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Watching Whales Watching Us in California

July 13, 2009

Posted by Joel Reynolds in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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bajacalifornia, biogems, graywhale, marinemammals, mitsubishi, sanignacio, sonar, whales

In yesterday's New York Times Magazine ("Watching Whales Watch Us"), author Charles Siebert lays out a compelling case for what many people have long suspected: that great whales are conscious, social, interactive animals with complex social structures and cultures.  The...continued

Major Turning Point in Our Fight to Save Whales

December 30, 2008

Posted by Joel Reynolds in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
biogems, marinemammals, navy, ocean, settlement, sonar, whales

Last week, NRDC settled a significant case with the Navy. In 2005, we challenged mid-frequency active sonar training exercises that were being carried out around the world without the adequate environmental review required by federal law. Despite mounting evidence that...continued

Joel Reynolds
Joel Reynolds
Director of NRDC's Urban Program, the Marine Mammal Protection and So. California Ecosystem projects
Santa Monica, CA
I graduated in 1978 from Columbia Law School, where I was a Harlan Fiske Stone...
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