American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound Chapter
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound Chapter
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Healthy Habitats & Homes: Orcas, Trees, and People

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Join the Puget Sound chapter of the American Cetacean Society, Orca Nexus, and Tree Action Seattle at 7400 Woodlawn on June 6th along with our guest speakers, Geof Donovan and Lynne Barre, to learn about the benefits trees provide for both orca and human health. There will be Q&A and a chance to have your photo taken with Southern Resident Killer Whales.


Doors open at 6:30pm and talks start at 7:00pm


Lynne will present her talk entitled Orca Recovery and Ecosystems. Geof will present his talk entitled Trees are a matter of life and death


Lynne Barre was the Southern Resident killer whale recovery coordinator for NOAA Fisheries and the Seattle Branch Chief for the Protected Resources Division since they were listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 2005. She worked with NOAA for 25 years, implementing the ESA and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) beginning her career at the headquarters office in Silver Spring, MD. After moving to the Seattle office in 2003, Lynne worked on the endangered listing of the Southern Resident killer whales, designated critical habitat, finalized a Recovery Plan and implemented actions to conserve and recover the whales, including vessel regulations put in place in 2011. In addition to her work on killer whales, Lynne’s work supported recovery of Puget Sound rockfish, salmon, and other aspects of the marine mammal program, such as the stranding network. Her background is in marine mammal research including fieldwork in Southern California and Shark Bay, Western Australia studying social behavior, mothers and infants, and genetic relationships of local dolphins.  Prior to her work at NOAA, Lynne worked with the Crittercam team at National Geographic, putting underwater cameras on marine animals to learn about their lives under the surface. Lynne has a B.S in Biology from Georgetown University and an M.S. in Animal Behavior from San Diego State University.


Dr. Donovan received his PhD in forest economics from Colorado State University in 2001. He then worked for 23 years as an economist for the USDA Forest Service in Alaska and Oregon. Currently he’s the owner of Ash and Elm Consulting, which is focused on making the business case for urban trees. His primary research focus has been quantifying the benefits of urban trees. These have ranged from intuitive benefits — reduced summertime cooling costs and increased home values, for example — to less intuitive benefits such as crime reduction. He has worked extensively on the relationship between trees and public health finding that mothers with trees around their homes are less likely to have underweight babies, and when trees are killed by an invasive pest, more people die from cardiovascular and lower-respiratory diseases. Currently, he is focusing on how exposure to plant diversity may protect against a range of immune diseases.

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