[CINC] Leo Carrillo St Park presentation/7-13p.m.

[Paul Jr. Petrich]

Hi CINC Volunteers,
 I,m writing to share with you a real neat outreach experience. Last night, at 8 p.m., I gave a power point presentation,"Marine Mammals of Our CINMS & CINP", in the outside amphitheater  of Leo Carrillo  State Park. Leo Carrillo is  near the beach off Pacific Coast Hwy, just south of the  LA County line with Ventura County. When I started the presentation, I counted over 50 attending. By the time I finished the power point and talk at 9 p.m, attendance had easily doubled. I did two of these at Carpinteria  State Beach last summer, and two more are scheduled there next month, as well as one more at Leo Carrillo.
 Attending crowds are in large part young kids, dragging along their parents. However, last night a lot of young adults attended as well. The interest and questions are  amazing. The  presentation is a composit of 50 slides from the Sanctuary and National Park collection, and from Barbara La Corte's "The CINMS Ato Z". It starts with  the  Blue Whales, including a discussion focusing on last year's sightings in reference to the shipping lanes. The show ends with the short video about the Chumash annual tomol crossing, they being described as a very"maritime" human species. This last point  lends itself to a whole new topic, as every State  Beach where these presentations are scheduled, where  at one time Chumash villages, with a view of at least one of the  Channel Islands.
 A whale  kit is  used, with the  krill and baleen referred to at appropriate times, and the audience is invited to come up front at the end, to get an up close look and feel. Pamphlets about their CINMS and CINP , as well as whale watching and CI access are made available at this time. The interest at the end is very enthusiastic, with lot of questions afloat! 
  The next presentation at Leo  Carrillo will be Saturday, August 9th at 8 p.m. The two at Carpinteria State Park are: Wednesday, August 20th,  and  Saturday,  August 23rd, both at 8 p.m.    Paul Petrich
 

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