"What's plastic foam, Grandpa?" Some day I'll be an old guy, like my father and his father. And my granddaughters will ask me questions like "what's plastic foam?" and "what's a gas station?" When that happens, I'll tell them a story about Thursday night in Capitola, an idyllic central California…
The Secret Society of Waves I’ll bet in the secret society of waves they have a lot of names that start with "ts" and that they throw cotillions for the little ones to learn how to dance and dance and bow and dance some more--back and forth and back and…
Earthwatch volunteers who joined the Black Sea Turtles of Baja expeditions in the late 90s can look back at all those long days of hauling uncooperative sea turtles aboard small boats to weigh and tag them and know that it was worth it. Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced on June…
Press release from Ocean Conservancy….. San Francisco, CA — Responding to concerns by scientists and conservation groups, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) affirmed protections for critically endangered leatherback sea turtles in California waters. NMFS denied a proposed exempted fishing permit application (EFP) that would have enabled the expansion of…
By Sandra DibbleSTAFF WRITER The nutrient-rich waters off the town of Bahia de los Angeles in the Gulf of California are known as a home for protected and endangered marine species, including whale sharks, fin whales, California sea lions and five species of sea turtle. After a six-year campaign, conservationists…
