The Whale Museum (TWM) is holding an exciting virtual Gear Up Workshop for Marine Naturalists this spring on Friday, April 8. This workshop will be held from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Pacific Time and registrants will join sessions through the videoconferencing platform, Zoom. The theme of this “Gear Up” Workshop will be Bottoms Up: The Power of Whale Poo!   

Invited presenters include:  

• Dr. Kathleen Hunt, George Mason University, on studying conservation physiology in whales using non-invasive methods        
• Kaitlin Yehle, Ocean Wise, on Northern Resident and Southern Resident killer whale research 
• Dr. Matthew Savoca, Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University,  on the importance of baleen whales to the ecosystem   
• Dr. Deborah Giles, Wild Orca; Dr. Brad Hanson, NOAA; and Dr. Sheila Thornton, Oceans and Fisheries Canada in a panel discussion on Southern Resident and Transient killer whale research 
• Dr. Kim Parsons, NOAA, on how genetic clues untangle predator diets  
  
  And 
• Dr. Heidi Pearson, University of Alaska Southeast, on The Whale Pump 

The registration fee is $35 for non-members; $25 for TWM/SSAMN members. For more information and/or to register, please visit https://whalemuseum.org/products/virtualgearupworkshop2022. Zoom link and workshop agenda will be sent to registrants at email provided at registration closer to start of workshop. Questions can be directed to Tracie Merrill at tracie@whalemuseum.org.