From laura.francis at noaa.gov  Sun Jul  1 10:51:48 2012
From: laura.francis at noaa.gov (laura.francis at noaa.gov)
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 10:51:48 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Condor Express June 29, 1012
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Laura

On Jun 30, 2012, at 2:02 PM, Rose Messina <massina at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Sightings:        4 Humpbacks
>            9 Blues
>            3 pods of Dolphins, total of 2000
> 
> Captain Dave found the whales mid Santa Cruz, where they had been the day before.  A couple of the humpbacks came close to the boat, staying on the surface so passengers could view their entire bodies.  The blues were also feeding on the surface to everyone's delight.  We reluctantly left them, following the north coast of the island as far as Pelican before returning to the harbor.
> 
> Happy passengers were from Canada, Sweden Germany, Virginia, Illinois, Palm Springs and Santa Barbara.
> 
> Thanks to Captain Dave, Dennis and Matt for another great day on the ocean.
> 
> Rose Messina, Ginny Fischer, Gary Delanoye PID
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From whalephoto at earthlink.net  Sun Jul  1 12:36:31 2012
From: whalephoto at earthlink.net (Bernardo Alps)
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 12:36:31 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
Subject: [CINC] 6/30 Condor Express
Message-ID: <764410.1341171392320.JavaMail.root@mswamui-billy.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Hi all.

This was the annual American Cetacean Society/Los Angeles Chapter charter, which was scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

It took as almost twice as long as normal to get to the west end of Santa Cruz Island because of the rough waters. The swells were not huge, but a westward current was making them steep and the interval was very short. About halfway between the mid-channel buoy and the spot where we found the first humpback some four miles north of the west end we ran into a large pod of long-beaked common dolphins that stretched out for miles. While we were following the lone humpback we saw many spouts to the east and decided to check them out. 

There were several blue and humpback whales singly and in pairs feeding over the ledge, roughly between the cave and Prisoner's Harbor. A lone and smallish humpback was particularly frisky; we saw it tail-throwing and chin-slapping in the distance and it did lift its head out of the water while playing with a kelp paddy. It did also lunge and trumpet blow practically under the bow of the Condor Express. There was a thick krill layer at 40 fathoms and there were a few isolated krill patches on the surface and our humpback did some feeding lunges through those, including one spectacularly close to the boat. 

We spent some three hours in the area but left earlier than we had hoped for because the wind had increased to 35 knots by early afternoon and was making things uncomfortable. Just as we turned north we were again surrounded by a large pod of long-beaked common dolphins, likely the same pod we had seen earlier. We headed to the Carpinteria coast and took some close looks at platforms Habitat and Henry. From there we checked out a pod of about 75 long-beaked common dolphins that was accompanied by a decent bird flock and then returned to Santa Barbara.  

Like on my last few trips over the past few weeks there uncharacteristically few birds. We saw a total of about 75 sooty shearwaters, mainly about three to five miles from the coast and about the same distance from the island. We saw a single pink-footed shearwater (we saw three on 6/21 and one on 6/12). The only alcids we saw were a pair of Cassin's auklets, but the conditions were not favorable to spot this kind of bird. 

The Heermann's gulls are now here in good numbers. There are over ten species of gulls that spend the winter in our area, and the Heermann's gulls are the first to arrive. They breed earlier that all the other species and are therefore done first. Almost the entire population nests on a single island, Isla Raza, in the central Sea of Cortez. They have been arriving in Southern California for the past couple of weeks and in August we can expect the first juveniles. 

I also saw my first elegant terns of the season in the channel. The majority of birds of this species also nest on Isla Raza in the Sea of Cortez with much smaller colonies in San Diego Bay, Bolsa Chica in Orange County, and in the Port of Los Angeles. They have a peculiar migration pattern. After the breeding season, many individuals head north along the coast as far as San Francisco Bay and northern California and sometimes to British Columbia. These are the birds that we are beginning to see in the channel. In the fall they turn around and head south and winter off the coast of South America from Guatemala to central Chile. 

There were several pairs of Brandt's cormorants nesting on platform Henry which is not active anymore. While we didn't make it close enough to the island on Saturday, on previous trips I have observed hundreds of Brandt's cormorant nest on the cliffs along the west end of Santa Cruz Island; more than I remember seeing in the past.

This time I didn't see the horned grebe in breeding plumage in the harbor that I observed on my last two trips. It was near the bait receiver and near SEA Landing. This bird is well worth looking for as it is stunningly beautiful; the "horns" look like they are made of liquid gold. We usually have a few horned grebes among the more abundant eared grebes in the harbor during the winter but at that time they are very plain looking.

On 6/12 we saw a bald eagle soaring over the ridge a couple of mile west of the Painted Cave on SCI. This is the furthest west I have seen this species on the island.

Take care,

Bernardo  


Santa Barbara Harbor, Santa Barbara, US-CA
Jun 30, 2012 8:08 AM - 8:14 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments:     All day ACS/LA whale watching trip aboard the Condor Express
8 species

Double-crested Cormorant  20
Brown Pelican  75
Snowy Egret  3
Black-crowned Night-Heron  2
Heermann's Gull  35
Western Gull  50
Caspian Tern  1
Barn Swallow  1

Offshore--Santa Cruz Island vicinity (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, US-CA
Jun 30, 2012 8:14 AM - 1:14 PM
Protocol: Traveling
85.0 mile(s)
Comments:     All day ACS/LA whale watching trip aboard the Condor Express
9 species

Surf Scoter  1
Pink-footed Shearwater  1
Sooty Shearwater  75
Brandt's Cormorant  25
Brown Pelican  35
Heermann's Gull  50
Western Gull  125
Elegant Tern  12
Cassin's Auklet  2



From mr.zalophus at gmail.com  Sun Jul  1 14:07:22 2012
From: mr.zalophus at gmail.com (Mr Zalophus)
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 14:07:22 -0700
Subject: [CINC] 6/30 Condor Express
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Colleagues,
Photos of the mammals, fish and scenery sighted on yesterdays ACS-LA
charter are now posted on the Condor Express Photos site:
http://www.condorexpressphotos.com/Other/2012-06-30-SB-Channel-ACS

Best,
Bob Perry
Condor Express

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From: Bernardo Alps <whalephoto at earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 12:36 PM
Subject: [CINC] 6/30 Condor Express
To: CINC <channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org>
Cc: Alisa Schulman Janiger <janiger at cox.net>


Hi all.

This was the annual American Cetacean Society/Los Angeles Chapter charter,
which was scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

It took as almost twice as long as normal to get to the west end of Santa
Cruz Island because of the rough waters. The swells were not huge, but a
westward current was making them steep and the interval was very short.
About halfway between the mid-channel buoy and the spot where we found the
first humpback some four miles north of the west end we ran into a large
pod of long-beaked common dolphins that stretched out for miles. While we
were following the lone humpback we saw many spouts to the east and decided
to check them out.

There were several blue and humpback whales singly and in pairs feeding
over the ledge, roughly between the cave and Prisoner's Harbor. A lone and
smallish humpback was particularly frisky; we saw it tail-throwing and
chin-slapping in the distance and it did lift its head out of the water
while playing with a kelp paddy. It did also lunge and trumpet blow
practically under the bow of the Condor Express. There was a thick krill
layer at 40 fathoms and there were a few isolated krill patches on the
surface and our humpback did some feeding lunges through those, including
one spectacularly close to the boat.

We spent some three hours in the area but left earlier than we had hoped
for because the wind had increased to 35 knots by early afternoon and was
making things uncomfortable. Just as we turned north we were again
surrounded by a large pod of long-beaked common dolphins, likely the same
pod we had seen earlier. We headed to the Carpinteria coast and took some
close looks at platforms Habitat and Henry. From there we checked out a pod
of about 75 long-beaked common dolphins that was accompanied by a decent
bird flock and then returned to Santa Barbara.

Like on my last few trips over the past few weeks there
uncharacteristically few birds. We saw a total of about 75 sooty
shearwaters, mainly about three to five miles from the coast and about the
same distance from the island. We saw a single pink-footed shearwater (we
saw three on 6/21 and one on 6/12). The only alcids we saw were a pair of
Cassin's auklets, but the conditions were not favorable to spot this kind
of bird.

The Heermann's gulls are now here in good numbers. There are over ten
species of gulls that spend the winter in our area, and the Heermann's
gulls are the first to arrive. They breed earlier that all the other
species and are therefore done first. Almost the entire population nests on
a single island, Isla Raza, in the central Sea of Cortez. They have been
arriving in Southern California for the past couple of weeks and in August
we can expect the first juveniles.

I also saw my first elegant terns of the season in the channel. The
majority of birds of this species also nest on Isla Raza in the Sea of
Cortez with much smaller colonies in San Diego Bay, Bolsa Chica in Orange
County, and in the Port of Los Angeles. They have a peculiar migration
pattern. After the breeding season, many individuals head north along the
coast as far as San Francisco Bay and northern California and sometimes to
British Columbia. These are the birds that we are beginning to see in the
channel. In the fall they turn around and head south and winter off the
coast of South America from Guatemala to central Chile.

There were several pairs of Brandt's cormorants nesting on platform Henry
which is not active anymore. While we didn't make it close enough to the
island on Saturday, on previous trips I have observed hundreds of Brandt's
cormorant nest on the cliffs along the west end of Santa Cruz Island; more
than I remember seeing in the past.

This time I didn't see the horned grebe in breeding plumage in the harbor
that I observed on my last two trips. It was near the bait receiver and
near SEA Landing. This bird is well worth looking for as it is stunningly
beautiful; the "horns" look like they are made of liquid gold. We usually
have a few horned grebes among the more abundant eared grebes in the harbor
during the winter but at that time they are very plain looking.

On 6/12 we saw a bald eagle soaring over the ridge a couple of mile west of
the Painted Cave on SCI. This is the furthest west I have seen this species
on the island.

Take care,

Bernardo


Santa Barbara Harbor, Santa Barbara, US-CA
Jun 30, 2012 8:08 AM - 8:14 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments:     All day ACS/LA whale watching trip aboard the Condor Express
8 species

Double-crested Cormorant  20
Brown Pelican  75
Snowy Egret  3
Black-crowned Night-Heron  2
Heermann's Gull  35
Western Gull  50
Caspian Tern  1
Barn Swallow  1

Offshore--Santa Cruz Island vicinity (SBA Co.), Santa Barbara, US-CA
Jun 30, 2012 8:14 AM - 1:14 PM
Protocol: Traveling
85.0 mile(s)
Comments:     All day ACS/LA whale watching trip aboard the Condor Express
9 species

Surf Scoter  1
Pink-footed Shearwater  1
Sooty Shearwater  75
Brandt's Cormorant  25
Brown Pelican  35
Heermann's Gull  50
Western Gull  125
Elegant Tern  12
Cassin's Auklet  2


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From greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com  Sun Jul  1 18:12:05 2012
From: greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com (Keith Grey Hale)
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 18:12:05 -0700
Subject: [CINC] vivi testoncannot go on CX monday 7/2/2012
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Hello fellow CINCERS I am not at home at the moment & asked a friend to email all of you as I cannot remember my Volunteer spot password Thus cannot get on to cancel properly.SOooo my spot is open tomorrow & I hope someone can jump on it & disregard my name on the Volunteer spot . Duh Wilbur !! Also I left a message on Shaunas voicemail so hopeffully my name for the AM will be reomoved . Enjoy !! FYI.. rough as heck out there today , but we did see humpback flukes & blues.nothing too showy tho except for the 1500 common dolphins .   Best, Vivi Teston 		 	   		  
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From cfrench1366 at aol.com  Sun Jul  1 18:59:43 2012
From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine French)
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 18:59:43 -0700
Subject: [CINC] BBC E-mail: Indigenous focus for whale talks
Message-ID: <A4163705-C5D4-40D9-B65B-470494FEAD1B@aol.com>

I saw this story on the BBC News iPad App and thought you should see it.



** Indigenous focus for whale talks **
The annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission this time is focusing on hunting by indigenous groups mainly in the Arctic.
< http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18666800 >


** Disclaimer **
The BBC is not responsible for the content of this e-mail, and anything written in this e-mail does not necessarily reflect the BBC's views or opinions. Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the sender have been verified.


Calm seas,

Catherine French

Writer, naturalist, mentor
805.570.0432
To own is to have; to share with friends, is to enjoy.


From Sally.Eagle at cox.net  Mon Jul  2 11:28:15 2012
From: Sally.Eagle at cox.net (Sally Eagle)
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 11:28:15 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Blue Whales in Sri Lanka article and video NYT Science
	section
Message-ID: <B398246DEC074A149C5E06606E4E6A01@sallyPC>

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/science/traffic-in-sri-lankas-waters-threatens-blue-whales.html?_r=1

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2012/07/02/science/100000001641208/in-the-land-of-blue-whales.html
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From whalebear at cs.com  Mon Jul  2 23:19:52 2012
From: whalebear at cs.com (whalebear at cs.com)
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 02:19:52 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [CINC] Regarding sheep on Santa Cruz Island
Message-ID: <8CF26FAFD9AA756-1DA4-42DBB@webmail-d171.sysops.aol.com>


Regarding the sheep on Santa Cruz Island:   Sheep were probably first introduced on Santa Cruz Island circa 1853 by James Barron Shaw, a Scottish physician then managing the island for Andres Castillero.  Although some of the original breeds are uncertain, they were predominantly Merino and Rambouillet (a French breed derived from and closely related to Spanish Merino) with the probable later addition of Churro and Leicester breeds in smaller quantities.  There were no sheep on the island prior to Shaw; despite folklore to the contrary, there is no documentary evidence that early Spanish (or later English) explorers left domestic livestock anywhere along the Pacific Coast as a possible later emergency food source.  
 
When the island was sold to a ten-person San Francisco-based consortium in 1869, assessor?s records show a sheep population of 12,375 (probably a gross underestimate).  As ranching operations were ramped up, this number grew to an estimated 35,000-40,000.  In 1890, over 50,000 sheep were corralled.
 
Several structures on Santa Cruz Island are related to the sheep-ranching operation.  The sheep-shearing shed at the west end of the Main Ranch was built by the mid 1860s.  The nearby Matanza (slaughterhouse) subsequently used as both a milking barn and horse stable, was built in the 1880s.  The wharf at Prisoners? Harbor first appeared in photographs in 1869.  It was built in part for shipping of wool and meat (which went as far north as San Francisco and as far south as San Pedro) and was the first substantial wharf in Santa Barbara County.  The two brick structures at Prisoners? Harbor were built in the 1880s for the storage of wool.
 
