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Highlights from Sea Otter Awareness Week 2007
Missed Sea Otter Awareness Week 2007?
Sea Otter Awareness Week 2007 was a huge success, with events held not only in California, but up the entire west coast including Canada and Alaska, as well as in New York and Illinois.
Many thanks to the sponsors, the museums, marine institutions, aquariums, schools, researchers and many more that participated and made the week a success.
Photos from Sea Otter Awareness Week 2007 >>
Venues at which Sea Otter Awareness Week 2007 Was Celebrated
- Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge’s Research Vessel, the M/V Tiglax, Homer, AK
- Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA
- Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, AK
- Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA
- Cabrillo Aquarium, San Pedro (Los Angeles), CA
- Channel Islands National Park Visitor’s Center, Ventura, CA
- Coyote Point Museum, San Mateo, CA
- Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey Bay, CA
- Morro Bay National Estuary Program, Morro Bay, CA
- Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA
- New York Aquarium, Brooklyn, NY
- Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, OR
- Oregon Zoo, Portland, OR
- Seattle Aquarium, Seattle, WA
- Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Pacific Grove, CA
- Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, Tacoma, WA
- Santa Barbara Sandcastle Festival, Santa Barbara, CA
- Seattle Aquarium, Seattle, WA
- SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego, CA
- Seymour Marine Discovery Center, Santa Cruz, CA
- Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL
- Ty Warner Sea Center, Santa Barbara, CA
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / Kachemak Bay Research Reserve / Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center, Homer, AK
- U.S. Geological Survey Research Center, Menlo Park, CA
- Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Proclamations and Resolutions
Defenders works with government officials across the state of California to get their support for Sea
Otter Awareness Week. View the proclamations, resolutions and letters for the 2007 event!
- Letter of support from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
State of California - Congressional Record Support from U.S. Rep. Sam Farr
State of California - Letter of support from U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer
State of California - California Senate Resolution from Sen. Abel Maldonado
State of California - Proclamation from Mayor Chuck Reed
San Jose, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Daniel Cort
Pacific Grove, CA - Resolution from Monterey County Board of Supervisors
Monterey County, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Stephen C. Lieberman
Grover Beach, CA - Certificate of Recognition from California Assembly Secured by John Laird
State of California - Certificate of Recognition from City Council Chair Eric Garcetti
Los Angeles, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Mary Ann Reiss
Pismo Beach, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Peter DeJarnatt
Pacifica, CA - Proclamation from San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors
San Luis Obispo County, CA - Proclamation from Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles County, CA - Proclamation from San Mateo Board of Supervisors
San Mateo County, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Joseph P. Russell
Del Rey Oaks, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Ila Mettee-McCutchon
Marina, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Janice Peters
Morro Bay, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Michael Termini
Capitola, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Chuck Della Sala
Monterey, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Dennis Donohue
Salinas, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Carl E. Morehouse
San Buenaventura, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Gavin Newsom
San Francisco, CA - Proclamation from San Francisco Board of Supervisors
San Francisco, CA - Proclamation from Mayor David K. Pendergrass
Sand City, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Marty Blum
Santa Barbara, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Emily Reilly
Santa Cruz, CA - Proclamation from Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors
Santa Cruz, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Ralph Rubio
Seaside, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Richard V. Ortiz
Soledad, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Otto Lee
Sunnyvale, CA - Proclamation from Mayor Manuel Quintero Bersamin
Watsonville, CA - State Assembly Resolution Secured by Assembly Member John Laird
State of California
Defenders of Wildlife would especially like to thank the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund and Betty White Ludden.
Various components of this year's Sea Otter Awareness Week are being partially funded through these generous donors.
We would also like to thank the following businesses for partially
funding advertising for Sea Otter Awareness Week 2007:
Adventure Sports Unlimited, Inc.
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