FOLC, BLM & Cal Poly Humboldt are excited to host a free lecture at the Shelter Cove Community Clubhouse on Friday, April 10 with Dr. Dawn Goley, Cal Poly Humboldt Professor of Zoology and Director of the North Coast Stranded Marine Mammal Monitoring Program.  In this lecture, she will highlight the work of/data collected by the Shelter Cove Community Hub of this program and will share what we learned through the effort and how this relates to the larger data her team collected from over 200 miles of northern CA coastline, plus share updates on recent viruses affecting marine mammal communities, including leptospirosis and a recent avian flu found in the elephant seal colony at Ano Nuevo.  The Shelter Cove Community Clubhouse is located at 1555 Upper Pacific Dr. in Shelter Cove.  Doors at 5:30pm with potluck dinner/refreshments and lecture/Q&A at 6:30.

* photo by Pamela Lauer