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USGS at Shark Festival / Sanctuary Celebration
Children enjoy inspecting rock samples (left),
sampling Monterey Bay sediment (center), and coloring (right) at
CMG's booth at the Santa Cruz Shark Festival and Sanctuary Celebration..
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From left to right: Steve
Eittreim, Carolyn Degnan, and Helen Gibbons.
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A USGS booth organized by Carolyn Degnan and run by CMG folks fascinated
visitors to the Shark Festival/Sanctuary Celebration held in Santa Cruz,
California, on Sept. 18. This annual event combines a celebration of the
establishment of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (7 years old
this year) with informational booths about sharks, marine mammals,
intertidal organisms, rocks and sediment (that's us!), and other elements
that make the sanctuary special. The festival's location on the Santa Cruz
Wharf put us right over the waters of Monterey Bay. Rendy Keaten and Roger
Lewis took advantage of this
position by periodically lowering a miniature
Van Veen and pulling up samples of bay sediment for visitors to examine
under microscopes set up in the booth. For additional viewing, Rendy
prepared a set of slides showing various species of foraminifera from
Pacific waters. On the other side of the booth, visitors could examine
sand samples from beaches around the Pacific and try to match some of
them to their source rocks. For the artistically inclined, a poster of
coastal hazards was available for coloring. The numerous booklets and
teacher packets we handed out delighted teachers, Scout leaders, and other
interested adults. Children and adults crowded the booth all day, sometimes
leaving no room for the CMG employees who helped to staff it (in addition
to those named above): Helen Gibbons, Steve Eittreim, Carol Reiss, Jane Reid,
Bill Adams, Maria Adams (Volunteer), and Kristin Brown. Florence Wong, Mary
McGann, Kevin Evans, Chris Gutmacher, Pete Dartnell, Clint Steele, Michael
Hamer, Dan Mosier, and Herschel Lelaind provided additional materials and
assistance. Many thanks to all who contributed to a successful and fun day!
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October 1999
in this issue:
cover story:
Busy Hurricane Season
Flower Garden Banks Nat'l Marine Sanctuary
Shark Festival
Earthquake Research on TV
Geology of Coastal Ecosystems
Coastal Zone '99
Best Paper
Massachusetts Bay GIS
Tea & Crumpets Seminars
Journalism Center Partnership
NAS/NRC Review
Woods Hole Arrivals & Departures
Woods Hole Visitors
October Publications List
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U. S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
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