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Highlights from Sea Otter Awareness Week 2008

Missed Sea Otter Awareness Week 2008?

Sea Otter Awareness Week 2008 was a huge success, with events held not only in California, but up the entire west coast including Oregon, Washington, Canada and Alaska, as well as in New York, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Minnesota, Oregon and Illinois. And, in 2008, Melbourne, Australia participated.

Many thanks to the sponsors, the museums, marine institutions, aquariums, schools, researchers and many more that participated and made the week a success.

Venues at which Sea Otter Awareness Week 2008 Was Celebrated

  • Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center - Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Homer, Alaska
  • Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA
  • Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, AK
  • Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, New Orleans, LA
  • Cabrillo Aquarium, San Pedro (Los Angeles), CA
  • Channel Islands National Park Visitor’s Center, Ventura, CA
  • Coal Oil Point Reserve, University of CA, Santa Barbara
  • Coyote Point Museum, San Mateo, CA
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey Bay, CA
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA
  • Morro Bay National Estuary Program, Morro Bay, CA
  • Morro Bay State Park Museum of Natural History
  • New York Aquarium, Brooklyn, NY
  • Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, OR
  • Oregon Zoo, Portland, OR
  • Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Pacific Grove, CA
  • Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
  • Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, Tacoma, WA
  • 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
  • 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 2008 event!

Alaska

California

Oregon

Washington

Canada


Defenders of Wildlife would especially like to thank the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund. Various components of this year's Sea Otter Awareness Week are partially funded through this generous donor.


We would also like to thank the following businesses for partially funding advertising for Sea Otter Awareness Week 2008:

Ecogoods

New Leaf Community Market

Kayak Connection

Hulas Island Grill & Tiki Room

Aqua Safaris Scuba Center

Monterey Bay Kayaks

Passionfish

Glenn's Aquarius Dive Shop

Backscatter Underwater Video & Photo

Monterey County Weekly

Good Clean Fun

Morro Bay National Estuary Program

New Times

Santa Barbara Independent

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