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Editorials & Opinion: Originally Published Sunday, February 15, 1998
War Games In A Whale Nursery -- Scientists Worry Sonar Testing Will Destroy Fragile Habitat
Brenda Peterson
Special To The Times
IN THE LAGOONS beneath the bluffs of Maui, whale researchers are listening to the songs of the humpback whales as they give birth. Soon, the oceans will also hear the sounds of U.S. Navy researchers testing decible levels on the whales. From Baja to Maui to the coasts of Washington, the whales are back in the news.
ON OLOWALU POINT, a gentle, green bluff high on the island of Maui, a scientific plain-chant of humpback whale researchers rises like a lilting call-and-response:
"Blow at 180!" cries a young woman, scanning the panoramic sea below. Ten sets of powerful binoculars swing left to fix on the misting plume of breath puffing up from the turquoise waters as a great humpback surfaces.
Suddenly there are whales everywhere, at least five pods, surfacing to breathe within 30 seconds of each other. The calm water below is alive with whale blows and so many fascinating behaviors the researchers rush to document them all... Full story in PDF form here.
Evening Magazine, September 25, 2007
Volunteers saving baby seals
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SEATTLE - This summer has seen a surge in seal sightings on Seattle shores.
Baby seals, especially, are turning up at some of the city's busiest beaches putting their safety at risk.
http://www.king5.com/localnews/environment/stories/NW_091107ENB_seal_sitters_KC.c51a3252.html
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
Group takes turn watching over Alki seal pups
Last updated September 18, 2007 10:34 p.m. PT
By KATHY MULADY
P-I REPORTER
They call themselves seal sitters.
They're a group of West Seattle residents who since July have devoted their days and nights to watching over the baby harbor seals that doze on Alki Beach while their moms search for food... http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/332204_babyseal19.html
VIDEO OF ALKI SEAL PUPS 9.2007
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VleCFMCTwH4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YMxpF4w8kFA
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2/18/07
Ludicrous dolphin plan shows we are scared silly
By BRENDA PETERSON,
GUEST COLUMNIST
When news of the U.S. Navy's anti-terrorism plan to deploy Atlantic bottlenose dolphins to patrol the Bangor submarine base made headlines here in the Puget Sound region, I was contacted by concerned citizens called Knitting for Dolphins.com. This group is symbolically knitting sweaters to keep the dolphins from freezing to death in our Puget Sound. (Read entire editorial here).
Read the visionary essay “Sex
as Compassion: A New Eros in a Time of AIDS” from Nature and Other Mothers. As seen
on television “Being” interview show with Brenda Peterson.
If we learn to blend sex and compassion, lovemaking can become a truly
healing encounter.
Interview at Book Passage, Corte Madera, California
Brenda Peterson
discusses Animal Heart, a story of human relationships and inter-species
communication. Animal Heart is the latest novel by
Brenda Peterson. She is also a journalist on nature-related topics,
including connections between humans and animals. She sat down for an
interview before a public event at Book Passage on April 8, 2004. Read
the entire interview
here.
NPR/WILL AM
Radio, University of Illinois interview
Brenda discusses her book
Animal Heart.
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