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November 27-29, 1998
In celebration of Year of the Ocean, Channel Islands National Park will host a lecture series and book signing November 27-29, 1998. The book signing will feature the book "Underwater Wonders of the National Parks." The authors, Daniel Lenihan and John Brooks, will be on hand to sign copies of the book on Friday November 27, 1998. The authors are members of the National Park Service's Submerged Cultural Resources Unit (SCRU). The SCRU team is a group of underwater archeologists charged with protecting the submerged cultural resources of the National Parks. They will present a series of special lectures about underwater archeology and submerged cultural resources.
The weekend will also feature lectures about shipwrecks at Channel Islands National Park, oil development in the Santa Barbara Channel, a pinniped parade, tidepool programs and a wide variety of other programs.
For more information please call the Channel Islands National Park visitor center at (805) 658-5730.
National Ocean Conference
June 11-12 1998
Participate in the Year of the Ocean Conference through Coastal America's Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers and the Smithsonian Institution
The National Ocean Conference will be held from June 11-12 at the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey California. Coastal America, its Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers and the conference organizers have arranged for the proceedings to be be down linked by satellite to a site near you. As ocean related sciences gain recognition and more ocean research is conducted, we find that the oceans affect every one of us, and our lives, everyday. This National Ocean Conference marks an increased public awareness and focus of policy makers on issues affecting ocean resources that has taken place in the last few years. Society is awakening to the realization that our daily lives and activities are tied to the health of the oceans and its resources.
The first day at the Conference will focus on a discussion of national ocean issues that face the United States: Commerce; Global Security; Environment and Health; and Exploration, Education and Research. Vice President Gore will chair a plenary session in the afternoon to discuss cross cutting issues, including; Ecosystem Health; Sustainable Use of Ocean and Coastal Resources; Research; Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance. On June 12, a Congressional panel will discuss ocean programs and policies, followed by a final plenary session on defining an integrated ocean strategy for the 21st century. It is anticipated that President Clinton will give a keynote address or have a town meeting at this final session.
Please join us for this exciting opportunity to discuss these issues in a regional context. Each regional site will have a unique program, made up of local experts and speakers who will participate by addressing relevant Conference themes, from depletion of fishery resources to climate change. Contact the following sites for information in your area.
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New England Aquarium Boston, MA Joan Preval (617) 973-5220 E-mail: jpreval@tiac.net National Aquarium in Baltimore Baltimore, MD Glenn Page (410) 659-4234 E-mail: gpage@aqua.org The Florida Aquarium Tampa, FL David Dorman (813) 273-4520 E-mail: ddorman@flaquarium.org California Science Center Los Angeles, CA Ann Muscat (213) 744-7547 E-mail: amuscat@cscmail.org Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. Ann Burrola (202) 786-2989 E-mail: burrola.ann@nmnh.si.edu |
Alaska Sealife Center Seward, AK Leslie Peart (907) 224-6636 E-mail: lesliep@alaskasealife.org Coastal Services Center Charleston, SC Donna McCaskill (843) 740-1272 Email: dmccaskill@csc.noaa.gov Texas State Aquarium Corpus Christi, TX Mary Orf (512) 881-1271 E-mail: sordahl@txstateaq.org Hatfield Marine Science Center Newport, OR Vicki Osis (541) 867-0159 Email: vicki.osis@hmsc.orst.edu Coastal America Coordinating Office 300 7th Street SW Washington, D.C. 20250-0599 Craig Smith (202) 401-9808 or -9928 E-mail: smithc@fas.usda.gov |
In addition to these sites, several universities in the Sea Grant program will also participate, and the Globe Program classrooms will be tied in by Internet. If you need further information regarding programming at any of these locations, please contact Craig Smith at Coastal America.
WHALES: GIANTS OF THE DEEP
At Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley,
through August 30, 1998
Open Daily 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. (510) 642-5132
Come face to face--and face to fluke--with some of the world's biggest mammals. This exhibit of spectacular robotic whales features mesmerizing life-size and life-like robots that swim, spyhop, ‘sing,' and even spout. The robotic humpback surfaces and spouts while doing a ‘wing wave' with its pectoral flipper. The gray whale spyhops through a hole in a simulated sheet of ice. The 31-foot-long sperm whale is the largest in the exhibit. The orca or ‘killer' whale moves and swims in a simulated underwater environment; the narwhal, sometimes called the ‘unicorn of the sea,' juts its bayonet-like tusk; and a visitor-operated model reveals the whales robotic workings.
WHALES: GIANTS OF THE DEEP also features fun interactive experiences to explore how whales live: Stand below nets filled with the amount a whale eats and drinks in just one meal. Step on a giant ‘whale scale' to see how many humans equal a single whale. Learn how whales create underwater ‘sound pictures' to move about. Contrast the calls of different whales.