Sheep ranching continued throughout the era of Justinian Caire..  In 1925, the island was split into seven parcels.  Five parcels constituting approximately 54,500 acres (90% of the island) was retained by his wife and four of his sons and daughters, while 6,253 acres (10% of the island) went to the families of two disinherited daughters.  Both groups continued sheep ranching  
 
In 1937, the five-parcel portion of the island was purchased by Edwin Stanton, a Los Angeles oilman, for $750,000.  His original intention was to continue raising sheep.  Toward this end he imported and released 10,000 domestic sheep in 1938, hoping to lure the now mostly feral sheep back.  The idea was a total failure and resulted in an increase of 10,000 feral sheep.  In the first several years of his tenure, 35,000 sheep were rounded up and sold.  From 1955-1958, another 24,000 were sold.  The island continued to support a large population of feral sheep.  In 1978, Stanton?s son Carey, by then the owner of the island, made formal provision for the preservation of the island through negotiations with the Nature Conservancy.  The Nature Conservancy, realizing the threat posed by the feral sheep due both to erosion and the eradication of endemic flora, devised plans to remove the sheep by sequential fencing of the island followed by trapping and hunting.  Trapping was never undertaken due to the difficult terrain and the lack of a market for the sheep on the mainland.  In 1981, the Conservancy initiated a program of hunting sheep.  By 1987, over 30,000 sheep had been killed on the western 90% of the island (the eastern 10% of the island, now owned by the Gherini family, descendants of one of the disinherited daughters, was not included in the eradication program).  In 1989 the program was formally declared a success and the hunting ended.  Despite the subsequent sporadic intrusion of the sheep from the eastern end of the island onto Nature Conservancy property, sheep were never again a substantial problem on this portion of the island.  
 
Unfortunately, the Nature Conservancy?s hunting program brought them into conflict with Stanton.  In 1965 Stanton had given a non-exclusive lease to the Santa Cruz Island Hunt Club (one of the principals of which was Richard Lagomarsino, brother of Congressman Robert Lagomarsino) for the hunting of feral sheep and pigs.  The Hunt Club used the Christy Ranch as the base for hunting by gun and a makeshift group of shanties at the east end of Prisoners? Harbor for bow and arrow hunting.  These operations generated approximately $150,000 annually for Stanton.  The eradication of sheep meant an end to this income and became a source of great tension between Stanton and the Nature Conservancy.  Lawsuits were threatened (although John Gherini, a superb source, states none ever materialized, Superior Court judge Pat McMahon either mediated between factions or presided over an actual lawsuit (personal communication) and Stanton even flirted with the idea of conveying his property to the National Park Service.  Tensions subsequently lessened, but the relationship never regained its prior warmth.  Ironically, the Hunt Club ceased business prior to the eradication of the sheep, due largely to difficulty in finding insurance.
 
Sheep ranching also continued on the eastern end of the island, albeit with diminishing returns.  In 1979, the Gherini family contracted out the sheep ranching; in that year, only 1044 sheep were shorn.  In 1979, 1555 sheep were sold, and in the following year the number jumped to 1884.  In 1984, sheep ranching ceased and a hunt club was started.  The National Park Service, powerless to eradicate the sheep until they acquired the last of the then four undivided parcels that made up the eastern 10% of the island, did so  in 1997.  The remaining sheep were quickly eradicated.  Sheep ranching on Santa Cruz Island had come to an end.  Twelve sheep had been taken off the eastern end of the island in 1988 and a few more in 1991.  Sperm was also collected from some rams.  By the mid-1990s, the mainland population of Santa Cruz Island sheep was 125, although whether these sheep actually represent a distinct breed is open to question.
 
Today there are no sheep on Santa Cruz Island.
 
I hope this answers some of the questions about the sheep.  I have enclosed a brief bibliography below.  Be wary of websites discussing the subject; most contain substantial misinformation.
 
 
References
 
Chiles, Frederic Caire.  Justinian Caire and Santa Cruz Island:  the Rise and Fall of a California Dynasty.  Norman:  Arthur H Clark Company, 2011.
 
Gherini, John.  Santa Cruz Island:  a History of Conflict and Diversity.  Spokane:  Arthur H Clark Company, 1997.
 
Rennie, Charles J III.  Santa Cruz Island:  Selected Topics.  unpublished manuscript.
 
Schuyler, Peter.  Control of Feral Sheep (Ovis aries) on Santa Cruz Island, California.  In Hochberg, F G, ed.  Third California Islands Symposium:  Recent Advances in Research on the California Islands.  Santa Barbara:  Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 1993. 
 
 
 
Chuck Rennie
Adjunct Curator, Marine Mammals
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
 
Medical Director
Channel Islands National Park
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From klez18 at sbcglobal.net  Tue Jul  3 09:15:41 2012
From: klez18 at sbcglobal.net (Marty Flam)
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 09:15:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CINC] IPCO  Monday 7/2 - 5 HUMPBACKS OFF PRISONERS
Message-ID: <1341332141.50791.YahooMailNeo@web180104.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

IPCO ?Islander Monday July 2, 2012

Five Humpbacks (some breaching) about 2 1/2 miles north of Prisoners' pier
Couple thousand or more common dolphins?in small and large pods all throughout day

Thank you to IPCO Islander crew who hit another home run: ?Capt. Dave, Jean, Luke and Joel and to the Codor for the Humpback heads-up.

Gorgeous and spectacular day in our national park and marine sanctuary with passengers from USA, Europe and our undisturbed cooperating swimming cetaceans from the deep.?

Morning drop-off at Scorpion, picked-up a pair of campers shuttling to S. Rosa, said hello to Scorpion pier-greeter (overnight volunteer Bill M.), continued around backside Santa Cruz, more drop offs at new Becher pier (dropping Catherine for overnights and me for day hikes), on to San Miguel to pick up overnight volunteer Sabine and Cabrillo Monument campers, at 3 pm picking me, independent and Cherry Canyon guided hikers, and returning Water Canyon campers, a touch and go with a few folks at Prisoners and back to Ventura with that short detour to enjoy Humpback show. ?

Happy birthday America, celebrating the 236th anniversary of our freedom tomorrow, but for we of the naturalist corps, a day we celebrate whenever we're out on the water or on the islands.


We hold these truths to be self-evident, that?all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are?Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence?


Marty

From laura_email2000 at yahoo.com  Tue Jul  3 18:44:52 2012
From: laura_email2000 at yahoo.com (Laura Shelton)
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 18:44:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CINC] Tuesday, July 3rd
Message-ID: <1341366292.4258.YahooMailNeo@web160104.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

Sightings

6 Humpbacks
6 Blue Whales
75 + 500 ?Common Dolphins

The first whale was located by Captain Mat in the fog several miles off Santa Cruz Island in the vicinity of Pelican Bay. This is where whales were seen yesterday and we actually found them 2.5 miles West of yesterday's location. ?The first whale ended up turning into many whales which the fog had prevented us from seeing from any distance. The?fog that hung around most of the morning and early afternoon finally cleared for the island portion of the trip. Lots of whales ?and pretty calm conditions made for a great day of whale watching. Two blue whales surfaced together fairly close to the boat and were one highlight of the trip. Another highlight was tail throws and tail lobs by a humpback calf with its mother and a little later another adult humpback began its own tail lobs and tail throws. Capt Mat recognized the calf by its heavy barnacle load and said it had breached and done tail lobs yesterday as well. Many spouts in the distance.?

A sighting of 500 Common dolphins in the sunshine ended the day for a very enthusiastic group of passengers.?

Crew:
Capt Mat
Dennis
Kelly

CINC
John K (PID)
Marty G and Laura S

Have a great 4th Everyone!!
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From klez18 at sbcglobal.net  Wed Jul  4 18:08:13 2012
From: klez18 at sbcglobal.net (Marty Flam)
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 18:08:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CINC] Island Fox Beauregard joins Lobo at Santa Barbara Zoo
Message-ID: <1341450493.39527.YahooMailNeo@web180104.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/jul/03/rescued-fox-pup-finds-new-home-at-santa-barbara/?
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From diver23 at cox.net  Wed Jul  4 18:53:38 2012
From: diver23 at cox.net (Kevin Bailey)
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 18:53:38 -0700
Subject: [CINC] 7/4/2012 CX
Message-ID: <007b01cd5a51$05d04b00$1170e100$@net>

7 Humpbacks with several double and triple fluking

4 Blues with one ? ? twist rolly? fluke

400 Commons spread over ? hour

500 Commons in large group on the way home after SCI

Foggy all day but seas pretty calm

1 container ship heading north in shipping lane

Lots of people from all over LA area / San Fernando Valley and TX, CO, PA,
Norway, Belgium, Finland

Many people had NEVER seen a whale ? any whale ? so today was their special
day!

 

Happy Independence Day,

Kevin Bailey

 

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From cfrench1366 at aol.com  Thu Jul  5 18:23:56 2012
From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine French)
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 18:23:56 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Think You Know Our National Bird? Take Our Bald Eagle Quiz
	and Find Out! | Blog | eNature
Message-ID: <BF1CC303-C5D6-4819-823B-4917C0FBCDD1@aol.com>

Nice Q and A on bald eagles.

http://wild.enature.com/blog/think-you-know-our-national-bird-take-our-bald-eagle-quiz-and-find-out?utm_source=eNature+Master+List&utm_campaign=08d8cc086f-On_The_Wild_Side_July_4th_20127_3_2012&utm_medium=email


Calm seas,

Catherine French

Writer, naturalist, mentor
805.570.0432
To own is to have; to share with friends, is to enjoy.


From klez18 at sbcglobal.net  Fri Jul  6 06:43:19 2012
From: klez18 at sbcglobal.net (Marty Flam)
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 06:43:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CINC] S Cruz Island Eco-marathon - Saturday, November 3,
	2012 @ 6:00 AM
Message-ID: <1341582199.89615.YahooMailNeo@web180104.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

http://runsantacruzisland.com/
The 2012 November Race has filled up to our limit of 100 runners.
Get on next year's? CRFC registration?email group. We will email you?two times?in?early 2013 and?remind you about the registration date in June 2013.?


http://s7.invisionfree.com/CHIL_EagleCAM/ar/t6701.htm?2 pics from last year
"The marathon course wound 14 miles from Scorpion Harbor, up and over Montanon Ridge, and finishing up at Prisoner?s Harbor. Congrats to all that participated ? the IWS crew is familiar with that road, and it ain?t easy! :][:"?

From nymeetsca at gmail.com  Fri Jul  6 11:21:14 2012
From: nymeetsca at gmail.com (HAL ALTMAN)
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 11:21:14 -0700
Subject: [CINC] CX JULY 5
Message-ID: <CAAyxsSpL6Oaxe_gWy9CXPD+B82E_HOctc7B8dU3YkbRjU20egA@mail.gmail.com>

7 HUMPBACK WHALES
1 BLUE WHALE
160 COMMON DOLPHINS (60+100 GROUPS)

Noteworthy:  Interesting to see the Blue Whate eating with the Humpbacks.
Of the 7 Humpbacks, 4 were clustered together near Santa Cruz Island, 1 was
nearby and 2 others were spotted on the way back.

Valerie Olson and Don Gillies did their usual outstanding job answering
questions, like "When was it discovered that Humpbacks have unique markings
on the underside of their flukes?"  Answer:  This was discovered in 1979,
by Steve Katona.

Capt. Dave at the helm, along with Dennis and Matt.

ENJOYING LIFE,
Hal Altman, PID
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From cfrench1366 at aol.com  Sat Jul  7 09:59:01 2012
From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine French)
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 09:59:01 -0700
Subject: [CINC] BBC E-mail: UN bid denied at whaling talks
Message-ID: <BECD667E-299F-4174-B58D-44AE7FA8A9EF@aol.com>

I saw this story on the BBC News iPad App and thought you should see it.



** UN bid denied at whaling talks **
The International Whaling Commission's annual meeting ends without agreement on a bid to involve the UN in whale conservation
< http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18735621 >


** Disclaimer **
The BBC is not responsible for the content of this e-mail, and anything written in this e-mail does not necessarily reflect the BBC's views or opinions. Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the sender have been verified.


Calm seas,

Catherine French

Writer, naturalist, mentor
805.570.0432
To own is to have; to share with friends, is to enjoy.


From kensword at cox.net  Sat Jul  7 11:01:59 2012
From: kensword at cox.net (Kenneth A. Tatro)
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 11:01:59 -0700
Subject: [CINC] BBC E-mail: UN bid denied at whaling talks
In-Reply-To: <BECD667E-299F-4174-B58D-44AE7FA8A9EF@aol.com>
References: <BECD667E-299F-4174-B58D-44AE7FA8A9EF@aol.com>
Message-ID: <0BF5EA89-162E-407F-BD2A-AE4B6A5DDC3B@cox.net>

Thanks Catherine, very interesting and concerning.

Here is another bit of info we all might be interested in. A 2 day old baby beluga separated from its mother and now in captive rehab.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-baby-beluga-whale-alaska-aquarium-20120706,0,3575377.story

Ken Tatro


On Jul 7, 2012, at 9:59 AM, Catherine French wrote:

> I saw this story on the BBC News iPad App and thought you should see it.
> 
> 
> 
> ** UN bid denied at whaling talks **
> The International Whaling Commission's annual meeting ends without agreement on a bid to involve the UN in whale conservation
> < http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18735621 >
> 
> 
> ** Disclaimer **
> The BBC is not responsible for the content of this e-mail, and anything written in this e-mail does not necessarily reflect the BBC's views or opinions. Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the sender have been verified.
> 
> 
> Calm seas,
> 
> Catherine French
> 
> Writer, naturalist, mentor
> 805.570.0432
> To own is to have; to share with friends, is to enjoy.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list
> Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org
> http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps


From jjwinkel at cox.net  Sat Jul  7 16:40:38 2012
From: jjwinkel at cox.net (Cubby Winkel)
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 16:40:38 -0700
Subject: [CINC] 7/7 Whale Watch
Message-ID: <016101cd5c99$ea091d70$be1b5850$@net>

Saturday July 7, 2012 on the Condor Express

 

3 Blue Whales

10 Humpbacks

750 Long Beaked Common Doplhins

 

CREW:  Captain Mat, DJ & Kelley

 

Naturalists:  Don Gilles PID and Cubby Winkel interpreting

 

It was another glorius day on the Channel.  The only thing keeping it from
being absolutely stunning was the Marine layer.  The water was flat calm and
wonderful.  The Whales were all at the boat at the same time.  First the
Humpies were on the left and the Blues were on the right.  When they would
dive they would come back up with the Blues on the bow and the Humpies on
the right, they were always changing positions.  The guests were absolutely
enthralled by the Blue Whales who actually approached the boat fairly close.
We stayed in the same location and the Whales entertained us for the entire
time.

