When OCR Program Director Kathi Koontz came on board with our team earlier this year she had one request: that we give her some flexibility to participate in saving whales. While this is part of OCR’s mission, Kathi was referring…
I spent last week at an Acoustics Society conference in Rhode Island. The field of acoustics is pretty broad so some 1100 professionals from fields as diverse as biomedical imaging and speech and language processing all convened on the 5th…
Close to two years ago we reviewed and submitted comments to a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) five-year survey plan for the offshore uses of the Atlantic Seaboard issued by the Bureau of Offshore Energy Management (BOEM). At the time…
Summary of Atlantic Geological and Geophysical Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Shortcomings: The PEIS should be reevaluated in the context of the most up-to-date NOAA Acoustic Guidelines. These guidelines have just recently been reviewed by the public and stakeholders whose…
While not being cynical I always have a “raised-eyebrow amusement” when we take a day and recognize our relationship to things as fundamental to our existence as Women, The Ocean, or in the case of today, the Earth. I’m glad…
I was invited to write a guest post on the new IMO standards for the Mission Blue website. The upshot is that the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted a set of noise guidelines that if followed by member…
Yesterday, April 1st five beaked whales were found stranded near Ierapetra on the south-east side of the Greek Island of Crete. This stranding occurred concurrently with an annual Greek, Israeli, and US Joint Naval operation named “Nobel Dina 2014” where…
We have moved into a fantastic new office space in San Rafael. To celebrate we are inviting our friends and supporters to join us on April 19 for live music, drinks, and appetizers from 5pm – 9pm at our digs…
This week Kathi Koontz began working with us in our new office in San Rafael, CA. She comes on with the title “Program Director” but as we all do here, Kathi wears a lot of hats. I’ve known her as…