura, CA 93001 805-658-5736 From gizmo92067 at yahoo.com Wed Sep 23 09:29:01 2009 From: gizmo92067 at yahoo.com (Carol C.) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:29:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] 9.20.09 Condor Express Message-ID: <347181.49757.qm@web52305.mail.re2.yahoo.com> 1 Blue 8 + Minkes 9 Blue Sharks 500 or so Commons Acres of seabirds Fellow naturalists: Kevin Bailey and Barbara LaCorte (PID) Crew: Captain Matt, Dennis, and Amanda The day started out pretty overcast with calm seas. Capt. Matt had our course set for Anacapa Island. Along the way we encountered a few pods of Commons and a couple of Minkes. Not to long after we arrived to the front of Anacapa we came across a lone Blue whale that Capt. Matt estimated at 65'. We stayed with it for awhile as it fed. Capt. Matt then announced that we were going to go search for the sperm whale that was reported in the area the day before. We were distracted within a few minutes when we came across acres of seabirds, including Sootys and pelicans. And in the middle of them were a few Minkes feeding. The Minkes were coming close to the boat as we were in the middle of their dinner table, and we were able to get some nice views of them. The Minkes began to lunge feed in front of us! It was quite a sight to see! We saw their baleen and throat pleats, and were even treated to seeing their heads fully come out of the water (not sure I'd classify it as a spy hop.) And if the sight we were witnessing was not amazing enough, then around 9 blue sharks made an appearance and made the feeding even more exciting to watch! Alas, we had to make our journey back to Santa Barbara and leave the spectacular lunch time feeding behind. On the way back we came across more Commons, and passed at least 5 more Minkes. Good times! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you don't do PID, perhaps one of the other naturalists signed up > would switch to PID (?). > Please? > Thanks! > Marilyn Dannehower > 805-967-8975 > Toll Free: 1-800-524-2075 > ???<))))))?>~~~???<))))))?>~~~???<))))))?>~~~???<))))))?>~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 withwind2 at charter.net Wed Sep 23 10:42:09 2009 From: withwind2 at charter.net (Larry Harris) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:42:09 -0700 Subject: [CINC] NEED SUB FOR CX SAT OCT 3 Message-ID: <6A4C7208EFDF4E9D956376DE3649211C@harris> Unexpected opportunity requires me to be away for a week. Can someone please fill in for my Sat Oct. 3 WW on the Condor? 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This time, he'll spend six nights telling the story of America's Best Idea--our national parks. The footage in this film is breathtaking.? But the most powerful moments are the stories of the men and women who created these special places and continue the fight to protect them.? It all combines to create can't-miss television, so check your local listings and set those DVRs now.? NPCA has even created a special viewer's guide where you can see a video preview of the film, learn about the viewing parties our members are hosting across the country, and find new ways to get involved with our efforts to protect our national parks. Click here for NPCA's exclusive viewer's guide to Ken Burns's newest film--The National Parks: America's Best Idea. The broadcast of this powerful documentary is an important moment for all of us who care about preserving the parks for our children and grandchildren.? Media coverage and public attention will reach new heights as more people see the film and learn more about the parks. NPCA will be organizing hundreds of thousands of activists and park supporters across the country to capitalize on this moment and stand up to protect the parks.? We want you to be a part of this movement, so I'll be sure to keep you posted. But the first step is to enjoy this terrific film: to get inspired and learn more about our Best Idea. We've put together some great resources to make your experience even better. ?I hope you will enjoy it all as much as I will.? Click here for NPCA's exclusive viewer's guide to Ken Burns's newest film--The National Parks: America's Best Idea. Sincerely, Thomas C.?Kiernan President ? NPCA | 1300 19th Street, NW | Suite 300 | Washington, DC 20036 | 800.NAT.PARK | npca at npca.org If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From withwind2 at charter.net Wed Sep 23 11:57:22 2009 From: withwind2 at charter.net (Larry Harris) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:57:22 -0700 Subject: [CINC] NEED SUB FOR CX SAT OCT 3 References: Message-ID: <83A0B911919E4D0E9DD383FF3835E2B4@harris> Thanks Maryann, As you were first, you have the trip. Mahalo and remember "Chance favors the prepared mind" therefore...MAKE it a great day! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maryann Johansson" To: "Larry Harris" Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [CINC] NEED SUB FOR CX SAT OCT 3 >I can do it. > > --On Wednesday, September 23, 2009 10:42 AM -0700 Larry Harris > wrote: > >> >> Unexpected opportunity requires me to be away for a week. Can someone >> please fill in for my Sat Oct. 3 WW on the Condor? >> >> Larry Harris >> Mahalo and remember "Chance favors the prepared mind" therefore...MAKE it >> a great day! > > > > ------------------------------ > Maryann Johansson RA > Associate Director > Design & Construction Services > 805-893-2661X 2207 > cell:805-451-1545 From camccleskey at yahoo.com Wed Sep 23 12:08:47 2009 From: camccleskey at yahoo.com (Carolyn McCleskey) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:08:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Need Substitute for Thursday 9/24 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <76420.47545.qm@web33407.