 

On a more serious matter.  At 1700 hours yesterday there were no Naturalists
signed up to go out on the Condor, yes that's right there were three vacant
spots.  Independently, both Don and I just happened to spot this situation
and signed up so that somebody would be on board representing the Naturalist
Corps.  When we arrived at the boat we were both pleasantly surprised to see
each other.  For everybodys information there are two more days later this
month with three vacancies.  They are the 25th a Wednesday  and the 28th a
Saturday.  Hopefully somebody will fill these vacancies.  It is just my
opinion but I feel when a boat goes out without a Naturalist on board, that
it is a bad reflection on the Corps.  Nuff said!

 

Cubby and Don

 

 

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From garydel at aol.com  Sat Jul  7 17:26:26 2012
From: garydel at aol.com (in)
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 20:26:26 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [CINC] Condor July 6
Message-ID: <8CF2AB7722BA110-1EE0-3EA6C@webmail-d081.sysops.aol.com>


9 Humpbacks
2 Blues
1500 Commons
4 Dalls

About 60 passengers set out under cloudy skies,  but calm seas. Capt. Mat took the Condor to towards the west end of SCI. A lone, shy humpback was encountered and soon forsaken in favor of 3 others swimming in tight formation to the west. The Condor followed these for a while. They provided several flukings in order... 1,2,3. At about the same time the first pod of commons swam by, maybe accounting for about half the day's sightings. The same 3 humpbacks were encountered a bit later, moving west, and behaving the same... lots of good flukes prior to longer (8 minute) deep dives. About this time, more commons appeared. Moving further to the west in search of Blues, Capt. Mat did not disappoint! Soon several spouts were spotted north of mid SRI. Two of these were Blues, one of them familiar because of its habit of showing its flukes upon diving with a unique list to the right. While focusing on the Blues, 2 more humpbacks appeared off the port stern. Somewhere in all this action at least 3 other humpies were spotted at bit further off with several other spouts in the vicinity. On the way home, the 4 Dall's Porpoises put on a speed demo for us.  The Condor also tucked into Painted Cave.

Nice folks, as usual, from all over the place, several escaping Midwestern heat waves!  Capts. Mat and Dave on duty with Matt assisting and turning out great food. Shirley Johnson and Larry Driscoll interpreting the action and yours truly, busy on PID... 

Gary Delanoeye


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From kat at recycledgoods.com  Sat Jul  7 21:17:59 2012
From: kat at recycledgoods.com (Kathyrn Wasden)
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 21:17:59 -0700
Subject: [CINC] earthquake near channel islands
Message-ID: <001701cd5cc0$a8ee5400$facafc00$@com>

LA TIMES online reports

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/07/earthquake-34-quake-strikes-ne
ar-channel-islands-beach-64ysfb.html

 

USGS

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/ci11133322.php

 

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From debbiemshelley at hotmail.com  Sat Jul  7 22:29:36 2012
From: debbiemshelley at hotmail.com (Debbie shelley)
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 22:29:36 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Ipoc ww 7/7
In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP139AD12577A693A4A2307C9CDEC0@phx.gbl>
References: <BLU0-SMTP813A4BECBBB7EB0967FF6ACDEC0@phx.gbl>,
	<BLU0-SMTP139AD12577A693A4A2307C9CDEC0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <COL112-W30798BFD586432DFB4D2CCDEC0@phx.gbl>



 



Subject: Fwd: Ipoc ww 7/7
From: debbiemshelley at hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 21:11:21 -0700
To: debbiemshelley at hotmail.com




Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:



From: Debbie Shelley <debbiemshelley at hotmail.com>
Date: July 7, 2012 7:42:22 PM PDT
To: Debbie Shelley <debbiemshelley at hotmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Ipoc ww 7/7





11 humpbacks 
7 blues 
1000+ common dolphin 
1 fried egg jelly
1 very large purple jelly
2 mature bald eagles
1 juvenile brown pelican trying to get a ride picture included


Another day in whale paradise.  First lone humpback mug the boat and showered everyone in whale spray much to the delight of the passengers.  Lots of great shots of lunge feeding blue and dolphins here there and everywhere.  Thanks to the crew Captain Anthony, Mike, and Dee.  Forever grateful for being a volunteer and these wonderful experiences with these wonderful whales.  Debbie Shelley     
 


Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:



From: Debbie Shelley <debbiemshelley at hotmail.com>
Date: July 7, 2012 7:19:04 PM PDT
To: Debbie Shelley <debbiemshelley at hotmail.com>








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From dbellman28 at gmail.com  Sun Jul  8 16:14:50 2012
From: dbellman28 at gmail.com (Dick Bellman)
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 16:14:50 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Annual CINC Potluck Picnic
Message-ID: <CAA1aTKN4Nwmk=OipsfJR9SYr-kr0rKZxa8pG0fNDT_rxnwCk5w@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings everyone,

Consider this your official notification of the *3rd annual CINC Potluck
Picnic. * The date for this extraordinary event is *Monday, August 13*.
 You won't want to miss it, so make sure that you mark your calendars (if
you haven't already done so).   As before it will take place at Rincon
Park.  We are asking for a $5 donation to help defray expenses which
include facility rental, charcoal, paper goods, etc.  *Please refer to the
attached flyer for specific information. *

 I would encourage all Naturalists to extend personal invitations to boat
crew and office personnel,  park service employees, and marine sanctuary
staff as you encounter them when you go about your volunteer work.  We
certainly would like them to join us and share in the fun and camaraderie.
 The past events have been quite enjoyable, but more importantly have
provided an opportunity to connect with not only fellow naturalists, but
also all the myriad of other people that we encounter on the water, on the
islands, and yes, even on land.

While I have your rapt attention consider this a follow up reminder to sign
up on the outreach calendar for the Ventura County Fair.  I'm sure Shauna
and the others who work so hard to get the booth ready will appreciate all
dates being filled way prior to the start of the Fair.

I look forward to seeing everyone on the 13th of August.

Dick Bellman
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From laura_email2000 at yahoo.com  Sun Jul  8 16:30:24 2012
From: laura_email2000 at yahoo.com (Laura Shelton)
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 16:30:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CINC] Sunday CX
Message-ID: <1341790224.26849.YahooMailNeo@web160103.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

Sightings
3500 Common Dolphins all the way to Santa Cruz Island starting about 10 miles out...it seemed! Lots of calves!!
3 Blue Whales (Same Two together that Capt Mat says have been seen together for some days now)
8 Humpbacks (2 that went under the boat to one side, then under the boat to the other side..) ?
Off North Coast of Santa Rosa near West End of Santa Cruz
Numerous spouts in the distance!!
Great group of passengers, fog turning to gorgeous blue sky at Painted Cave.

Crew:
Capt Mat
Dennis
Matt

CINC
Cary
David (PID
Laura

Have a great week!!
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From caislandgirl at gmail.com  Sun Jul  8 16:45:19 2012
From: caislandgirl at gmail.com (Sabine Faulhaber)
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 16:45:19 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Santa Rosa Island trip tomorrow - had to give up my spot
Message-ID: <CALgWQQi7nD3TD4Gz=jf+AM_+WvEtrZfcUrk07D00AXmhQAdkMw@mail.gmail.com>

Hello fellow naturalists,

reluctantly I have had to give up my spot on the trip to Santa Rosa Island
tomorrow - I actually have to go to work, sigh. I opened up my spot on the
RSVP list - hope someone can go in my place and enjoy the island and the
whales out there.

Please put yourself on the list and reply to this email so that Lauren and
I know you are taking my spot.

Thanks and have a great day out there,


Sabine
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From vivi at fleurdev.com  Sun Jul  8 22:42:19 2012
From: vivi at fleurdev.com (Vivi Teston)
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 22:42:19 -0700
Subject: [CINC] TRIP TO SANTA ROSA ISLAND
Message-ID: <D6DD37F1-88C3-42B7-8232-009AB890ED34@fleurdev.com>

I HAVE COME DOWN WITH VERY BAD COLD & FEVER . Hopefully someone can  
partake of trip to Santa Rosa  that I had RSVP to.

Best,

Vivi Teston 

From landerson at islandpackers.com  Mon Jul  9 17:34:28 2012
From: landerson at islandpackers.com (Lisa Anderson)
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 17:34:28 -0700
Subject: [CINC] S Cruz Island Eco-marathon - Saturday, November 3,
	2012 @ 6:00 AM
In-Reply-To: <1341582199.89615.YahooMailNeo@web180104.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References: <1341582199.89615.YahooMailNeo@web180104.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <000601cd5e33$c489f150$4d9dd3f0$@com>

Actually the race filled up in about an hour--I ran it last year and got in this year as well. We were lucky to have a great day with plenty of support not only from the race organizers, but from island personal as well--I was blessed to have not only Santa Cruz Island Foundation's own Marla Daily --say to me-- "Lisa is finally here--now we can leave and go back to the cabin!!" but Island Packers, Mark Connally and family came out and cheered everyone on as well!!
All proceeds go to charity--these guys are fantastic!!
Yes it's a hard run, however if you are serious about trail running--it's a piece of cake!!
Lisa Anderson


BTW--100 runners plus support crew had less impact on the island than 100's on the island--no one knew we were there!! :0)

-----Original Message-----
From: channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org [mailto:channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org] On Behalf Of Marty Flam
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 6:43 AM
To: CINC Rainlist
Cc: David Begun
Subject: [CINC] S Cruz Island Eco-marathon - Saturday, November 3, 2012 @ 6:00 AM

http://runsantacruzisland.com/
The 2012 November Race has filled up to our limit of 100 runners.
Get on next year's  CRFC registration email group. We will email you two times in early 2013 and remind you about the registration date in June 2013. 


http://s7.invisionfree.com/CHIL_EagleCAM/ar/t6701.htm 2 pics from last year "The marathon course wound 14 miles from Scorpion Harbor, up and over Montanon Ridge, and finishing up at Prisoner?s Harbor. Congrats to all that participated ? the IWS crew is familiar with that road, and it ain?t easy! :][:" _______________________________________________
Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org
http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps


From cfrench1366 at aol.com  Tue Jul 10 11:08:40 2012
From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine French)
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:08:40 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Trip to SRI Thanks all around
Message-ID: <214281E3-4D24-42BA-AEED-8D504114F7A0@aol.com>

I had such a great time with the CINC yesterday, it was so wonderful to make new acquaintances and catch up with others. 

We don't have many opportunities to get to know one another as we are not often together as a group. The energy and synergy from all of us sharing the day with each other, park staff and IPCO crew made the day very special for me. I could just feel the power of so many people working as one stewarding our local environment. Wow!

Thanks so much to Yvonne Menard for developing the trip and ranch tour, I heard rave reviews about it. Thank you Lauren Boross for the day's coordination and choreography. Thanks too to our illustrious outreach coordinator David Begun for being an ongoing teacher/mentor and driver on the island. Thank you Ranger Mark Senning for driving and helping the day go smoothly. Thank you Joel Justin and his hardy band of VC hikers who trekked to the spectacular Torrey Pines grove and back, and to new camp Ranger Karl for sharing the day with us.

Thanks to Captain Dave and crew Steve S., Jean and Paige for keeping us safe at sea and for the great trip to and from the island. The dip into Painted Cave was truly awesome.

Calm seas,

Catherine French

Writer, naturalist, mentor
805.570.0432
To own is to have; to share with friends, is to enjoy.


From shauna.bingham at noaa.gov  Tue Jul 10 18:17:34 2012
From: shauna.bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna Bingham)
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:17:34 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting July 20, 2012
Message-ID: <CAF2Z4FPjq-_9CN+-UAt13pD7BBX+EpTffdHV29tsEp_CRzy+sA@mail.gmail.com>

A public meeting announcement of the Channel Islands National Marine
Sanctuary Advisory Council:
***********************************************************************************************************************



c h a n n el   i s l a n d s   n a t i o n a l   m a r i n e  s a n c t u a
r y

Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting



Friday, July20, 2012

9:00 am ? 3:00 pm


PoinsettiaPavilion

3451Foothill Road ?  Ventura, CA



DR A F T   A G E N D A



All times subjectto possible adjustment



9:00-10:00AM            1.         AdministrativeBusiness and Announcements



A.    New Member Introductions

B.    May 18th, 2012 Draft Key Outcomes (Council Action
Requested:Consideration of Adopting)

C.    Sanctuary Superintendent?s Report (No CouncilDecision Requested)

D.    Brief Council Member Announcements  (No Council Decision Requested)



10:00-10:45AM  2.     Artificial Reefs  (NoCouncil Input Requested)



A.      Introductionand Sanctuary System Context (Sara Hutto)  (NoCouncil
Action Requested)

?   Introductionto the topic as it relates to the sanctuary, past
considerations by theadvisory council, additional sources of information
from the Office of NationalMarine Sanctuaries, and purpose of hearing from
today?s guests.



B.    Fish Reef Project Presentation  (No Council Action Requested)

?        Introduction by Chris Goldblatt,Founder and CEO of the Fish Reef
Project (www.fishreef.org).

?   Presentationby Dr. Robert Abbot, Senior PrincipalMarine Biologist at
ENVIRON International Corporation.

?   CouncilQuestions and Discussion.



10:45-11:00AM          3.         PublicComment (1st of 2)(may be extended
at the discretion of the Chair or used as a break)





11:00-11:30AM   4.     Ocean Acidification Updates (CouncilAssistance
Requested)



A.      New30-second Public Service Announcement on ocean acidification
(view at acidocean.org):Follow-up on requests for council member outreach
to other advisory councils.

?        Outreach efforts to date, andoutreach suggestions.

?        Possible council action:Formation of outreach subcommittee.



B.      Additionalannouncements and reports from council members involved
with the advancement ofocean acidification science, education, outreach or
other developments.





11:30-12:00PM  5.     Increasing Sanctuary Visibility andMarketability:
Possible New Council Focal Topic (Council Action Requested)

?        Briefissue summary by sanctuary staff, linking to council work
plan, ONMS Campaignof Engagement, and council member suggestions.

