For more info, contact Joy Primrose <marine_lover4ever@xxxxxxxxx>
SPEAKER SERIES MEETING *Saturday, March 9,
2024 11:30 AM *
The Oregon Chapter of the American Cetacean Society (ACS) will be hosting
our March Speaker Series and are *offering 2 options*;* the speaker will
present via Zoom, you can call in from home or view with others at the
Newport Public Library, 35 Nye Street, Newport, OR where it will be shown
on a large screen.* Please join us Saturday March 9, 2024 for Following the
Whale Trail, From Springer to the Southern Residents and Beyond presented
by Donna Sandstrom.
*For those wanting to attend in person, the
library opens at 11 am and the Speaker Series meeting will start at 11:30
am. For those joining remotely, you must register before 5pm Friday March
8 to receive the link for the presentation*.* Register* *here *
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpdOqqqDsvH9F_18HVdDXJSO0G0Xy0Qc5j
<https://yahoo.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e2e46fd4ebafb8b53c2a63690&id=6c41d56791&e=7c2cd91e13>.
Both options are free to the public.
In 2002 a young orca named Springer was discovered near Seattle - lost,
alone and 300 miles away from her pod. Six months later she was rescued,
rehabilitated and returned to her pod on the north end of Vancouver Island.
Today she is thriving, with two calves of her own. It's the only successful
orca reintroduction in history.
Donna Sandstrom will share the inspiring story of Springer's rescue, and
how it led her to found The Whale Trail. Learn about current initiatives to
protect the endangered southern resident orcas, how you can participate in
their recovery and next steps for The Whale Trail.
Donna Sandstrom is the Founder and Executive Director of The Whale Trail
<https://yahoo.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e2e46fd4ebafb8b53c2a63690&id=208c07923f&e=7c2cd91e13>,
a west-coast wide series of sites to watch whales from shore. In 2002 she
was a community organizer on the successful effort to return Springer, an
orphaned orca, to her pod. Donna recently served as a member of Gov. Jay
Inslee's Orca Recovery Task Force, where she championed solutions to reduce
noise and disturbance around the endangered southern resident orcas. Prior
to founding The Whale Trail, she was a team and project manager at Adobe
Systems.
