Dear colleagues, As part of a marine reserve site selection process in Oregon, a number of coastal Oregon GIS layers are now publicly available at http://www.oregonmarinereserves.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=ca tegory§ionid=9&id=42&Itemid=84 including a pinniped haul-out layer that we recently created http://www.oregonmarinereserves.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=vi ew&id=126&Itemid=84 We hope the availability of this layer may be of use to those studying pinniped haul-out site selection (e.g., Ban and Trites 2007 "Quantification of terrestrial haul-out and rookery characteristics of Steller sea lions") and related subjects. Please contact me (AFTER reading the metadata) if you have any questions about this layer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bryan Wright, Biometrician Marine Mammal Research Program Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 7118 NE Vandenberg Ave. Corvallis, OR 97330, USA (541) 757-4186 x225 (541) 757-4252 (fax) bryan.e.wright@state.or.us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~