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From: Tracie Merrill tracie@whalemuseum.org
Date: Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Subject: posting about TWM's Gear Up Workshop for Marine Naturalists
To: environews@healthybaylist.org
Hello! If possible, I was hoping you could post the following on the Tacoma
EnviroNews Listserv. Thank you!
*You are invited to join The Whale Museum’s Virtual Gear Up Workshop for
Marine Naturalists! *
Dear Tacoma practitioners (science-, policy-, technical-persons and
generally interested persons):
You are invited to join The Whale Museum’s Virtual Gear Up Workshop for
Marine Naturalists on Thursday, April 17 from 10:00 am -4.00 pm (Pacific
Time) through Zoom. The Whale Museum’s Gear Up Workshop will enhance your
knowledge of our local marine ecosystem and is open to the general public.
This workshop’s theme will be *Sound Reason: Noise Impacts and Mitigation
for Whales in the Salish Sea. *
Invited presenters include:
*• Dr. John Ryan, Senior Research Specialist, Monterey Bay Aquarium
Research **Institute *on how environmental conditions affect song in whales
and a 2nd presentation on Ocean noise monitoring, voluntary ship speed
reduction, and the movement ecology of whales in Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary .
• Dr. Jason Wood, Managing Director, SMRU Consulting on whether offshore
wind farms and tidal turbine energy extraction really have impacts on
whales.
• Melanie Knight, ECHO Program Manager, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority on
updates of the Enhancing Cetacean and Habitat Observation (ECHO) Program.
*• Gonzalo Banda-Cruz, Program Manager, Quiet Sound *on updates of the
Quiet Sound Program.
The registration fee is $40 for non-members; $30 for current TWM or SSAMN
members. Questions can be directed to Tracie Merrill at
tracie@whalemuseum.org. Zoom link and workshop agenda will be sent to
registrants at email provided at registration closer to start of workshop.
Register at
https://whalemuseum.org/products/gear-up-virtual-workshop-2025-copy
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Sincerely,
Tracie
Tracie Merrill, TWM Education Director
Please note: my normal work hours are 9-5 M-F.
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Tracie Merrill <tracie@whalemuseum.org>
Date: Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Subject: posting about TWM's Gear Up Workshop for Marine Naturalists
To: <environews@healthybaylist.org>
Hello! If possible, I was hoping you could post the following on the Tacoma
EnviroNews Listserv. Thank you!
*You are invited to join The Whale Museum’s Virtual Gear Up Workshop for
Marine Naturalists! *
Dear Tacoma practitioners (science-, policy-, technical-persons and
generally interested persons):
You are invited to join The Whale Museum’s Virtual Gear Up Workshop for
Marine Naturalists on Thursday, April 17 from 10:00 am -4.00 pm (Pacific
Time) through Zoom. The Whale Museum’s Gear Up Workshop will enhance your
knowledge of our local marine ecosystem and is open to the general public.
This workshop’s theme will be *Sound Reason: Noise Impacts and Mitigation
for Whales in the Salish Sea. *
Invited presenters include:
*• Dr. John Ryan, Senior Research Specialist, Monterey Bay Aquarium
Research **Institute *on how environmental conditions affect song in whales
and a 2nd presentation on Ocean noise monitoring, voluntary ship speed
reduction, and the movement ecology of whales in Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary .
*• Dr. Jason Wood, Managing Director, SMRU Consulting* on whether offshore
wind farms and tidal turbine energy extraction really have impacts on
whales.
*• Melanie Knight, ECHO Program Manager, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority* on
updates of the Enhancing Cetacean and Habitat Observation (ECHO) Program.
*• Gonzalo Banda-Cruz, Program Manager, Quiet Sound *on updates of the
Quiet Sound Program.
The registration fee is $40 for non-members; $30 for current TWM or SSAMN
members. Questions can be directed to Tracie Merrill at
tracie@whalemuseum.org. Zoom link and workshop agenda will be sent to
registrants at email provided at registration closer to start of workshop.
Register at
https://whalemuseum.org/products/gear-up-virtual-workshop-2025-copy
--
Sincerely,
Tracie
Tracie Merrill, TWM Education Director
Please note: my normal work hours are 9-5 M-F.
