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¡Viva Vaquita! & Partners' Accomplishments
2009 to Present

Public Events
  • College student, Erin VerHage spoke to 98 people at the Naval Post-graduate School event as part of their Earth Day Ccelebration, Monterey, CA 2012
  • Save The Whales had a booth at the West End Celebration in Sand City, CA and spoke to 143 people about the vaquita. HOPE the calf-sized vaquita model was on display to educate the public, August 27-28, 2011.
  • Peñasco Palooza concert (with CEDO), Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico 2011
  • Northeast Florida Veg Fest, Jacksonville, FL 2011
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium – World Ocean Day Celebration 2011
  • Earth Day, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 2011
  • Sea Otter Classic, Monterey, CA 2010 & 2011
  • San Diego Earth Day, San Diego, CA 2011
  • Whale Fest, Monterey, CA 2011
  • American Cetacean Society’s 12th International Conference Monterey, CA 2010
  • BLUE Ocean Film Festival, Monterey, CA 2010
  • Wildlife Conservation Network Expo, San Francisco, CA 2010
  • Community Day, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA 2010 (with Save The Whales)
Presentations

by Dr. Thomas A. Jefferson:
  • Wild & Scenic Film Festival, San Diego 2011 (with ProPeninsula & Searcher Natural History Tours)
  • American Cetacean Society Monterey Bay Chapter Meetings, Pacific Grove, CA 2009, 2010 & 2011
  • American Cetacean Society’s 12th International Conference, Monterey, CA 2010
       * Powerpoint slides
  • El Dorado Ranch San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico 2010
       * Powerpoint slides
by Dr. Lorenzo Rojas Bracho: School Programs
  • Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA 2011
  • Save The Whales - Monterey & Santa Cruz County Schools, CA
  • Point Fermin Marine Science Magnet, San Pedro, CA - vaquita drawing and letter writing campaign to the United Nations (with American Cetacean Society National)
  • Hilton Bialek Habitat
Photography Expeditions
Scientific Publications
Media
Online
Petitions
Other Outreach & Education
  • Anita The Vaquita! A Coloring Book about Vaquitas. Copyright © 2012 OERS Publishing. For Ages 4-7, 27pp.
  • Bahia Kino, Sonora, Mexico (with Prescott College Kino Bay Center)
  • Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Mexico (with SFS Center for Coastal Studies)
  • El Golfo de Santa Clara, Sonora, Mexico
  • International Environmental Education Meeting, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
  • Long Beach, CA
  • L'Aquarium Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  • L'Oceanografic Aquarium, Valencia, Spain
  • Marina, Seaside, CA
  • Monterey, Pacific Grove, CA
  • Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico (with the Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans - CEDO)
  • Santa Cruz, Aptos, CA
  • Santa Monica, CA
  • San Diego, CA
  • San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Tijuana, Baja California
  • Tucson, AZ
  • University of Baja California, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Fundraising Initiatives
Provided Funding Assistance
  • Expedition Vaquita 2010 – Dr. Thomas A. Jefferson (with American Cetacean Society, Monterey Bay Chapter)
  • Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans (CEDO) – Vaquita Refuge Brochures (with American Cetacean Society, Monterey Bay Chapter)
Collaboration with:
  • Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INE)
  • Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT)
  • Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP)
  • Reserva de la Biósfera del Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Río Colorado
  • La Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente (PROFEPA)
  • Centro Intercultural de Estudios de Desiertos y Oceános (CEDO)


MBA Ocean Day Celebration 2011

Save The Whales at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and had the vaquita model HOPE on display and spoke to 907 people about vaquita and got 250 letters signed for the United Nations asking them to help vaquita. STW sent all the signed letters to the UN on December 30, 2011.

In photo, college volunteer Erin VerHage with Hope (the vaquita model).

 

 

 



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