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi Marilyn, ?So sorry that we won't see each other tomorrow, but I will do PID for you,?since I am already scheduled on the boat. Get well, soon ! ?Carolyn --- On Wed, 9/23/09, Marilyn Dannehower wrote: From: Marilyn Dannehower Subject: [CINC] Need Substitute for Thursday 9/24 To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 9:46 AM Hi all:? My lower back decided to go out and I can barely stand up straight.? I'm wondering if anyone can take my place on the CX tomorrow for PID?? If you don't do PID, perhaps one of the other naturalists signed up would switch to PID (?). Please? Thanks! Marilyn Dannehower 805-967-8975 Toll Free: 1-800-524-2075 ???<))))))?>~~~???<))))))?>~~~???<))))))?>~~~???<))))))?>~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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... 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URL: From Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov Wed Sep 23 13:43:39 2009 From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna Bingham) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:43:39 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CINC on Condor Express Message-ID: <4ABA887B.4030206@noaa.gov> Dear CINC Volunteers: The Condor Express has requested that I remind CINC volunteers to keep all viewing spaces on the upper deck, lower deck and railing open for paying passengers It is very important to the Condor Express that their passengers have the opportunity to get good views of the marine life and we definitely want to promote that as naturalists on the boat. Thank you for your cooperation! Shauna -- Shauna Bingham Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 3600 S. Harbor Blvd. #111 Oxnard, CA 93035 Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (805) 382-6149 ext. 102 Fax (805) 382-9791 http://channelislands.noaa.gov ??`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??.. From dgillies8 at cox.net Wed Sep 23 13:41:06 2009 From: dgillies8 at cox.net (Don Gillies) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:41:06 -0700 Subject: [CINC] S.B. seafood festival Message-ID: <48003CB51CCA4DEB9FAE213CE888ECA0@hp> I will be unable to take may scheduled shift 9:45 to 1:30 on the Shearwater for the Santa Barbara Seafood Festival Oct. 10. Please reply to this message if you can take this for me. Don Gillies -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garydel at aol.com Thu Sep 24 19:12:15 2009 From: garydel at aol.com (garydel at aol.com) Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:12:15 -0400 Subject: [CINC] IPCO 9-24-09 Message-ID: <8CC0B9CBC099744-8FC0-296EF@webmail-d071.sysops.aol.com> Here's the scoreboard.... 3 Minkes Gazillion Commin Dolphins 1/4 Gazillion Bottlenose Mileage: 115 The Minkes were characteristically shy, alone and unwilling to spend too much time on the surface.? The Common Dolphins, however, appeared throughout the day in large pods that were at times, widely dispersed and tightly packed. Ditto with the two pods of Bottlenoses... the largest pods of this species I have seen, found in the deep waters southeast of Anacapa. Not officially reported, but observed personally... 2 blue sharks. Overall, I have never seen so many common dolphins in one day. Lots of bait in the water, as reported by Capt. Anthony who piloted the Islander 115 miles today in an effort to find Blues and other more charismatic megafauna. As the PID guy... skunked totally. But many good conversations with many of the 60 passengers from all over. Thanks to Capt. Anthony, fellow naturalist Sally Narkevic and the Islander crew for a nice day at sea!! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Marty --- On Fri, 9/25/09, Geoff Grow wrote: From: Geoff Grow Subject: RE: [CINC] Truth Aquatics Oct 21 Painted Cave Availabe To: "Marty Flam" Date: Friday, September 25, 2009, 7:03 AM Hi Marty, ? If available. I would like. ? Geoff Grow ? ? ? From: channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org [mailto:channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org] On Behalf Of Marty Flam Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:32 PM To: CINC Rainlist Subject: [CINC] Truth Aquatics Oct 21 Painted Cave Availabe ? The Truth Aquatics Oct. 21 8AM-4:30PM Painted Cave?trip previously?assigned to me is now available.? Please contact Clare now to sign up if interested.? ? Marty? ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov Fri Sep 25 08:09:59 2009 From: Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov (Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov) Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:09:59 -0700 Subject: [CINC] all videos should work now Message-ID: >From Derek: i think i have fixed all the bugs. thank you to everyone who reported them to me. all the videos should work now on all browsers as long as you have the most up to date flash player. email me if you come across any problems. thanks http://www.nps.gov/chis/photosmultimedia/multimedia.htm Derek Lohuis Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Dr. Ventura, CA 93001 805-658-5736 From camccleskey at yahoo.com Fri Sep 25 23:21:06 2009 From: camccleskey at yahoo.com (Carolyn McCleskey) Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:21:06 