{"id":2533,"date":"2017-04-17T04:14:37","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T04:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?p=2533"},"modified":"2017-04-17T04:22:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T04:22:14","slug":"celebration-of-conservation-summer-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?p=2533","title":{"rendered":"Celebration of Conservation SUMMER CAMPS!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Male-elephant-seal-in-surf-and-seaweed-CELEBRATION-OF-CONSERVATION-WhaleTimes-719x479.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2470 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Male-elephant-seal-in-surf-and-seaweed-CELEBRATION-OF-CONSERVATION-WhaleTimes-719x479-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Male-elephant-seal-in-surf-and-seaweed-CELEBRATION-OF-CONSERVATION-WhaleTimes-719x479-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Male-elephant-seal-in-surf-and-seaweed-CELEBRATION-OF-CONSERVATION-WhaleTimes-719x479.jpg 719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>NEW! Celebration of Conservation Summer Camps.<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0This summer, museums and science centers throughout the country will offer WhaleTimes&#8217;\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=83\" target=\"_blank\">Celebration of Conservation: Gray Whales, Elephants Seals,\u00a0and Vaquita\u00a0<\/a>Summer Camps.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our \u00a0<em>Celebration of Conservation<\/em> highlights three important marine conservation stories \u2013 two successful\u00a0stories and one still being written.\u00a0 As part of TEAM VAQUITA, students\u00a0learn about\u00a0gray whales,\u00a0elephant seals, and vaquita.\u00a0 Gray whales and elephant seals were once so close extinction it&#8217;s amazing either species survived. Due to protection efforts and public awareness, both species are thriving. Both have been delisted (removed) from the endangered species list.\u00a0 Vaquita,\u00a0a kind of\u00a0porpoise, needs that same kind of happy ending. It is the most endangered whale in the world. There are only\u00a030 vaquita left in the world.<\/p>\n<p>To register or find out more, check out the list below and contact the museum or science center near you.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 389px;\" width=\"635\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"402\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adventuresci.org\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Adventure Science Center<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"233\">Nashville, Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"402\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catawbascience.org\/\">Catawba Science Center<\/a> <\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"233\">Hickory, North Carolina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"402\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/lsc.org\/\">Liberty Science Center<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"233\">Jersey City, New Jersey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"402\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainediscoverymuseum.org\/\">Maine Discovery Museum <\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"233\">Bangor, Maine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"402\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mods.org\/home.html\">Museum of Discovery and Science<\/a> <\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"233\">Ft. Lauderdale, Florida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"402\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/oceanscape.aquarium.org\/\">Oregon Coast Aquarium&#8217;s Oceanscape Network<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"233\">Newport, Oregon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"402\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacificsciencecenter.org\/\">Pacific Science Center<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"233\">Seattle, WA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"402\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slsc.org\/summer-camps\">St. Louis Science Center<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"233\">St. Louis, Missouri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"402\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/tallahasseemuseum.org\/\">Tallahassee Museum<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"233\">Tallahassee, Florida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"402\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lsa.umich.edu\/ummnh\/\">Univ of Michigan Museum of Natural History<\/a> <\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"233\">Ann Arbor, Michigan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"262\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mods.org\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Museum of Discovery and Science<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"233\">Ft. Lauderdale, Florida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Copyright-WhaleTimes-Inc-LOGO-All-Rights-Reserved.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-309 \" src=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Copyright-WhaleTimes-Inc-LOGO-All-Rights-Reserved-300x112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Copyright-WhaleTimes-Inc-LOGO-All-Rights-Reserved-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Copyright-WhaleTimes-Inc-LOGO-All-Rights-Reserved-1024x383.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/NOAA_logo_color_fourinches-wb-sm-e1422396021963.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-297\" src=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/NOAA_logo_color_fourinches-wb-sm-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Costa-Lab-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2017\" src=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Costa-Lab-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/UCSlug-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2016 \" src=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/UCSlug-Logo-300x254.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/UC-Logo-Natural-Reserve-System.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2015 \" src=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/UC-Logo-Natural-Reserve-System-300x60.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/UC-Logo-Natural-Reserve-System-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/UC-Logo-Natural-Reserve-System.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/YEAR-OF-THE-VAQUITA-Copyright-WhaleTimesALL-RIGHTS-RESERVED.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1922\" src=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/YEAR-OF-THE-VAQUITA-Copyright-WhaleTimesALL-RIGHTS-RESERVED-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OCAq-2017-New-Horizontal-Color-600-x-150.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2065 \" src=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OCAq-2017-New-Horizontal-Color-600-x-150-300x75.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OCAq-2017-New-Horizontal-Color-600-x-150-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OCAq-2017-New-Horizontal-Color-600-x-150.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tallahassee-Museum-Logo-Copyright-e1480725065752.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2002 \" src=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tallahassee-Museum-Logo-Copyright-300x111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Liberty-Science-Center-Camp-logo.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2094\" src=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Liberty-Science-Center-Camp-logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW! Celebration of Conservation Summer Camps.\u00a0\u00a0This summer, museums and science centers throughout the country will offer WhaleTimes&#8217;\u00a0Celebration of Conservation: Gray Whales, Elephants Seals,\u00a0and Vaquita\u00a0Summer Camps.\u00a0 Our \u00a0Celebration of Conservation highlights three important marine conservation stories \u2013 two successful\u00a0stories and one still being written.\u00a0 As part of TEAM VAQUITA, students\u00a0learn about\u00a0gray whales,\u00a0elephant seals, and vaquita.\u00a0 Gray &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?p=2533\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,49,41,24,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gray-whales-celebration-of-conservation","category-summer-camps","category-vaquita","category-virtual-research-missions","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2533"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2548,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533\/revisions\/2548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}