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SUMMARY:Program:  Katie Jones\, Center for Whale Research\, November 12\, 2
 026
DESCRIPTION:\nJoin the University Sunrise Rotary Club for a program featu
 ring Katie Jones of the Center of the Whale Research.\n\n\n\nThe&nbsp\;pro
 gram will be presented on Zoom on Thursday morning with the Zoom line open
 ing at 7 a.m.&nbsp\; The formal meeting including the program runs from 7:
 30-8:30 a.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;No registration is required\, and the program is
  free.\n\n\n\nThe meeting will be available via Zoom.&nbsp\; Click here to
  join the meeting Thursday morning.&nbsp\; The Zoom line will open shortly
  after 7 a.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKatie Jones is the Operations Manager of the 
 Center for Whale Research.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSince 1976\, the Center for Whal
 e Research (CWR) has been the leading organization monitoring and studying
  Southern Resident killer whales in their critical habitat: the Pacific No
 rthwest’s Salish Sea. CWR performs an annual census and regular health a
 ssessments of the orca population\, informs the government of the whales
 ’ ecosystem needs\, shares their stories with the world\, and promotes e
 cosystem recovery. Our 49 years of research have created the only long-ter
 m data set about the Southern Residents’ behavior\, health\, and social 
 dynamics.\n\n\n\nKatie has a degree in Zoology from Colorado State Univers
 ity and has worked as a naturalist in the San Juan Islands since 2001. Kat
 ie loves sharing their knowledge of orcas and the island ecosystem with vi
 sitors to the region. They feel that it is very important that people gain
  an understanding of the natural world they are viewing. In addition to wo
 rking in the San Juans\, Katie has worked as a naturalist in Mexico and Al
 aska educating travelers about everything from gray whales to grizzly bear
 s. They have also completed a humpback whale research internship in Hawaii
  and spent several years as a research assistant with the Center for Whale
  Research. When Katie's not sharing their knowledge\, they are an avid nat
 ure photographer and spends their free time outside trying to catch the be
 auty of the area.\n\n\n\nE-mail:&nbsp\;katie@whaleresearch.com\n
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