?        Stafforganizational suggestions for council consideration.

?        PossibleCouncil Action:  Formation of subcommittee to lead efforts.



12:00-1:00PM            LUNCH  BREAK



1:00-1:45PM      6.     Informational Presentation: Biogeographical
Variation in TrophicInteractions on Temperate Reefs of the Southern
California Bight, by Ryan Jenkinson (NoCouncil Decision Requested)

?        As part of the advisorycouncil?s 2012 science speaker series, Ryan
Jenkinson with San Diego StateUniversity will provide this informational
presentation on his work observingpatterns of predation on sea urchins on
rocky reefs from Point Conception southto central Baja California,
including the California Channel Islands.

?        Council Questions andDiscussion.



1:45-2:15PM      7.     Whale Ship StrikeUpdates  (NoCouncil Action
Requested)

?        Status of United Statesproposal to the International Maritime
Organization requesting traffic separationscheme shift in Santa Barbara
Channel to help protect whales from ship strikes.

?        Ship strike recommendationsrecently approved by advisory councils
for Cordell Bank and Gulf of theFarallones national marine sanctuaries:
Highlights of recommendations andconsideration of council review/future
endorsement.  (see:
http://farallones.noaa.gov/manage/pdf/sac/12_06/jwg_strikes.pdf)



2:15-2:30PM          8.     Public Comment (2nd of 2) (may be extended at
the discretion of theChair or used as a break).



2:30-2:55PM      9.     Working GroupReports (No Council Decisions
Requested)

            Brief reports/announcements fromactive sub-groups:

A.    Channel Islands Technical Advisory Committee(TAC) on Enforcement
(Bill Struble, NOAA Office of Law Enforcement)

B.    Chumash CommunityWorking Group (Luhui Isha Ward)

C.    SanctuaryEducation Team (Maria Petueli or Amanda Allen)

D.    ResearchActivities Panel (Dr. Bob Warner or Dr. Mark Steele)

E.    RecreationalFishing Working Group (Capt. David Bacon)

F.    CommercialFishing Working Group (Bruce Steele)

G.    Conservation Working Group (Linda Krop)



2:55-3:00PM    10.    Meeting Close-Out (No Council Decisions Requested)

?        Schedule for remaining 2012 Councilmeetings:

o   Friday September 21, 2012(Santa Barbara)

o   Friday November 16, 2012 (Ventura)



3:00PM              ADJOURN






DIRECTIONS:  Poinsettia Pavilion, 3451 Foothill Road,Ventura, CA



FromU.S. 101 south-bound: Take exit 68 toward SeawardAve; Turn left at E.
Harbor Blvd; Turn left at S. Seaward Ave; Turn right atPoli Street (Poli
St. becomes Foothill Rd.); Continue on Foothill Road; Arriveat the
Poinsettia Pavilion, 3451 Foothill Rd.



FromU.S. 101 north-bound:  Take Victoria exit; Turn right onto
VictoriaAvenue, 2.2 miles; Turn left onto Foothill Road, 2.0 miles; Arrive
at thePoinsettia Pavilion ? 3451 Foothill Road.

-- 
Shauna Bingham
NOAA's Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
113 Harbor Way, Suite 150
Santa Barbara, CA 93109
805-884-1460
805-568-1582 (fax)
http://channelislands.noaa.gov/
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From davidchubb at cox.net  Wed Jul 11 14:59:40 2012
From: davidchubb at cox.net (David Chubb)
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:59:40 -0700
Subject: [CINC] DNA analysis shows evidence of three early Siberian
 migrations to New World
Message-ID: <4FFDF74C.6070200@cox.net>


An international team of 64 researchers led by David Reich has published 
an article, Reconstructing Native American Population History, in the 
journal "Nature" (subscription required for access) which uses DNA 
analysis to determine that human migration from Siberia occurred in 
three waves. The authors roughly speculate on when these waves occurred, 
but additional future comparison with DNA of ancient early Asian 
populations may helps solve this riddle.

Excerpt from the Wall Street Journal:
(http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303644004577520853902929564.html?mod=googlenews_wsj)

"Reconstructing this ancient genealogy, they found that Native Americans 
today descend from three distinct streams of genes from Asia ? each the 
hereditary signature of a different ethnic group of intrepid settlers 
who began to arrive about 15,000 years ago or more. Even so, most Native 
Americans from Canada to the tip of South America owe their ancestry to 
the first of those three ancient migrations?a group of restless Ice Age 
nomads the researchers call "First American."

Also reported in Science Daily at 
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120711134710.htm


From judyw88 at hotmail.com  Wed Jul 11 18:33:42 2012
From: judyw88 at hotmail.com (judy w)
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:33:42 -0700
Subject: [CINC] FW: It's Channel Islands Week
In-Reply-To: <9E748605063B7F47861EE7C2F52D7A0B2B2001@APCDAIRSTREAM>
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Almost missed it; the episodes have been on before and will run again on KCET if you haven't seen them.  The website has several short videos from the Islands; SB zoo's Island Fox, a woman who spent a month on SMI alone, kayaking AI......  check it out.











Where's Huell? It's Channel Islands Week!

 
 
http://www.kcet.org/shows/tvtalk/wheres-huell/wheres-huell-its-channel-islands-week.html
 
What's a week without the continued adventures of KCET's Golden State-trotting hero, Huell Howser? It's like a summer without sunshine, that's what. This week, Huell hits the Channel Islands and explores whole different worlds that await
 just a short boat ride from the SoCal coast.
Monday, July 9 @ 7:30 PM -- 
"Santa Barbara Island"
Tuesday, July 10 @ 7:30 PM -- 
"San Miguel Island"
Wednesday, July 11 @ 7:30 PM --

"Santa Cruz Island's Sea Caves"
Thursday, July 12 @ 7:30 PM -- 
"Anacapa Island"
Friday, July 13 @ 7:30 PM -- 
"Santa Rosa Island"
 
 
 		 	   		  
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From thusone at aol.com  Wed Jul 11 19:56:06 2012
From: thusone at aol.com (thusone at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:56:06 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [CINC] FW: It's Channel Islands Week
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Thanks, Judy!
I don't think i have ever seen Santa Cruz THAT totally calm & flat.

shirley


 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: judy w <judyw88 at hotmail.com>
To: whale listserve <channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org>
Sent: Wed, Jul 11, 2012 6:43 pm
Subject: [CINC] FW: It's Channel Islands Week


Almost missed it; the episodes have been on before and will run again on KCET if you haven't seen them.  The website has several short videos from the Islands; SB zoo's Island Fox, a woman who spent a month on SMI alone, kayaking AI......  check it out.



Where's Huell? It's Channel Islands Week!
 
 
http://www.kcet.org/shows/tvtalk/wheres-huell/wheres-huell-its-channel-islands-week.html
 
What's a week without the continued adventures of KCET's Golden State-trotting hero, Huell Howser? It's like a summer without sunshine, that's what. This week, Huell hits the Channel Islands and explores whole different worlds that await just a short boat ride from the SoCal coast.
Monday, July 9 @ 7:30 PM -- "Santa Barbara Island"
Tuesday, July 10 @ 7:30 PM -- "San Miguel Island"

Wednesday, July 11 @ 7:30 PM --"Santa Cruz Island's Sea Caves"
Thursday, July 12 @ 7:30 PM -- "Anacapa Island"
Friday, July 13 @ 7:30 PM -- "Santa Rosa Island"
 
 

 		 	   		  
 
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From jjwinkel at cox.net  Thu Jul 12 20:00:12 2012
From: jjwinkel at cox.net (Cubby Winkel)
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:00:12 -0700
Subject: [CINC] CX 7/12
Message-ID: <004201cd60a3$a1be9550$e53bbff0$@net>

Condor Express Thursday July 12, 2012

 

Sightings:

Blue Whales       6

Humpbacks        12

 

Crew:

Captain Mat, Captain Dave & Matt in Galley

 

Naturalists:

Gary Sullivan  PID

Rae Emmett

Cubby Winkel

 

The Condor left the harbor under "Grayshine" skies headed to the area where
so many whales had been sighted yesterday.   As we approached the
coordinates fog began to roll into the area.  The visibility dropped to one
quarter of a mile at the best.  Captain Mat announced it would be difficult
to spot blows in these conditions.  We were actually about three miles East
of yesterdays excellent sightings.  All of a sudden Captain Mat spotted the
back of a Blue Whale off to the port of the boat.  Immediately he manuvered
the boat to see the Blue.  Moments later several Humpbacks surfaced in the
same area.  We watched these Whales and moved with them to the East.  The
fog played games with us all day.  Sometimes it would clear giving us
visibility of about a mile and other times we would be so socked in that we
could only see a few feet off the bow.  During the spells of no visibility
we could hear Whales but not see them.  To say the least it was an
extraordinary day considering the conditions we were subjected to.  One can
only dream about how many Whales we would have seen in clear conditions.

 

Thank you Mat and Dave for an incredible experience!

 

Gary, Rae & Cubby

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From kat at recycledgoods.com  Fri Jul 13 11:38:51 2012
From: kat at recycledgoods.com (Kathyrn Wasden)
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:38:51 -0700
Subject: [CINC] boater and dog saved by SRI
Message-ID: <001301cd6126$c03e6ae0$40bb40a0$@com>

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/jul/13/fisherman-honored-for-rescuing-man-on
-sinking/

 

I apologize if this has been reported already.

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From debbiemshelley at hotmail.com  Fri Jul 13 21:47:11 2012
From: debbiemshelley at hotmail.com (Debbie Shelley)
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:47:11 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Condor Friday 13th
Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP2826314D3D2234FFE4F15C6CDD60@phx.gbl>

A very lucky Friday 13th

24 humpbacks 
6 blue whales
80 common dolphins

We had the best Friday the 13th ever.  Full boat whales here, there, and everywhere.  We also got mugged by the calf with all the barnacles.  We had named the whale Barnacle Bill on Tuesday, but Captain Mat noticed it was a female so we renamed her Barnacle Betty.  I think she must be on the payroll for both the Condor and Island Packers as we see her so often.  She is one special whale.  John on PID got 18 photo IDs on the whales we saw.  We were not able to get a fluke shot on Barnacle Betty.  All the passengers had a whale of a time.   Another great day in paradise.   Thanks to the crew Captain Mat, Dennis and Matt and other naturalist Shirley Johnson and John Kuiz...    And me the luckiest one of all to be on the Condor with all aboard and the wonderful marine life.  Debbie Shelley

Sent from my iPad

From j_bar_j at hotmail.com  Sat Jul 14 09:45:41 2012
From: j_bar_j at hotmail.com (Joel E. Justin)
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 09:45:41 -0700
Subject: [CINC] DNA analysis shows evidence of three early Siberian
	migrations to New World
In-Reply-To: <OF907ED739.56991B86-ON88257A3A.006A4FC5-88257A3A.006A6CA6@nps.gov>
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Hi Everyone,

Since there seems to be some interest in this Kindle eBook, I have decided to post it on the CINC SkyDrive. In the IslandTrainingManual folder, I?ve created an eBooks folder:

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=A4B2402948FA1EE1!907

You can find the Historic Resource Study eBook there. I have also uploaded an eBook called Additional Resource Information. It is a compilation of files that are in the Additional Resource Information folder on the Island Hike DVD. Finally, I have uploaded a file that provides instructions on how to get these eBooks onto your Kindle, iPhone, iPad, iTouch, Android phone and Blackberry phone.

I don?t own Android or Blackberry, but I?ve worked with some friends who have and I believe these instructions should work. However, if you have any updates for me, I?d love to get them. Likewise, if you find any of these instructions confusing, please let me know so I can make them better.

I plan to, over time, update the Island Hike narrative eBooks I?ve created. As I do, I will upload them and send out an email announcing their availability.

Joel...



From: David_Begun at nps.gov 
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 12:22 PM
To: David_Begun at nps.gov 
Subject: Fw: [CINC] DNA analysis shows evidence of three early Siberian migrations to New World


See below from Ann Huston regarding recent press on early migration to
North America. Rain List chain included for context.

David Begun
Channel Islands National Park
david_begun at nps.gov
805-658-5731
-

----- Forwarded by Derek Lohuis/CHIS/NPS on 07/12/2012 04:00 PM -----
                                                                           
             Ann                                                           
             Huston/CHIS/NPS                                               
                                                                        To 
             07/12/2012 03:05          Derek Lohuis/CHIS/NPS at NPS           
             PM                                                         cc 
                                       David Begun/CHIS/NPS at NPS, Kelly     
                                       Minas/CHIS/NPS at NPS                  
                                                                   Subject 
                                       Re: Fw: [CINC] DNA analysis shows   
                                       evidence of three early Siberian    
                                       migrations to New World(Document    
                                       link: Derek Lohuis)                 
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           



Hi,

Russell gets Nature magazine, so we can read the whole article and see what
it says.

There are several scientific avenues that are exploring who the first
Americans were, and when, where and how they arrived in the New World.  One
of those avenues is archeology, and the 12,000-year- old + sites that have
been found along the west coast, including the islands, provide evidence
for a coastal migration route via the kelp highway.

DNA provides another line of scientific evidence.  The DNA folks are trying
to extract ancient DNA from the oldest human remains in the Americas and to
trace those DNA lineages back to Asia and forward to the New World, by
looking for matches in existing populations in both places.  John Johnson's
studies have indicated that the same DNA that was found in 10,500-year-old
remains in Alaska has also been found in California, Mexico, Peru and other
coastal locations, including a Chumash individual.  This provides good
evidence for a coastal migration route at a very early time.

The article that is referenced below may or may not not make any reference
to migration routes, but I doubt that it precludes a coastal migration
route, and it may even reinforce the evidence for it.

Ann

____________________________
Ann Huston
Chief, Cultural Resources
Channel Islands National Park
1901 Spinnaker Drive
Ventura, CA  93001
(805) 658-5752
Fax:  (805) 658-5799



                                                                           
             Derek                                                         
             Lohuis/CHIS/NPS                                               
                                                                        To 
             07/12/2012 09:00          Kelly Minas/CHIS/NPS at NPS            
             AM                                                         cc 
                                       Ann Huston/CHIS/NPS at NPS, David      
                                       Begun/CHIS/NPS at NPS                  
                                                                   Subject 
                                       Fw: [CINC] DNA analysis shows       
                                       evidence of three early Siberian    
                                       migrations to New World             
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           



kelly, can you shed some light on this. thanks.


