29th Annual Sitka WhaleFest

Join us in unraveling the tangled connections of the natural world, revealing how intimately we are bound together on our shared planet.

Schedule:

Marine Wildlife Cruises & Entangled Marine Mammal First Responders Training 
8:30 am - 11:30 am

Scientific Illustration
9:00 am - 11:30 am

WhaleFest Run - 5K, 10K Run, & 2 Mile Walk
9:00 am - 10:00 am

Market & Cafe
10:00 am - 4:30 pm

Science Symposium Talks
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

- 1:00pm to 1:45pm, Lose the Loop: A 25-year journey of pinniped entanglement research, prevention, response, and global collaboration, Kim Raum-Syran
- 2:00pm to 2:45pm, Ways of Knowing: Community Connections with Sea Otters and Abalone, Taylor White
- 3:00pm to 3:45pm, Keeping Killer Whales Out of Trawl Nets: What We Can Achieve when Science and Fishing Teams Work Together, Hannah Myers

Charismatic MegaQuestions
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Marine Trivia
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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