Congratulations Mary
Our own TPERP Mary won Honorable Mention in the recent California Ocean and Coastal Amateur Photography Contest with her octopus photo. You can see her photo as well as all the other winning photos on the California Ocean and Coastal website. Nice job Mary! Continue reading Congratulations Mary
Something is killing gray whales. Is it a sign of oceans in peril?
SAN IGNACIO, Mexico — For thousands of years, the gray whales of the eastern Pacific have undertaken one of the longest annual migrations of any mammal — starting in the cold waters of the Arctic, then down past the densely populated coasts and beaches of California before finally finding refuge in the warm, shallow estuaries of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. Only to turn around and … Continue reading Something is killing gray whales. Is it a sign of oceans in peril?
August 2021 Tides
American Cetacean Society Virtual Talk- Tonight!
There and Back Again – In Three Days: How to Self-Guide a Trip to the Gray Whale Calving Lagoons in Baja California. July 14, 2021 7pm George Liddle, one of ACS San Diego’s board members, will be presenting on his last trip to Baja to visit the gray whales! The talk is through Zoom and the link is given below. The event is free and … Continue reading American Cetacean Society Virtual Talk- Tonight!
California’s Early June Heat Wave Cooked Coastal Mussels in Place
Bodega Marine Reserve research coordinator Jackie Sones has worked in or walked on the rocky shores of the North Coast almost every day for the last 15 years. But while she was surveying the reserve for sea stars in mid-June, she saw something new: strips of bleached algae draped across the rocks, like frost, and a swath of dead mussels, hundreds or maybe thousands of them, … Continue reading California’s Early June Heat Wave Cooked Coastal Mussels in Place
Meet Ted Washington, Poet, Musician, Artist and More
Ted Washington is a Cabrillo National Monument Foundation employee who you may have seen working in the bookstore in the Visitor Center. Ted has many talents and was recently featured in the San Diego Union. Ted Washington does his best to stay in the background. He actually prides himself on it. “I’ve never really been into the ‘self’ too much,” Washington says over coffee in … Continue reading Meet Ted Washington, Poet, Musician, Artist and More

