ACS Monterey Bay Program for October 2009

The Ultra Friendly Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon

Thursday, October 29, 2009 7 p.m. Refreshments, 7:30 p.m. Program Lecture Hall, Monterey Boatworks, Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove (Across from American Tin Cannery Outlet Stores) Speaker: Jerry Loomis, Naturalist and ACS Chapter Board Member

The Monterey Chapter of the ACS was founded in 1980 and since that time Jerry has served the equivalent of 4 two-year terms as President. His first term was from 1988 to 1989. His second, third and fourth terms ran consecutively from 2002 through 2008.

If you talk to Jerry about our Chapter he will often say that …"we are a small organization but I like to think we make a difference." While we are a locally organized chapter, Jerry has been instrumental in making the "difference" international in scope.

As a naturalist, he has made several trips to San Ignacio Lagoon in Mexico. Not only did he study and observe the gray whales there, he also became involved with some of the locals in the village of San Ignacio. He along with Chapter Board members Carol Maehr and Esta Lee Albright initiated an outreach program which purchased educational supplies for the students at the village school. The people there already had a strong conservation ethic with regard to the gray whales that calve and breed there. Jerry felt that if the Chapter helped the children of San Ignacio they would be better able to continue whale protection in the future.

Please join us for an interesting presentation about gray whales by someone who has a special connection and understanding with the people and the gray whales of San Ignacio Lagoon and a creative approach to gray whale conservation.

Related web pages:

• More about Gray Whales
  
  
• More about Jerry Loomis
  

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