Derek Lohuis
Channel Islands National Park
1901 Spinnaker Dr.
Ventura, CA 93001
805-658-5736

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             et>                                                        To 
                                       Don <dvabbott at verizon.net>          
             07/12/2012 08:32                                           cc 
             AM                        David_Begun at nps.gov, Derek Lohuis   
                                       <derek_lohuis at nps.gov>              
                                                                   Subject 
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             davidchubb at cox.ne         evidence of three early Siberian    
                     t                 migrations to New World             
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           




Don,

Like you, I was looking through the descriptions of the article for any
mention of coastal migration.

One thought is that these researchers are only interested in publishing and
defending their DNA work, which shows three separate waves of migration.
Their research provides no indication of when or how these early people
arrive. The authors just provide these vague references to establish the
context of what was going on.

Of course, without shelling out some bucks and reading the actual article I
may be missing something, but I would guess the authors aren't interested
in how the migrations occurred.

I did get the idea further DNA research might help establish a migration
timeline. One roadblock is that many Native Americans have prevented the
examination of remains from early humans in the US. Most of the evidence in
this study came from Canada and Latin America. In looking at comments on
some web sites I'm amazed how contentious this entire early migration field
is in all kinds of ways for many scientists and non-scientists.

Maybe Dave or Derek can find someone who will shed a little more light on
how this research might affect the idea of coastal migration.

Best regards,
David Chubb




On 7/11/2012 9:58 PM, Don wrote:
      Thanks David,

      I thought "coastal migration" from Asia was the current thinking of
      most experts in this field.  However, per this article the ole "land
      bridge" was the migration route into North America -- no mention of
      "coastal migration" via the "kelp highway" as coined by Dr. Jon
      Erlandson.

      Since this article has been sent to all CINC volunteers (many of whom
      are Island Interps) it raises the following question:

      Q: Should Island Interps refrain from mentioning "coastal migration"
      let alone the "kelp highway" associated with the discovery of
      Arlington Man on an isolated island?

      Perhaps CINP's can tell us what is appropriate.

      My best,
      Don



      On 7/11/12 2:59 PM, David Chubb wrote:

            An international team of 64 researchers led by David Reich has
            published an article, Reconstructing Native American Population
            History, in the journal "Nature" (subscription required for
            access) which uses DNA analysis to determine that human
            migration from Siberia occurred in three waves. The authors
            roughly speculate on when these waves occurred, but additional
            future comparison with DNA of ancient early Asian populations
            may helps solve this riddle.

            Excerpt from the Wall Street Journal:
            (
            http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303644004577520853902929564.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
            )

            "Reconstructing this ancient genealogy, they found that Native
            Americans today descend from three distinct streams of genes
            from Asia ? each the hereditary signature of a different ethnic
            group of intrepid settlers who began to arrive about 15,000
            years ago or more. Even so, most Native Americans from Canada
            to the tip of South America owe their ancestry to the first of
            those three ancient migrations?a group of restless Ice Age
            nomads the researchers call "First American."

            Also reported in Science Daily at
            http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120711134710.htm

            _______________________________________________
            Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list
            Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org
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From kensword at cox.net  Sat Jul 14 11:17:17 2012
From: kensword at cox.net (Kenneth A. Tatro)
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:17:17 -0700
Subject: [CINC] IPCO Islander, 13 July,'12
Message-ID: <22D7778C-F4B7-4BE6-8964-77E3B58C5694@cox.net>

Hi folks,

The numbers, outstanding:

39 Humpbacks
6 Blues
1700 Common Dolphin (2 pods, 700 & 1000)
12 Mola Mola
(a couple Dall's Porpoise spotted by Capt Anthony but did not show again) 

Western Gull
Pigeon Gillimont
Sooty Sherewater
Brown Pelican

One Green Party Balloon( which we rescued from the deep)

Yes, these numbers are real, and amazing day. Our first task was to drop off campers, hikers and Navy technicians for the station on Santa Cruz Island, at Prisoners Harbor.Then we were on our way to an amazing day of Whale watching. 

We had heard there were a number of them in the usual area at the shelf ledge off the SCI-SRI gap.

So off we were, yet on the way we encountered the first and smaller pod of Common Dolphins. As usual the folks were all to the rails and in much delight, and the photographers among them clicking away. A sizable group with many babies, and fast activity. Of course many cam over to the boat to scope us out and play in the pressure waves and wake of the Islander.

We hung with them for a time, then moved on toward the Whales to the west.

Sure enough there they were, literally all over the place. The Condor Express was on station enjoying the site, and we came in from the east. First it was six humpbacks and one Blue near us. Yet we were just entering Humpback City with a few visiting Blues.  The scene was as if the Common Dolphins we had just seen, somehow turned into Humpbacks. they were everywhere and very actively feeding, logging with some of the younger ones carrying on with lob tails and major attacks on the plentiful Kelp adrift in the area.

The Condor hung in there for a good amount of time, but headed out to finish its trip.

Our count was soon at 17 then 23 and we finally settled on the 39 figure for Humpbacks, which is actually low as there were many at a distance all around. The challenge to not count any individual more than once had reached its maximum doability (heh, heh, is this a word???).

Here and there the Blues would surface in the midst the Humpbacks. Much easier to do their count.

The Mola mMolas showed up in the midst of all of this, and only a few of the guests saw them, most WAY too interested in the whales to check out some strange looking fish.

We were there a long time as the Humpback were not going anywhere, just very actively moving around in this same area. 

This produced many an encounter of several whales very near by, or cruising by us. One juvenile female, was busy thrashing some kelp off of our port side, and then became very interested in the Islander. Over she came with a mouth full of Kelp as if she wanted to share her "Kelp Kill" with us. Then she began and afternoon venture of mugging us, cruising under the boat, back and forth, causing us all to run back and forth from side to side as it went under one side and surfaced on the other, ... several times. Or it would do a round about of the entire boat, right next to it all the time.

Then it left for a time and we enjoyed the overall show again. 

But soon it came back to continue its very thorough scope out of the Islander, surfacing and checking us out, and back and forth fun of under the boat. She did this three different times, each time being with us a good 10 to 20 minutes playing her kind of fun. 

What a day. Captain Anthony spotted another mega pod of Common Dolphin so we headed out to see them and sure enough it was a very large group, we estimated at a 1000, burt could have been much more, as this group was very active and moving fast. Soon they were all round us,. and the folks were in yet another delight of the day.

Then it was time to head for Santa Cruz Island and the Painted Cave visit. On the way we enconterd our little green Party Balloon and Pancho did his usual deep reach and saved it rom the Sea. Folks were not disappointed at the cave, either as Captain Antony took the Islander in the farthest I have seen any boat go in, all year. The folks were very impressed and appreciative of both.

Folks were from the China, Sweden, UK, Lynchburg, Virginia, Landcaster, L.A., and Pasadena.

Captain Anthony did his usual supurb job of finding us Cetacea, and the Crew of Andrea and Pancho.
Dani left us and took the island hickers at Prisoners Harbor.

May CINC sidekick for the day was Pam Yerger, who did a fantastic job of keeping count, under very unusual and challenging conditions.

Just another day on the Channel, ....

Ken Tatro

	Gentle winds, mellow seas, and always,
	     	? a fresh breath of salty air, ... to ya.
  








From ppetrich39 at me.com  Sun Jul 15 09:33:16 2012
From: ppetrich39 at me.com (paul jr petrich)
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 09:33:16 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Fwd:  S Cruz Island Eco-marathon - Saturday, November 3,
 2012 @ 6:00 AM
References: <849B3D9F-11A2-4B22-BF3F-35F127F1EEF7@me.com>
Message-ID: <36CD55B4-C593-4C4E-BD0B-FAE337862F72@me.com>



Begin forwarded message:

> From: paul jr petrich <ppetrich39 at me.com>
> Subject: Re: [CINC] S Cruz Island Eco-marathon - Saturday, November 3, 2012 @ 6:00 AM
> Date: July 15, 2012 9:31:54 AM PDT
> To: Lisa Anderson <landerson at islandpackers.com>
> 
> Congrats Lissa!
>  Tara and I finished the Colorado River rafting in the Grand Canyon about the same time you finished your " piece of cake"!  I got to swim part of the Hermit Rapids on July 8th ( not intensionally ). It is considered the "Mother of All Rapids" on the Colorado, as our SCI run sounds like the Mother of All Runs! Lets all share stories at the CINC picnic!! Paul
> On Jul 9, 2012, at 5:34 PM, Lisa Anderson wrote:
> 
>> Actually the race filled up in about an hour--I ran it last year and got in this year as well. We were lucky to have a great day with plenty of support not only from the race organizers, but from island personal as well--I was blessed to have not only Santa Cruz Island Foundation's own Marla Daily --say to me-- "Lisa is finally here--now we can leave and go back to the cabin!!" but Island Packers, Mark Connally and family came out and cheered everyone on as well!!
>> All proceeds go to charity--these guys are fantastic!!
>> Yes it's a hard run, however if you are serious about trail running--it's a piece of cake!!
>> Lisa Anderson
>> 
>> 
>> BTW--100 runners plus support crew had less impact on the island than 100's on the island--no one knew we were there!! :0)
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org [mailto:channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org] On Behalf Of Marty Flam
>> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 6:43 AM
>> To: CINC Rainlist
>> Cc: David Begun
>> Subject: [CINC] S Cruz Island Eco-marathon - Saturday, November 3, 2012 @ 6:00 AM
>> 
>> http://runsantacruzisland.com/
>> The 2012 November Race has filled up to our limit of 100 runners.
>> Get on next year's  CRFC registration email group. We will email you two times in early 2013 and remind you about the registration date in June 2013. 
>> 
>> 
>> http://s7.invisionfree.com/CHIL_EagleCAM/ar/t6701.htm 2 pics from last year "The marathon course wound 14 miles from Scorpion Harbor, up and over Montanon Ridge, and finishing up at Prisoner?s Harbor. Congrats to all that participated ? the IWS crew is familiar with that road, and it ain?t easy! :][:" _______________________________________________
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From vivi at fleurdev.com  Sun Jul 15 20:19:14 2012
From: vivi at fleurdev.com (Vivi Teston)
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 20:19:14 -0700
Subject: [CINC] SUNDAY JULY 15TH on the CX
Message-ID: <CAAef6U0+x_zYAcTUfLCvgW0Ae7VQLs67hDKMdMRk7Z+SJ85FZA@mail.gmail.com>

It was an awesome day @ Sea with passengers from India, Israel , Germany
other parts of the US & Local SB fans as well. Morgan Coffey on PID gave a
brilliant Intro to passengers upstairs with a plethora of Info for them to
absorb. Laura Shelton buzzed around the boat like a happy bee extolling her
knowledge of whales/dolphins & bird life( even in some obscure part of
Oklahoma.! ) :)

Capt Dave at the helm with his usual brilliant  commentary & calm demeanor
, Skipper Dennis , awesome as well & Matt in the galley.

Conditions were over cast per norm , but once out on the ledge Capt. Dave
maneuvered the boat beautifully sitting us right amongst lots & lots of
spouts near the boat & as far as the eye could see. Many , many humpbacks
happily feeding, tail flukes , LOTS of vocalization at times,whale breath &
in particular that young barnacle clad juvenile who kept mugging the boat
for a bit was quite vocal. And of course there were the Blues that showed
up & even graced up with some of their sideways flukes.One pair on the
right of the bow and another pair on the left. You weren't quite sure which
side to move to .. so I kind of felt like Tom Hanks in Splash when he was
waiting for the elevator doors to Open ..not knowing which one would open
first yet poised and ready to leap to that side. Just as we were turning to
head to painted Cave more humpbacks surfaced all of a sudden, I believe I
counted 7-8 .to the right..swimming almost in formation , logging close
together & one off to the left of the bow..It was beautiful , one by one
tail fluke showing their individual beauty for Morgan to try & capture on
film . And of course then there were the many pods of dolphins with lots of
babies encountered throughout the day .And one of my favorites as we headed
toward Painted Cave & were cruising alongside Santa Cruz was the Bald Eagle
that flew over head & landed , welcoming us to the Island.All in all &
spectacular day at sea.. Thanks to the CX..it's crew ,Morgan & Laura & the
many interested passengers that make it possible to keep returning to the
ledge.

Vivi Teston
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From vivi at fleurdev.com  Sun Jul 15 22:12:58 2012
From: vivi at fleurdev.com (Vivi Teston)
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:12:58 -0700
Subject: [CINC] COUNT FOR SUNDAY JULY 15TH
Message-ID: <CAAef6U0rcPH6AVpSjUjrrVePwx4YgUCRGRb8zqWAM-fr5dLTLw@mail.gmail.com>

I did not confirm with Morgan on all species, but we did concur 25
Humpbacks sited.. Blues Im guesstimating 6 and common dolphins upwards of
500.. although we had i believe 4 different sightings and some groups
bigger than others.