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Condor Ex last Thursday Message-ID: <361564.43917.qm@web33406.mail.mud.yahoo.com> With Capt. Mat at the helm, we headed toward AI on a calm sea, with a group of 40 or so students from?Encinitas, and Hal Altman, PID, Don Gillies and I as Naturalists. ?Aftera small group of common dolphins were spotted we came on a lone Minke whale feedingand surfacing briefly and giving all a dose of its stinky breath, but good views. ?Thena few offshore Bottlenose Dolphins, followed by a larger group of about 50. ?Althoughwe travelled around the south side of Anacapa and back to the east end of SantaCruz, we found no other whales, but a large pod of Risso's Dolphins on the way home.Altogether, a beautiful day spent with interested passengers who all enjoyed the day,thanks to the hard work of Captain and crew. ?Carolyn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Sunday was foggy and overcast all day, sometimes not being able to see more than 100 yards. It's a very quiet time on Anacapa. The gulls are gone along with their raucous squawking. The island is mostly brown with the plants awaiting their winter drink. There are lots of sea lions at both Cathedral Cove and Pinniped Point and if you listen carefully, you can hear their barking and coughing. And the Peregrines were visible both days perched on high points or soaring overhead. I actually saw three soaring at one point. I led two hikes on Saturday and one on Sunday. All were great groups who were attentive and engaged (lots of good questions). It's always a pleasure to share the island with people who really seem to care. I had a 9 year old boy on the trip on Sunday who was born in Russia but has been in the US for most of his life. He was the kind of kid who wanted to hike with me and who asked lots of questions and shared his thoughts. I love it when I get kids who are that interested. His parents brought him to Anacapa because he had a 4th grade report he was doing on the Channel Islands (yeah parents!). So of course I got him working on his Junior Ranger booklet. While people were gathering for the Chumash stop, I got the booklet out of my backpack to give to him and explained what he needed to do. Of course most of the visitors observed this so they knew he was going to work on it. I saw him working hard on it later in the day while eating lunch at the Visitor's Center. He found me on the boat on the way home and we sat up top going over his work (which was perfect by the way). I swore him in, pinned on his badge and shook his hand, then to my surprise (because I wasn't really paying attention to the other passengers) a round of applause erupted. The smile on that kids face was ear-to-ear. I'm sure he's going to get an A on that report. To me, this is what our "jobs" are all about. What a great weekend... 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URL: From langle411 at gmail.com Mon Sep 28 21:44:47 2009 From: langle411 at gmail.com (Lisa Angle) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:44:47 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Karen Telleen-Lawton's Noozhawk article "Concerns Surface for Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary" Message-ID: <005701ca40bf$939f9200$6400a8c0@Janeway> Title: Karen Telleen-Lawton: Concerns Surface for Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary Summary: The health of marine life and habitats don't quite make the grade in an NOAA report card http://www.noozhawk.com/karen_telleen_lawton/article/092609_karen_telleen-lawton_concerns_surface_for_channel_islands_sanctuary From greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com Mon Sep 28 20:59:19 2009 From: greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com (Keith Grey Hale) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:59:19 -0700 Subject: [CINC] (no subject) Message-ID: 2 pods of Risso"s the first was around 10 to 20. The second pod was the largest pod of Risso"s I have seen. I guess 150. One of the Risso"s must have breached at least five times. It was really cool it looked like he/she was breaching in slow motion. 1- large pod of commons dolphins they where really spread out it was hard to tell how many there where. I reported 1,500. On our way out to the islands I kept seeing 1, then 2, then 5, dolphins every couple of minutes. I had the help of a 8 or 9 year old girl. This went on for more the a 1/2 an hour it was really fun. I was amazed at how many small groups of dolphins the little girl and I saw. No Whales 55 passangers for around the globe. Captian Dave and crew where awesome Thanks to my fellow naturalist Scott C. and Stevin B. Thanks Keith _________________________________________________________________ Microsoft brings you a new way to search the web. Try Bing? now http://www.bing.com?form=MFEHPG&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MFEHPG_Core_tagline_try bing_1x1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov Tue Sep 29 13:29:14 2009 From: Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov (Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:29:14 -0700 Subject: [CINC] OCTOBER OUTREACH EVENTS In-Reply-To: <0KQR0000H1ZIXV00@mail.nos.noaa.gov> References: <0KQR0000H1ZIXV00@mail.nos.noaa.gov> Message-ID: CINC volunteers, October is already upon us, and this year we have several events for which to volunteer! We are looking for additional volunteers to fill the following spots. * Santa Barbara school environmental fair this Saturday afternoon, October 