SPEAKER SERIES 2011-2012
The Puget Sound Chapter of the American Cetacean Society Speaker Series does not meet during the months of July, August, & December. See the sidebar to the right for the meeting time, location, and a link to get directions. Speakers may be subject to change.
18 April 2012 - Chrissy McLean and Libby Palmer (Port Townsend Marine Science Center)
Articulating Hope: A Community Effort
The talk will tell the story of Port Townsend Marine Science Center's Orca Project, including the imminent publication of a unique Orca Bone Atlas. The Orca Project is a community effort to tell the story of Transient killer whale CA 189, named Hope by local students. Hope stranded near Dungeness Spit in January of 2002 and quickly became noteworthy for having one of the highest levels of contaminants measured in a marine mammal.
Chrissy McLean, PTMSC Marine Program Coordinator
I work with a wide variety of programs. I supervise collection and care of animals in our marine exhibit, hire and train Interns and AmeriCorps members, teach classes, conduct docent trainings, supervise our Marine Mammal Stranding Network, and work on our Orca Project.
Growing up on Puget Sound, I have spent much of my life exploring the beaches and playing on the water. I have worked in a variety of positions including classroom teacher, sea kayaking guide and naturalist, camp educator, Outward Bound instructor, and WDFW shellfish technician. I have a MiT and teaching certificate from City University and a BS in Environmental Education from Western Washington University.
Libby Palmer, PTMSC Orca Bone Project Manager
As Orca Project Manager, Libby is responsible for overseeing an exciting octopus-like project with arms that reach out to include planning exhibits, K-12 education, lecture series, community events, designing new activities and coordinating work with our video and evaluation contractors and partners. The most fun so far? Learning to make silicone molds used to cast orca replacement teeth, working with talented and creative staff and AmeriCorps members, making a full size cardboard orca skeleton with a great group of teens, and witnessing and sharing the eagerness of PTMSC volunteers to jump into a new field.
Once upon a time, long ago, Libby and Judy D'Amore shared the excitement of being co-founders of PTMSC–-and they still share that excitement today.
16 May 2012 - Uko Gorter, Uko Gorter Illustrations
The DRAW of Whales: the 'art' of marine mammal illustration
Why and how does one become an illustrator specializing in whales and other marine mammals? Uko Gorter will talk about his unusual career choice (and the work of preceeding illustrators of natural history such as Olaus Magnus, Albrecht Dürer, Delahaye, Larry Foster, and more) and explain the allure and challenge of drawing whales. Uko will show samples of his work and highlight the wonderful relationship of working together with marine mammal researchers in depicting these enigmatic and beautiful mammals.
Born in Arnhem, Holland, Uko Gorter ended a seventeen-year career as a professional ballet dancer in 1997. Following in his father's footsteps, he then pursued his lifelong dream of becoming an illustrator. Uko enrolled in the School of Visual Concepts and the School of Realist Art, both in Seattle, WA.
Specializing in marine mammal illustration, Uko Gorter has traveled extensively to observe whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals in their natural environment. Uko's illustrations have appeared in scientific journals, books, magazines, web sites, and on interpretive signs. Uko is currently working on illustration for the upcoming publication of "Marine Mammals of British Columbia", authored by John K. Ford.
Uko joined the American Cetacean Society in 2001, and is currently president of the Puget Sound Chapter. He is also a member of the Society for Marine Mammalogy.
20 June 2012 Kim Parsons (NMML, NOAA Fisheries)
SPEAKER SERIES 2012-2013
19 September 2012 - Stephanie A. Norman (NMFS, CPSMMSN, Marine-Med)
17 October 2012 - Stefan Harzen
An Ocean of Inspiration - the John Olquin Story
21 November 2012 - Alex Zerbini
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