It was one of those days where LOTS of spouts in the distance & all around
the boat at varying times so difficult to get accurate count of all species
at once.
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From ppetrich39 at me.com  Mon Jul 16 09:13:06 2012
From: ppetrich39 at me.com (paul jr petrich)
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:13:06 -0700
Subject: [CINC] DNA analysis shows evidence of three early Siberian
 migrations to New World
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Hi Joel, S.O.S:
 On my Mac I get the following notice explaining it is unavailable to me. I wonder if other Mac users face the same block?
(X) The Windows Live Network is unavailable from this site for one of the following reasons:
  1 > This site may be experiencing problems.
  2 > The site may not be a member of the Windows Live Network.
  3 > You may be able to sign in or sign up at other sites on the Windows Live Network, or try again later.  I have tried the latter with no success. Paul    p.s. This particular article was in USAToday last week as well.
On Jul 14, 2012, at 9:45 AM, Joel E. Justin wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>  
> Since there seems to be some interest in this Kindle eBook, I have decided to post it on the CINC SkyDrive. In the IslandTrainingManual folder, I?ve created an eBooks folder:
>  
> https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=A4B2402948FA1EE1!907
>  
> You can find the Historic Resource Study eBook there. I have also uploaded an eBook called Additional Resource Information. It is a compilation of files that are in the Additional Resource Information folder on the Island Hike DVD. Finally, I have uploaded a file that provides instructions on how to get these eBooks onto your Kindle, iPhone, iPad, iTouch, Android phone and Blackberry phone.
>  
> I don?t own Android or Blackberry, but I?ve worked with some friends who have and I believe these instructions should work. However, if you have any updates for me, I?d love to get them. Likewise, if you find any of these instructions confusing, please let me know so I can make them better.
>  
> I plan to, over time, update the Island Hike narrative eBooks I?ve created. As I do, I will upload them and send out an email announcing their availability.
>  
> Joel...
>  
>  
>  
> From: David_Begun at nps.gov
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 12:22 PM
> To: David_Begun at nps.gov
> Subject: Fw: [CINC] DNA analysis shows evidence of three early Siberian migrations to New World
>  
> 
> See below from Ann Huston regarding recent press on early migration to
> North America. Rain List chain included for context.
> 
> David Begun
> Channel Islands National Park
> david_begun at nps.gov
> 805-658-5731
> -
> 
> ----- Forwarded by Derek Lohuis/CHIS/NPS on 07/12/2012 04:00 PM -----
>                                                                            
>              Ann                                                           
>              Huston/CHIS/NPS                                               
>                                                                         To 
>              07/12/2012 03:05          Derek Lohuis/CHIS/NPS at NPS           
>              PM                                                         cc 
>                                        David Begun/CHIS/NPS at NPS, Kelly     
>                                        Minas/CHIS/NPS at NPS                  
>                                                                    Subject 
>                                        Re: Fw: [CINC] DNA analysis shows   
>                                        evidence of three early Siberian    
>                                        migrations to New World(Document    
>                                        link: Derek Lohuis)                 
>                                                                            
>                                                                            
>                                                                            
>                                                                            
>                                                                            
>                                                                            
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Russell gets Nature magazine, so we can read the whole article and see what
> it says.
> 
> There are several scientific avenues that are exploring who the first
> Americans were, and when, where and how they arrived in the New World.  One
> of those avenues is archeology, and the 12,000-year- old + sites that have
> been found along the west coast, including the islands, provide evidence
> for a coastal migration route via the kelp highway.
> 
> DNA provides another line of scientific evidence.  The DNA folks are trying
> to extract ancient DNA from the oldest human remains in the Americas and to
> trace those DNA lineages back to Asia and forward to the New World, by
> looking for matches in existing populations in both places.  John Johnson's
> studies have indicated that the same DNA that was found in 10,500-year-old
> remains in Alaska has also been found in California, Mexico, Peru and other
> coastal locations, including a Chumash individual.  This provides good
> evidence for a coastal migration route at a very early time.
> 
> The article that is referenced below may or may not not make any reference
> to migration routes, but I doubt that it precludes a coastal migration
> route, and it may even reinforce the evidence for it.
> 
> Ann
> 
> ____________________________
> Ann Huston
> Chief, Cultural Resources
> Channel Islands National Park
> 1901 Spinnaker Drive
> Ventura, CA  93001
> (805) 658-5752
> Fax:  (805) 658-5799
> 
> 
> 
>                                                                            
>              Derek                                                         
>              Lohuis/CHIS/NPS                                               
>                                                                         To 
>              07/12/2012 09:00          Kelly Minas/CHIS/NPS at NPS            
>              AM                                                         cc 
>                                        Ann Huston/CHIS/NPS at NPS, David      
>                                        Begun/CHIS/NPS at NPS                  
>                                                                    Subject 
>                                        Fw: [CINC] DNA analysis shows       
>                                        evidence of three early Siberian    
>                                        migrations to New World             
>                                                                            
>                                                                            
>                                                                            
>                                                                            
>                                                                            
>                                                                            
> 
> 
> 
> kelly, can you shed some light on this. thanks.
> 
> 
> Derek Lohuis
> Channel Islands National Park
> 1901 Spinnaker Dr.
> Ventura, CA 93001
> 805-658-5736
> 
> ----- Forwarded by Derek Lohuis/CHIS/NPS on 07/12/2012 09:00 AM -----
>                                                                            
>              David Chubb                                                   
>              <davidchubb at cox.n                                             
>              et>                                                        To 
>                                        Don <dvabbott at verizon.net>          
>              07/12/2012 08:32                                           cc 
>              AM                        David_Begun at nps.gov, Derek Lohuis   
>                                        <derek_lohuis at nps.gov>              
>                                                                    Subject 
>              Please respond to         Re: [CINC] DNA analysis shows       
>              davidchubb at cox.ne         evidence of three early Siberian    
>                      t                 migrations to New World             
>                                                                            
>                                                                            
>                                                                            
>                                                                            
>                                                                            
>                                                                            
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Don,
> 
> Like you, I was looking through the descriptions of the article for any
> mention of coastal migration.
> 
> One thought is that these researchers are only interested in publishing and
> defending their DNA work, which shows three separate waves of migration.
> Their research provides no indication of when or how these early people
> arrive. The authors just provide these vague references to establish the
> context of what was going on.
> 
> Of course, without shelling out some bucks and reading the actual article I
> may be missing something, but I would guess the authors aren't interested
> in how the migrations occurred.
> 
> I did get the idea further DNA research might help establish a migration
> timeline. One roadblock is that many Native Americans have prevented the
> examination of remains from early humans in the US. Most of the evidence in
> this study came from Canada and Latin America. In looking at comments on
> some web sites I'm amazed how contentious this entire early migration field
> is in all kinds of ways for many scientists and non-scientists.
> 
> Maybe Dave or Derek can find someone who will shed a little more light on
> how this research might affect the idea of coastal migration.
> 
> Best regards,
> David Chubb
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/11/2012 9:58 PM, Don wrote:
>       Thanks David,
> 
>       I thought "coastal migration" from Asia was the current thinking of
>       most experts in this field.  However, per this article the ole "land
>       bridge" was the migration route into North America -- no mention of
>       "coastal migration" via the "kelp highway" as coined by Dr. Jon
>       Erlandson.
> 
>       Since this article has been sent to all CINC volunteers (many of whom
>       are Island Interps) it raises the following question:
> 
>       Q: Should Island Interps refrain from mentioning "coastal migration"
>       let alone the "kelp highway" associated with the discovery of
>       Arlington Man on an isolated island?
> 
>       Perhaps CINP's can tell us what is appropriate.
> 
>       My best,
>       Don
> 
> 
> 
>       On 7/11/12 2:59 PM, David Chubb wrote:
> 
>             An international team of 64 researchers led by David Reich has
>             published an article, Reconstructing Native American Population
>             History, in the journal "Nature" (subscription required for
>             access) which uses DNA analysis to determine that human
>             migration from Siberia occurred in three waves. The authors
>             roughly speculate on when these waves occurred, but additional
>             future comparison with DNA of ancient early Asian populations
>             may helps solve this riddle.
> 
>             Excerpt from the Wall Street Journal:
>             (
>             http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303644004577520853902929564.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
>             )
> 
>             "Reconstructing this ancient genealogy, they found that Native
>             Americans today descend from three distinct streams of genes
>             from Asia ? each the hereditary signature of a different ethnic
>             group of intrepid settlers who began to arrive about 15,000
>             years ago or more. Even so, most Native Americans from Canada
>             to the tip of South America owe their ancestry to the first of
>             those three ancient migrations?a group of restless Ice Age
>             nomads the researchers call "First American."
> 
>             Also reported in Science Daily at
>             http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120711134710.htm
> 
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> 
> 
> 
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From claire.fackler at noaa.gov  Mon Jul 16 12:45:39 2012
From: claire.fackler at noaa.gov (Claire Fackler)
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:45:39 -0700
Subject: [CINC] boater and dog saved by SRI
In-Reply-To: <001301cd6126$c03e6ae0$40bb40a0$@com>
References: <001301cd6126$c03e6ae0$40bb40a0$@com>
Message-ID: <CACab065teN=+UwkkjN8RwQWO055ojX=uPwy--3rVsV+xCOQzxQ@mail.gmail.com>

Is anyone else interested in why and how a "whale apparently hit the boat
with its tail before"?

As to why Calvin's boat sank, Amaral said a whale apparently had hit the
boat with its tail a day before. Calvin checked he boat to make sure it was
OK. Somehow, a hose that carries water from the boat to the sea was damaged
in the process and sprung a leak.

Read more:
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/jul/13/fisherman-honored-for-rescuing-man-on-sinking/#ixzz20oggRPV9
- vcstar.com


On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Kathyrn Wasden <kat at recycledgoods.com>wrote:

>
> http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/jul/13/fisherman-honored-for-rescuing-man-on-sinking/
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> I apologize if this has been reported already.****
>
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From fallenraider42 at gmail.com  Mon Jul 16 16:24:55 2012
From: fallenraider42 at gmail.com (A H)
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:24:55 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Condor X 7-14-12
Message-ID: <CABvAryopYEmR+9tGjy0zPZfrwSHKVWjs0JtRUO5-CFsriFFqsg@mail.gmail.com>

25 Humpbacks
11 Blues
800 Common Dolphins

Pec slapping, poop, multiple breaches

Naturalists
Valerie Olson
Anna Hilliard

This was the kind of day you write home about! We left the harbor with
around 40 passengers, and headed to the west end of Santa Cruz, catching a
small group of commons on the way. After catching some fog midway out, the
sky cleared beautifully. When we got to the feeding grounds, the whales
were everywhere. For the next several hours we were surrounded by humpbacks
and blues, displaying almost every kind of behavior. The blues fluked, the
humpbacks fluked 3 and 4 in tandem, pec slapped, played with kelp, pooped
right near us, blew misty breath in our faces, and the coup-de-grace- a
pair of humpbacks breached in turns several hundred yards off the bow,
launching themselves 3/4 the way out of the water! One would breach, then
the other, and back and forth they went for several minutes. We also saw
Barnacle Betty, swimming right near the boat with a pair of adults.

Valerie and I took turns frantically jotting down data, while the other
made the rounds with the enthralled passengers. I had the chance to work
with a blind young woman, and we had a lively discussion, using the whale
models and baleen in her hands to provide a tactile description of the
whales' physiology, and behaviors that we were seeing. Meanwhile, she
helped me focus my other senses to observe them: the sounds of the whales
moving in the water (they were only 20 feet away at times) and breathing,
the smell and taste of their blows that blew onto our faces. It was a
wonderful challenge to adapt my interpretive skills.

After hours of non-stop whales, the passengers took the chance to sit down,
and we ended the day with Painted Cave, which drew them right back out on
deck again. Just when the trip was about to end, we spotted another group
of a few hundred commons, right outside the harbor. A wonderful way to end
an incredible day!

-Anna Hilliard
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From dbellman28 at gmail.com  Mon Jul 16 20:04:44 2012
From: dbellman28 at gmail.com (Dick Bellman)
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:04:44 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Condor Express 7/16
Message-ID: <CAA1aTKMqSyAWkk5vN5-BUfPQcv2qXrE==_Yb6VRWzdDKhkqXAg@mail.gmail.com>

It was a "Chamber of Commerce" day in the Santa Barbara Channel.  Here is
the bottom line:


   - 6 Blue Whales (with others nearby)
   - 20 Humpbacks (with many others nearby)
   - 800+ Common Dolphins

Captain Dave guided the CX into the SB Channel under grey skies, which by
noon had given way to blue skies and sunshine.  Spouts were located just
off the west end of Santa Cruz and when we arrived at this location the fun
began!!!!  Our initial sighting was of a Blue whale and in short order
there was another Blue in the same vicinity.  Spouts began springing up all
over.  The passengers, all 125 of them, were treated to some excellent
views of these monsters, including some show of tail flukes on their deep
dive.  Captain Dave altered the position of the CX just slightly and the
Humpback onslaught began.  Again, passengers were treated to fantastic
views:  multiple tail throws, some extremely close to the boat; trumpet
blowing, frisky display of pectorals, it was quite a sight.  Synchronized
tail flukes were commonplace and often very close to the boat.

Ultimately we moved closer to the island for our peak at Painted Cave.
 Upon leaving Painted Cave, Captain Dave spotted another Blue so we, of
course, stopped to take a look.  Being pressed for time Captain Dave
thanked the Blue for its "wave good-bye."  No sooner were the words out of
his mouth and another Blue popped up just of the port bow.  His good bye
fluke was even better.  We weren't done yet as we encountered another good
sized pod of Common Dolphins.

 Needless to say, it was one of those memorable days on the water.  Brooke
was extremely busy in the galley and Dennis was all over the boat helping
both Dave and Brooke.  Don Gillies was extremely busy on PID capturing the
multitude of tail flukes.  With the large number of passengers Bruce
Matthews was hustling around answering questions from the very inquisitive
passengers.  Yes, it was another great day in the channel.

Dick Bellman
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From tom.boyd.underwater at gmail.com  Tue Jul 17 07:41:32 2012
From: tom.boyd.underwater at gmail.com (Thomas Boyd)
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:41:32 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Can't make IPCO This Thursday 7/19
Message-ID: <58AC1AAD-40E5-4A05-8953-CBEC559AC01C@gmail.com>

I had a change in my work schedule and cannot make the IPCO whale trip this Thursday 7/19. I have removed my name on VolunteerSpot and will call Island Packers first thing this morning to remove reservation.

Tom Boyd
Underwater Photographer
cell: 818.974.1937
www.tomboydimages.com
www.taboyd.com




From ppetrich39 at me.com  Tue Jul 17 17:14:29 2012
From: ppetrich39 at me.com (paul jr petrich)
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:14:29 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Fwd: Less than a month Away!
References: <A10CE05C-EE31-4C8D-B3A6-E6DDEC13D984@me.com>
Message-ID: <350AE983-EC6C-4594-8CB6-24E0A05FFCBA@me.com>


>> 
>> Ahoy Volunteers, Park, NOAA, and Boat People,
>>  Following up on Dick's Flyer notice: Mark your calendar for the CINC Sunset Picnic on August 13th at Rincon Park. BE THERE ARE BE SQUARE!  It is a great socializing opportunity to meet are new volunteers and rekindle connections with we retreads for only a $5 donation. 
>>    Most of the folks show up after work, and there is plenty of sunlight left until 8 p.m.  Dick and I plan the BBQ to kick in at that time. HOWEVER, as Dick said, the venue is ours all day. Last year, some came early to enjoy the beach and/or the view from the bluff as they circled up with friends for beach chair mini-socials. I will be there about noon to do a bike ride, and be back by 3 pm. Flush bathroom and outdoor showers, as well as a kitchen sink are available, and a shaded picnic table area. Parking is free ( so far ). There is talk of implementing a fee, but it has not kicked in yet. 
>>  THOSE OF YOU WORKING ON THE BOATS: DON'T WORY ABOUT BRINGING A POTLUCK ITEM TO SHARE. WE KNOW YOU HAVE TO CLEAN-UP YOUR VESSELS, SO JUST BRING YOUR BBQ ITEM AND BEVERAGES. THE POT LUCK STUFF FROM THE REST OF US WILL BE OUR TREAT! 
>>  We have ordered great weather. And, when the wind is blowing on the Ventura and Oxnard Plain, it is much calmer on the Rincon.   Paul
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From nymeetsca at gmail.com  Tue Jul 17 17:16:13 2012
From: nymeetsca at gmail.com (HAL ALTMAN)
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:16:13 -0700
Subject: [CINC] CX JULY 17, WHALES EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK!
Message-ID: <CAAyxsSpeapf+p9Xcixb9pCh2TZXOfov9hUr54-m8Gtida=7a4g@mail.gmail.com>

20 Humpback Whales
7 Blue Whales
1,200 Common Dolphins



*What the Numbers Don't Tell You*:

A couple of the Blues were fluking. Unusual.

