Long Marine Lab—Marine Mammal Stranding Network

Since the 1980s the LML Marine Mammal Stranding Network has been responding to marine mammal strandings within Santa Cruz County. Our mission is to advance science, education, and public awareness of marine mammals and ocean health through response and detailed examination of marine mammal carcasses. For over 25 years, we have contributed high-quality research data to the broader marine mammal science community. Numerous researchers have used this data to further understand marine mammal populations. Along with data from our neighboring partners, the LML Marine Mammal Stranding Network data has also contributed to changes in fishing regulations, a better understanding of marine mammal health and disease, and the link between human and ocean health.

Your support during Giving Day will:

• Support response to marine mammal strandings
• Expand access to field experiences to historically underrepresented students through the CAMINO internship program
• Allow us to host necropsy (animal autopsy) demonstrations for classes and interested organizations
• Create better access for schools to connect with our Skulls for Schools initiative (a K–12 program in partnership with local Santa Cruz schools to bring marine science into classrooms)

Any gift, no matter how small, will help support marine mammal stranding response and our initiatives to fully embody our diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles.