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U.S. Geological Survey at Annual Shark Festival and Sanctuary Celebration in Santa Cruz
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USGS at Santa Cruz:
Beautiful weather helped attract visitors to the Santa Cruz Wharf on September 16th to attend
the "Shark Festival and Sanctuary Celebration" in honor of the Monterey Bay National Marine
Sanctuary's 8th birthday.
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Once again, the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program's Western Region
crew put together a popular booth for the annual Shark Festival and Sanctuary
Celebration in Santa Cruz, CA. Held on the Santa Cruz Wharf on September 16th,
this year's festival celebrated the 8th birthday of the Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary.
About 300 people came through the USGS booth, where we
distributed lots of handouts, stamped lots of children's Treasure Hunt maps,
and guided lots of folks through our hands-on displays.
The booth was planned
and coordinated by Carolyn Degnan and Helen Gibbons. Mary McGann and Rendy
Keaten prepared a display on benthic foraminifera that was extremely popular
(when people spot a microscope, they just have to look and see what's there!).
Carol Reiss, Bruce Rogers, Helen Gibbons, and Maria Adams spruced up our "Sands
of the World and the California Coast" display (sand is another perennial
favorite). Coloring sheets rounded out the activities designed to please
visitors of all ages. Posters by Florence Wong, Steve Eittreim, John Dingler,
and Kevin Evans graced the walls of the booth.
The booth was staffed in shifts
throughout the day by Carolyn Degnan and her son Nick, Helen Gibbons, Jane
Reid, Dan and Page Mosier and their daughter Jenny, Bill and Maria Adams,
Susie Cochran, Kevin Evans, Randy Bucciarelli, Mary McGann, Nam Nguyen, and
Bruce Richmond. At the Menlo Park end, Clint Steele, Dan Mosier, and Herschel
Lelaind helped load and unload materials from a van driven by Jane Reid and
Carolyn Degnan. Other team members contributed handouts for the event. Many
hands made light work, and a good time was had by all.
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October 2000
in this issue:
Florida Bay Red Grouper
Divers at Turners Falls
Long Island Sound
cover story:
Boston Harbor Clean-Up
Sea Floor Mapping DVD-ROM
Santa Cruz Shark Festival
Natural Systems Restoration
Mapping Tools for Fisheries
Alaska Geologic Mapping
Coral Reef Task Force
Gulf of Mexico Sediments
Viking Celebration
Iceland Lecture
Congratulations
Visitors
October Publications List
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U. S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
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