Humpback "Rope" was seen.  (I believe this is her 12th year in the Channel.)

In the first grouping of 14 Humpbacks and 4 Blues, there was lunge feeding,
pec slapping and breaching.

In the next grouping of 4 Humpbacks and 2 Blues, "Barnacle Betty" showed
up, that stout Humpback calf loaded with brownish barnacles on her snout.
She put on a virtuoso performance, with her continul tail slaps--maybe 10
feet off the Condor.  (Most likely, born in December, 2011.)

The last grouping consisted of 2 Humpbacks and 3 Blues.

The Common Dolphin total occurred over 3 sightings.

Debbie Shelley handled the Q & A while I did my PID duties.  Spotting and
excellent narration by Captains Mat and Dave.


ENJOYING LIFE,
Hal Altman
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From whalephoto at earthlink.net  Tue Jul 17 17:33:56 2012
From: whalephoto at earthlink.net (Bernardo Alps)
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:33:56 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
Subject: [CINC] Saturday Condor Express Birds
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From cfrench1366 at aol.com  Tue Jul 17 18:25:59 2012
From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine French)
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:25:59 -0700
Subject: [CINC] =?utf-8?q?Feeding_Brown_Pelicans_Harms_them_More_than_it_H?=
 =?utf-8?q?elps_=C2=AB_CA_DFG_News?=
Message-ID: <E433479A-DB4F-41D7-B7FB-88973A031DFD@aol.com>

This is a good article on the subject of natural balance in nature and keeping wild animals wild.

http://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/feeding-brown-pelicans-harms-them-more-than-it-helps/


Calm seas,

Catherine French

Writer, naturalist, mentor
805.570.0432
To own is to have; to share with friends, is to enjoy.


From vfolson at cox.net  Wed Jul 18 05:09:52 2012
From: vfolson at cox.net (Valerie Olson)
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:09:52 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Spot on Condor Tomorrow
Message-ID: <5F7F0559-E286-4EA6-B990-B1ACC05ECF2E@cox.net>

Hi All,

Something has come up that i must attend to ... and I, regrettably,  
have to give up my (naturalist) spot on the Condor tomorrow.  This  
trip is scheduled from 1:00 to 5:30 and Sea Landing advises that they  
are definitely going out.  It's been spectacular out there and it  
should be great fun.  I hope someone can step in!

Valerie Olson 
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From kuzzi738 at gmail.com  Wed Jul 18 09:22:19 2012
From: kuzzi738 at gmail.com (John Kuizenga)
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:22:19 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Spot on Condor Tomorrow
In-Reply-To: <5F7F0559-E286-4EA6-B990-B1ACC05ECF2E@cox.net>
Message-ID: <CC2C30CB.89A9%kuzzi738@gmail.com>

Hi Valerie,

Just signed-up on Volunteer Spot for you CX Naturalist spot tomorrow
(7/19/12) aboard the CX.   Thanks for the heads-up about the time change!

John Kuizenga



From: Valerie Olson <vfolson at cox.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:09:52 -0700
To: cinms <channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org>
Subject: [CINC] Spot on Condor Tomorrow

Hi All,

Something has come up that i must attend to ... and I, regrettably, have to
give up my (naturalist) spot on the Condor tomorrow.  This trip is scheduled
from 1:00 to 5:30 and Sea Landing advises that they are definitely going
out.  It's been spectacular out there and it should be great fun.  I hope
someone can step in!

Valerie Olson 


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From cfrench1366 at aol.com  Wed Jul 18 10:49:59 2012
From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine French)
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:49:59 -0700
Subject: [CINC] BBC E-mail: Climate ocean tech fix 'can work'
Message-ID: <FC2269E7-3EF0-4D89-A60F-2C4C7B46FF5A@aol.com>

I saw this story on the BBC News iPad App and thought you should see it.



** Climate ocean tech fix 'can work' **
Fertilising the oceans with iron to combat climate change can lock carbon away for centuries, research indicates - though it is a long way from prime-time use.
< http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18885083 >


** Disclaimer **
The BBC is not responsible for the content of this e-mail, and anything written in this e-mail does not necessarily reflect the BBC's views or opinions. Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the sender have been verified.


Calm seas,

Catherine French

Writer, naturalist, mentor
805.570.0432
To own is to have; to share with friends, is to enjoy.


From laura_email2000 at yahoo.com  Wed Jul 18 19:19:04 2012
From: laura_email2000 at yahoo.com (Laura Shelton)
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:19:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CINC] Condor Express Wednesday 7/18
Message-ID: <1342664344.45127.YahooMailNeo@web162703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

Sightings:
20 Humpbacks
4 Blue Whales (including the always "side- fluking" blue whale and "male/female" pair that have been observed a lot of late according to Capt Mat
1500 Common Dolphins

Highlights: ?
Where to start!! ?So many highlights for an enthusiastic boat of around 100 passengers! ?
Capt Mat saw many many spouts before the rest of us. We all noticed the distant tail lobbing and breaching on a calm beaufort 1 day with a 1 foot swell. We were at the west end of Santa Cruz (and north of the island)...?
"34 08 N and 119 53 W" yet again, said Capt Mat!
We were in the middle of many humpbacks quickly...Then the "behaviors" got up close!! ?Textbook demonstration of all the behaviors!!
Breaching up close--Fully out of the water by a 50ft large humpback!! Quite close to the boat and surprised us all.?
Approached "by 11 humpbacks at the same time," said Capt Mat while Cubby added, "there was a blue whale right off the bow as well!!"
Pec Slapping, Tail Throws Tail lobbing Tail slapping, Spyhops, Whales rolling on their side all around the boat. Various rounds of surrounded by whales. Another breach by another adult.?

An adult whale came up and "spyhopped' right by a lone young 10 year old who already volunteers at the Sea Center who realized instantly where to meet the whale!! ?What have I forgotten? A continuation of many great days!!

Close looks at the pair of blue whales were much appreciated as well!!

Dolphins within the humpbacks, a large group of over a thousand on the way back...just a stellar day where all of us- felt so amazingly amazingly lucky...I heard this from crew, CINC folks and passengers alike!!

Crew:
Capt Mat
Dennis
Brooke

CINC
Cubby
Ginny
Laura (PID)?

Have a great week!!
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From ppetrich39 at me.com  Thu Jul 19 14:21:27 2012
From: ppetrich39 at me.com (paul jr petrich)
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:21:27 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Outreach/El Capitan/7/18
Message-ID: <8CFADD1E-8729-449E-89DF-7C17E40FBE43@me.com>

Ahoy Volunteers,
 Last night Tara Brown and Bruce Mathews joined me in presenting a virtual whale watch trip to 136 very, very attentive campers at El Capitan State Beach. Our presentation was titled  "Marine Mammals of Our CINP and CINMS". The outdoor amphitheater there is an ideal venue for such a power point outreach. The crowd was 90 % local Californians, but a show of hands indicated barely 10% of them had ever gone whale watching, and non had been to our Channel Islands National Park ( four of the islands were visible from the beach )!  Virtually everyone stayed for the 45 minute showing.  At least half of them came up to our whale kit table and display at the end: With lots of questions that included how to go whale watching and how to get to the islands.
 Two highlights for the evening were: Tara's dramatic telling of the Chumash Rainbow Bridge Story, and Bruce's exciting descriptionof his awesome last whale watch trip. Both brought a spontaneous round of applause from the appreciative crowd, of which about half were children of diverse ages.
>  We do the same program at El Capitan on August 11th, probably at 8 p.m. We have two coming up at the Carpinteria State Beach Amphitheater. One is this coming Tuesday @ 8:30, and the other on August 17th 8 p.m. We could use help on the later two at Carpinteria. Contact me if interested in helping out.   Paul 
 
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From vivi at fleurdev.com  Sun Jul 22 11:54:09 2012
From: vivi at fleurdev.com (Vivi Teston)
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:54:09 -0700
Subject: [CINC] CX ... CANCELLED TODAY .HERES THE SCOOP
Message-ID: <CAAef6U2yTgNhe23=5c909xtb080Wr2YMCN7G_ZhPtxAuwX5Tcg@mail.gmail.com>

Well what can I say but as I was walking through the Harbor pkg lot & saw
only a few peeps standing near the boarding area my heart sank. Who knew
what had happened ....  Anyhoo, Capt .Dave was in the office & told me
mechanical problems with the boat. People were still trickling in to get on
today , so I didnt get a chance to get the full story, except that they had
a full boat today already booked & obviously had to refund Everyone! :(
Because its a Sunday , no Mechanic available either. So all in all a bummer
, BUT everyone is safe on land.

Wishing the Condor & crew speedy repairs so she can be back out there
amongst all those wondrous sea creatures!!! Best of Luck ..

Best,

Vivi Teston
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From j_bar_j at hotmail.com  Tue Jul 24 10:23:31 2012
From: j_bar_j at hotmail.com (Joel E. Justin)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:23:31 -0700
Subject: [CINC] SBI Day Hike Available...
Message-ID: <COL122-W24A806CB3BD3CC5331FE20BEDC0@phx.gbl>


SBI Hike Leaders,
 
I just looked at VolunteerSpot and was surprised to see one of the coveted outer island hikes open. That's right, the Santa Barbara Island day hike on Sunday, 7/29 is open! I am on SBI for the weekend and could cover the hike, but there are campers coming out that day as well that will also require my attention, so having a day hike leader will allow the day visitors to get on their way faster and make the most of their day. If you're SBI hike certified, get on VolunteerSpot and sign up! And don't forget to make your IPCO reservation as well.
 
Joel...
 
  		 	   		  
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From debbiemshelley at hotmail.com  Tue Jul 24 17:32:18 2012
From: debbiemshelley at hotmail.com (Debbie Shelley)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:32:18 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Spots open
Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP381C0E36FA689A81AA0031BCDC30@phx.gbl>

I took my name off for whale watching on the condor for Friday the 9th.  I am going to be out of town.  Also on the fair I am unable to cover the August the 2nd I have to attend a meeting that night that I just found out about.  Debbie Shelley


Sent from my iPad

From debbiemshelley at hotmail.com  Tue Jul 24 18:00:05 2012
From: debbiemshelley at hotmail.com (Debbie Shelley)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:00:05 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Condor 8/24
Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP2250EB12795B88C6FCAED21CDC30@phx.gbl>


20 humpbacks
3 blues
2500 dolphins

What is going on?  This has been just an incredible year.  Full boat load of people from all over the globe, calm waters, beautiful sunny day.   There was a tall ship out by San Migel island that gave us a heads up on whale sightings.  The ship was an awesome sight with all her sails out and whales all around.  The tall ship was getting quite a show from Barnacle Betty.  She also gave us a show.  I am just without words on what a delight she brings to everyone on board.  Whales all arounds us and dolphins as far as you can see.   Another great day with our gentle giants.  Thanks to the Condor crew Captain Dave, Dennis and Amanda and my fellow naturalists 
Rae and Don on PID.   Debbie Shelley 

P.S. just a note about last Thursday's trip.  I became ill and did not do report but just wanted to thank the crew Captain Mat, Dennis, and Brooke for doing such a good job getting us out to the whales despite the 4-5 foot swells at about 3-5 seconds apart and 25 knot winds.  None of that weather was predicted but the crew made it as smooth as possible and safe as usual.  Thanks also to my fellow naturalists John and Eliane sp? for hanging in there and making it an enjoyable trip for all.  Debbie
Sent from my iPad

From hilburndesigns at gmail.com  Tue Jul 24 21:48:29 2012
From: hilburndesigns at gmail.com (Barbara Hilburn)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:48:29 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Condor Cancelled 7/23/12
Message-ID: <5E5163DF-A6B7-4DE0-88FE-7E0B62E6386E@gmail.com>

The Condor was cancelled on Monday, July 23, due to engine problems.

From garydel at aol.com  Wed Jul 25 17:33:44 2012
From: garydel at aol.com (in)
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:33:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [CINC] Condor PID 7/28
Message-ID: <8CF38DD72CF4E70-2228-11C7E@webmail-d089.sysops.aol.com>


Hello CINCers...

I must give up my PID shift on the Condor this Saturday, July 28. It is now available on Volunteer Spot.  Note that the trip is 1:00-5:30.

I hope someone grabs it!!

Gary Delanoeye
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From laura_email2000 at yahoo.com  Wed Jul 25 19:04:47 2012
From: laura_email2000 at yahoo.com (Laura Shelton)
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:04:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CINC] 7/28 PID filled/2 naturalist openings!!
Message-ID: <1343268287.20093.YahooMailNeo@web162706.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

Hi All,

Gary's PID is filled and there are two open Naturalist spots.
Yes, the trip is a 1pm -5:30 trip on Saturday, July 28.?

Thanks,

Laura
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From ppetrich39 at me.com  Wed Jul 25 20:46:55 2012
From: ppetrich39 at me.com (paul jr petrich)
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:46:55 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Carpinteria St Bch-7/24
Message-ID: <9D3F3F28-8C9D-421F-B070-4644B88D9F5C@me.com>

Hello CINC Volunteers,
  Last night Tara Brown and myself presented a virtual whale watch program at Carpinteria State Beach to an audience of 85. Leanne Roth, the Park's interpretation director, energized a lot of her Junior Ranger campers to recruit family members to attend our Marine Mammals of the CINC and CINMS outreach show at the parks wonderful amphitheater. Leanne started the program by enlisting her Junior Rangers to a Park Clean -Up Campaign, which fit right into the emphasis we placed on the necessity of having a clean ocean environment for the continued recovery of many marine mammal species world wide. About 60% of our audience were children who brought their parents to the program. 
 
