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Highlights from Sea Otter Awareness Week 2009

Missed Sea Otter Awareness Week 2009?

Sea Otter Awareness Week 2009 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 2009, Australia and The Netherlands 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 Celebrating Sea Otter Awareness Week 2009

Alaska

Sea Otter Awareness Week at the Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor’s Center/Kachemak Bay Research Reserve/Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Homer, AK

California

Two Free Sea Otter Lectures at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA
Sea Otter Awareness Week at the Estuary Nature Center, Morro Bay National Estuary Program, Morro Bay, CA
Morro Bay State Park Natural History Museum Celebrates Sea Otter Awareness Week, Morro Bay, CA
Sea Otter Awareness Week at the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA
Sea Otter Awareness Week at SeaWorld, San Diego, CA
Sea Otter Awareness Week at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
Sea Otter Awareness Week at Coyote Point Museum for Environmental Education, San Mateo, CA
Sea Otter Awareness Week at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, San Pedro, CA
Sea Otter Awareness Week at Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Ty Warner Sea Center, Santa Barbara, CA
Sea Otter Lecture: "Sea Otter Tales: Fact and Fiction," Santa Barbara, CA
Free Sea Otter Awareness Week Lectures on Otter Health and Ocean Health at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Sea Otter Awareness Week Lecture at California State University, Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA
Sea Otter Lecture: "Sea Otter Tales: Fact and Fiction," Ventura, CA

Illinois

Sea Otter Awareness Week at Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL

Louisiana

Sea Otter Awareness Week at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, New Orleans, LA

Minnesota

Sea Otter Awareness Week at the Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley, MN

New York

Sea Otter Awareness Week the New York Aquarium, Brooklyn, New York

Oregon

Sea Otter Awareness Week at Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, OR

Pennsylvania

Sea Otter Awareness Celebration at Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Washington

Sea Otter Awareness Week at the Seattle Aquarium, Seattle, WA

International

Sea Otter Week at the Melbourne Aquarium, Melbourne, Australia
Sea Otter Week at the Rotterdam Zoo, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Sea Otter Awareness Week at Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Proclamations and Resolutions

Defenders works with government officials across North America to get their support for Sea Otter Awareness Week.View the proclamations, resolutions and letters for the 2009 event!

Support Sea Otters

In 2009, Defenders was able to launch new promotional products like a sea otter T-shirt and mug. Your purchase of these items will benefit Defenders, with 30% of the sale going to Defenders of Wildlife. Visit Defenders Zazzle Store for more sea otter items.

Defenders of Wildlife would especially like to thank the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund and the Lawrence Foundation. Various components of Sea Otter Awareness Week are being partially funded through these generous donors.