3 * Please let me know ASAP if you are interested. Please see details below. *Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival, Saturday 9:45 am-1:30 pm, October 10, CINMS vessel R/V Shearwater dockside tours* You will be assisting staff w/tours and will not be the only one on the boat. Thanks in advance! Tina _____________________________________________________________________ > Event Details: Second Annual Eco-Friendly Carnival > Washington Elementary School, 290 Lighthouse Rd, Santa Barbara, CA > Saturday, October 3, 2009 from 1-4pm > Your shift: 12-4:30 pm including set up and break down > > The event will be attended by teachers and families. > _________________________________ > "The goal for this Eco-Carnival is to increase awareness and education > about how to be become greener in life and also to extend this type of > education into the classrooms. This year we will be extending our > invitation to all Santa Barbara families because as a community, the > more we become aware of our practices of greening our life, the better > impact we can have. From l_charleboix at yahoo.com Tue Sep 29 19:48:11 2009 From: l_charleboix at yahoo.com (L Charleboix) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:48:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Just FYI - Minor tsunami advisory in effect this evening starting at 9:00 PM Message-ID: <478777.84666.qm@web65608.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> Just FYI - There is a minor tsunami advisory in effect with wave fluctuations around one foot expected to begin at 9:00 PM. I am monitoring systems at the Sea Center this evening. NOAA Advisory: http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigmz.php?mz=PZZ650&product1=Tsunami+Advisory Independent Article: http://www.independent.com/news/2009/sep/29/tsunami-warning-effect/ UCSB News: A tsunami advisory is in effect for the immediate coastal areas of Southern and Central California. This is not a tsunami warning or tsunami watch. Large inundations are not expected in areas under advisory status. However, minor wave fluctuations around one foot may be recorded in some areas of the coast which could produce dangerous currents and surges in harbors and bays. Coastal residents are advised to stay out of the waters, off the beach, and away from harbors and marinas. Wave height and currents are amplified by irregular shoreline and are difficult to predict. Minor wave fluctuations around one foot are expected to begin at: SANTA BARBARA HARBOR.... AT 9:03 PM These minor wave fluctuations could continue for several hours. The initial wave may not be the largest. The tsunami advisory is a result of the 8.0 earthquake that occurred at 10:48 AM near the Samoa Island region. Stay tuned to your local news source and the NOAA website for further developments http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/ Leeza Charleboix CINC Volunteer CINP Research Assistant l_charleboix at yahoo.com Volunteer and Interpretation Manager Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Ty Warner Sea Center lcharleboix at sbnature2.org Education & Tour Program Coordinator UCSB Coal Oil Point Reserve coprstaff at lifesci.ucsb.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov Wed Sep 30 11:54:47 2009 From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna Bingham) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:54:47 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor Express Trip Updates Message-ID: <4AC3A977.3040906@noaa.gov> *A note from the Condor Express:* Please call Sea Landing the night before your scheduled trip to make sure your trip is not canceled. The trips are now being sold as "Dolphin and Island Wildlife Tours" which will include a Painted Cave tour. -- Shauna Bingham Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 3600 S. Harbor Blvd. #111 Oxnard, CA 93035 Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (805) 382-6149 ext. 102 Fax (805) 382-9791 http://channelislands.noaa.gov ??`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??.. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com Wed Sep 30 12:50:02 2009 From: greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com (Keith Grey Hale) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:50:02 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CondorX 9-30-09 trip canceled Message-ID: _________________________________________________________________ Bing? brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. 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What do sea otters really do with their time? How do we know what they do? What can sea otters tell us about our environment? In this presentation Sanders will address these questions and much more. The southern sea otter has been listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act since 1977. Sea otters historically were found across the north Pacific, from the northern islands of Japan to Baja California. A lucrative fur trade began in the 18th century, reducing the California sea otter population from approximately 16,000 sea otters to as few as 50 individuals by 1911. Currently, over 2,500 sea otters live along the central coast of California. Since 2003 Sanders has worked with Minerals Management Service as the Pacific Region?s marine mammal and seabird biologist. Between 1987 and 2003 he worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the southern otter recovery and translocation program. 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