We introduced our audience to the CINP, as well as the CINMS. As the audience experienced viewing the most commonly encountered marine mammals on a typical whale watch trip, they were also introduced to what the CINMS and CINP do  in helping bring these wonders of the oceans back from the brink of extinction.
 
 Many in our crowd had seen a few of these ocean friends feeding and frolicking along the campsite beach shore: Many sea lions, some Harbor Seals, and Bottle-nose Dolphin. Again, at the end, many kids and  their folks remained at the end to see and touch the Whale Watch Kit display Tara laid out. Leanne even had some very impressive whale props we included in the display: A whale rib and a large piece of whale baleen. We will present the program again next month at Carpinteria State Beach as well as at El Capitan. Paul Petrich

From mardanne at silcom.com  Thu Jul 26 10:55:34 2012
From: mardanne at silcom.com (mardanne at silcom.com)
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:55:34 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Wednesday, July 25 on the Condor Express
Message-ID: <F44887AFB69B44289E542B9227822FEE@OwnerPC>

Official count:
23 Humpbacks
5 Blue whales
2000 Common Dolphins
1 chewed up Mola mola

There were so many whales, it was difficult to count.  PID was quite a challenge!  Each time I go out I honestly tell the passengers that it was the best day ever.  And then the next time I go out, it?s again the best day ever!

We had 4 sightings of Common dolphins, and they were actually present in a mega pod the entire time we were watching the big whales.  What a sight to see Blues, Humpys, Commons and Sea lions all feeding together.  

We saw the small Humpback that some call Barnacle Betty.  He/she performed multiple full breaches for our viewing pleasure, including one hair-raising breach yards from the boat.  He/She has an injury on the top of her tail stock, so I hope he/she is not getting too close to boats with propellers and rudders. The customers were thrilled with the antics as it visited us for over an hour.

Captain Dave, Matt and Dennis were working the Condor Express, with Rae Emmett, Anna Hilliard and myself working the crowd.

Marilyn Dannehower


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From David_Begun at nps.gov  Thu Jul 26 17:46:04 2012
From: David_Begun at nps.gov (David_Begun at nps.gov)
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:46:04 -0700
Subject: [CINC] picnic
Message-ID: <OFE6FB0045.B3AAD391-ON88257A48.000411A9-88257A48.000437C7@nps.gov>


In response to my message today, Paul Petrich asked about wearing CINC
uniforms to picnic and consuming alcohol.

If you plan to drink at the picnic do not wear any CINC uniform items.

Dave

David Begun
Channel Islands National Park
david_begun at nps.gov
805-658-5731


From nymeetsca at gmail.com  Sat Jul 28 16:42:46 2012
From: nymeetsca at gmail.com (HAL ALTMAN)
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:42:46 -0700
Subject: [CINC] CX, JULY 26, HOLY HUMPBACKS!
Message-ID: <CAAyxsSpZ7L2BOFXzdxYLwu-foj1Z2sRPO_RZW4FAbGAvm=MmYQ@mail.gmail.com>

17 HUMPBACK WHALES
5 BLUE WHALES
600 COMMON DOLPHINS TOTAL (4 sightings)
4 RISSOS


All heck broke out at the "feeding ledge," where the depth falls off from
300' to 2,000'.  Humpbacks and Blues spouting as far as the eye could see.
Included in the festivities was a visit from young Barnacle Betty,
breaching out of the depths.

A hundred passengers were screaming, squealing and screeching with
delight.  And that was just from Matt's famous burgers.  They also had nice
words to say about the whales.  Captains Mat and Dave did their colorful
narrations.  Old pros Dick Bellman and Valerie Olson joined me.  Can it get
any better than this?

ENJOYING LIFE,
Hal Altman, PID
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From laura_email2000 at yahoo.com  Sun Jul 29 07:36:27 2012
From: laura_email2000 at yahoo.com (Laura Shelton)
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 07:36:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CINC] MONDAY Trip is 1:00-5:30pm on Condor Express!!
Message-ID: <1343572587.2053.YahooMailNeo@web162704.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

HI all,
I am having to give up my afternoon PID shift on Monday as I have a commitment in the early evening.?
Hope someone can take my place.?

Thank you,?

Laura Shelton
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From laura_email2000 at yahoo.com  Sun Jul 29 07:50:09 2012
From: laura_email2000 at yahoo.com (Laura Shelton)
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 07:50:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CINC] Condor-- Saturday July 28
Message-ID: <1343573409.73122.YahooMailNeo@web162702.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

Sightings:
3500 Common Dolphins
12 Humpbacks
3 Blue Whales

Highlights:
Afternoon trip:?
34 08 N 119 55 W area--Same general vicinity of where we have been seeing the whales for over a week now.?
Swell and wind had picked up--4-6 ft/ 20 knots average.
Huge pod of 3000 common dolphins almost as far west as the eye could see with 200-300 all around the boat at any given time for the next couple hours-- as we pushed into the swell to get closer to the many spouts--Dolphins were seemingly competing for bow riding positions and wave riding the swell around us.
Close looks at a couple of pairs of humpbacks.
Tail lobbing numerous times by one humpback who was on its own.
Racing Blue whale that picked 3/4 of its body up in a "breach like movement"--we followed this whale for quite some time!! (BIG highlight)
Sold out, enthusiastic boat!

Crew:
Capt Mat, Dennis and Matt

CINC
Brian Resnik
Anna Dilliard
Laura Shelton

Have a great week!! ? ?
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From camccleskey at yahoo.com  Sun Jul 29 13:26:26 2012
From: camccleskey at yahoo.com (Carolyn McCleskey)
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 13:26:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CINC] MONDAY Trip is 1:00-5:30pm on Condor Express!!
In-Reply-To: <1343572587.2053.YahooMailNeo@web162704.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1343593586.37565.YahooMailClassic@web125202.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

I will take it and give up my Tuesday PID !? Any takers ?? Carolyn

--- On Sun, 7/29/12, Laura Shelton <laura_email2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Laura Shelton <laura_email2000 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [CINC] MONDAY Trip is 1:00-5:30pm on Condor Express!!
To: "RAIN" <channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org>
Date: Sunday, July 29, 2012, 7:36 AM

HI all,I am having to give up my afternoon PID shift on Monday as I have a commitment in the early evening.?Hope someone can take my place.?
Thank you,?
Laura Shelton

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From camccleskey at yahoo.com  Sun Jul 29 17:01:14 2012
From: camccleskey at yahoo.com (Carolyn McCleskey)
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:01:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CINC] PID 7/31 Available
Message-ID: <1343606474.63086.YahooMailClassic@web125205.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

I have signed up for the 1-5pm? Condor PID spot for tomorrow.
Now the Tuesday PID spot is open on? 7/31, since I also had a conflict that day.? Good luck !? Carolyn
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From dbellman28 at gmail.com  Sun Jul 29 18:22:42 2012
From: dbellman28 at gmail.com (Dick Bellman)
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 18:22:42 -0700
Subject: [CINC] IPCO 7/28
Message-ID: <CAA1aTKN3t8j6vkY+t9e10OSKq7pkVUZkDbEcNZt2YToF2Pqtwg@mail.gmail.com>

Saturday's trip aboard the Islander produced results almost exactly the
same as the Condor Express, which is not surprising as we both explored the
waters off east Santa Cruz into the gap between Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa.
 Aboard the Islander saw:

   -      12 Humpbacks (with more in the vicinity)
   -        4 Blues (and seemingly more in the vicinity)
   -      750 Common Dolphins

Seas were lumpy and there was significant wind which made viewing somewhat
challenging.  Nonetheless were treated to at least 3 or 4 full breaches,
numerous tail lobs, many pec slaps and some spy hopping.  The Humpies were
definitely in a playful mood, much to the delight of the almost full
complement of passengers.  There was just enough room to accommodate the
people which we picked up at Prisoners on the way home.

Thanks to Captain Alex for leaving the confines of his office and
navigating the somewhat rough seas to put us on the whales.  Laurie and
Bill provided the always capable crew support.  Thanks to Linda Hitt for
her great work as the other naturalist on board.

Dick Bellman
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From hilburndesigns at gmail.com  Sun Jul 29 19:29:47 2012
From: hilburndesigns at gmail.com (Barbara Hilburn)
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 19:29:47 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Anacapa--Aug 1--Available
Message-ID: <29125D0F-1E03-4A60-B184-D52E9F3DA5BD@gmail.com>

I cannot lead the Anacapa hike on Aug.1, Wed.  Hopefully someone can take it.  I took my name off.

Barbara Hilburn

From yergs at hotmail.com  Mon Jul 30 09:35:06 2012
From: yergs at hotmail.com (Pam Yerger)
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:35:06 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Condor Fri July 27
Message-ID: <BAY159-W850254F7C28EB635AC848B5C60@phx.gbl>


these amazing days just keep coming...
3000 common dolphins17 humpbacks5 blues5 coastal bottlenose dolphins
There were so many whales in the same general area of the SRI SCI gap that a true count was difficult.  PID John Kuizenga counted 12 to 15 different humpbacks and 4 different blues (a bit less than Matt's count), but there were so many spouts near and far that there undoubtedly were many more whales than counted.  Barnacle Betty visited the boat for some close up and personal views as did the other humpbacks.  In addition to getting sprayed numerous times by the whale spouts, passengers were treated to a number of behaviors like tail slapping, breaching, trumpeting, and many many tail flukes.  A pair of blues showed off their tail flukes after pooping TWICE for the show!  Towards the end of the trip Captain Matt took us to a HUGE pod of 2000+ common dolphins who were exhibiting mating behaviors, swimming, jumping, wave riding and gave the passengers yet another spectacular view into the world of the Channel's animals.  75 passengers from near and far (local, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Texas, Arizona, Germany and Pakistan) were treated to one of the best days of whale watching ever.  One family had been onboard the ay before and had such a good time they came again.  The seas were calm, the sun was shining and there was very little wind.  Captain Matt did his usual great narration and Matt and Dennis spent the day keeping hungry passengers fed, comfortable and happy.
CINC on board were myself, my fellow 2011 Humpback Pod member Larry Driscoll and PID John Kuizenga.
Pam Yerger 		 	   		  
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From shauna.bingham at noaa.gov  Mon Jul 30 10:25:12 2012
From: shauna.bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna Bingham)
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:25:12 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Shifts Still Open for 2012 Ventura County Fair
Message-ID: <CAF2Z4FOvvz2cQHzkidRaBix0A+doAfxPfwPiQNRtNRN_urSS_g@mail.gmail.com>

Dear CINC Volunteers:

I hope you are all having a great summer enjoying the marine life and
beautiful islands!

Thank you to all of you that have signed up for the 2012 Ventura County
Fair to support our joint booth with the park service, state parks, and
marine sanctuary! Channel Islands Naturalist Corps volunteers have covered
22 shifts August 1 - 12!

*We have two shifts left to fill:*

   - *Wednesday, August 1, 2012: 330 - 8 pm*
   - *Friday, August 10, 2012: 330 - 8 pm*

If you are interested, please sign up on Volunteer Spot and you will
receive additional details about logistics from Rikcy Echanique, sanctuary
intern, Ricky.Echanique at noaa.gov.

Thank you!
Shauna

-- 
Shauna Bingham
NOAA's Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
113 Harbor Way, Suite 150
Santa Barbara, CA 93109

805-884-1460
805-568-1582 (fax)
http://channelislands.noaa.gov/
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From dean.benjamin at sbcglobal.net  Tue Jul 31 18:49:39 2012
From: dean.benjamin at sbcglobal.net (Dean Benjamin)
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:49:39 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Island Packers 7/31
Message-ID: <EA54A120440445AF9367CDFDC1FE75CD@HomeLaptop>

Statistics:

Common Dolphins        3000+

Humpbacks                  12 (including 1 calf)

Blues                            1

Bald Eagle                    1

 

What a wonderful day at sea.  This is why we do this.  Seas were flat as can
be, no wind, just a bit of fog that lingered through most of the day.
Passengers from Israel, Germany, England (here to avoid the Olympic crowds),
Texas, and California treated to a cornucopia of wildlife, geology, and
history.

 

This was most interesting because while we saw one very large pod of common
dolphins (2,500), there were dolphins in view almost the entire way across
to Santa Rosa Passage.  Once there, the Humpbacks were abundant although
there were no dramatic displays.  Two did surface close to the boat.  The
Blue surfaced a couple of times and then was gone.

 

Captain Lee then took us on a cruise along the north side of Santa Cruz and
well into the Painted Cave.  Jean (with the eyes of an eagle) spotted a bald
eagle perched on a cliff at Cueva Valdez and Capt. Lee took us back for a
closer look.  Then on to Pelican, Prisoners and finally a lovely channel
crossing back to Ventura.

 

Thanks to a great crew, including Captain Lee, Jean, Luke, and Joanna
Guttman Naturalist.

 

Dean Benjamin

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From ppetrich39 at me.com  Tue Jul 31 22:05:10 2012
From: ppetrich39 at me.com (paul jr petrich)
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:05:10 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Tuna Documentary on way
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Ocean People,
 Last week, at UCSB, filmmaker Rick Rosenthal's documentary Hot Tuna was introduced locally. It has been shown internationally since May already to 10 million viewers. Rosenthal, who has numerous nature films focusing on dwindling living resources in the depths of our seas ( Super Fish, Planet Earth series, Deep Blue ), follows in this production with the evolutionary anomaly of the deep sea blue fin tuna. 
 Rosenthal cites the bluefin's increased scarcity as a major catalyst for making Hot Tuna, calling the film "a visual record of a species or community of animals that possibly might be gone in our lifetime." This film took Rosenthal nearly 13 years to make, due mostly to the scarceness of his subject. Local waters, including the San Pedro and Santa Barbara Channels, were seasonally teeming with this fish. It was  one of the species of fish which made California's ports home to the world's most productive fishing industry in the early 20th Century . Also, Santa Catalina's Tuna Club, formed by recreational fishers in Avalon, gained fame for landing world record Bluefin by rod and reel.
 Rosenthal offers no concrete plan for saving the bluefin in his film, but asks his viewers, instead, to take action. Maybe start, by seeing the film and encouraging others to get a rare look at a truly  wonderful and mysterious  creature of the deep. 
 Much of the above is a summary of "Something Fishy" in the Santa Barbara Independent , by Odette Blaisdell.        Paul 
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