Every month Channel Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary jointly sponsor the "From Shore to Sea" lecture series. The purpose of the series is to further the understanding of current research on the Channel Islands and surrounding waters. Past lecture topics have included the recovery of the sea otter populations in southern California water, the French and... read more

Introducing Articles By our own Jim Hines

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Greetings friends:In a victory here locally towards saving a magnificent species on our imperiled planet, the U.S. government last week designated "critical habitat" protection status in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and surrounding waters for the critically endangered Leatherback Sea Turtle population.The Leatherbacks are the worlds largest marine tu... read more