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Sign Language: Aquarians should enlist in the Danish Clown Army
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) What’s the secret of your success? Always living a balanced, moderate lifestyle and being nice to people? No effing way. Virtually everything admirable, fascinating, or inspiring you’ve done has been during the journeys back to the center from various extremes. Your life may be about creating balance, but don’t get too good at it; you’ll bore even … [Read more...] about Sign Language: Aquarians should enlist in the Danish Clown Army
U.S. Navy agrees to limit underwater training in Hawaii, California waters to protect whales, dolphins
Looks like it's no longer full steam ahead for the U.S. Navy when it comes to its military exercises in the Pacific, the nonprofit environmental law organization Earthjustice announced yesterday. In an historic federal court settlement, the Navy has agreed to limit its use mid-frequency sonar and explosive underwater demolitions during its military training exercises off Hawaii … [Read more...] about U.S. Navy agrees to limit underwater training in Hawaii, California waters to protect whales, dolphins
Federal judge rules U.S. Navy Pacific training harms too many marine mammals
In a 66-page ruling handed down today, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Oki Mollway in Honolulu ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Services should not have approved the U.S. Navy's training activities in the Pacific Ocean a couple years ago because they harm too many marine mammals. "The Navy and Fisheries Service had concluded that, over the plan’s five-year period, the … [Read more...] about Federal judge rules U.S. Navy Pacific training harms too many marine mammals
Hawaii Ocean Project raises research funds with Whale Tales
Whale Trust Maui's celebration of its mammalian friends, Whale Tales 2015, wrapped up on Feb. 16 with 75 whale watchers aboard the Maui Princess, the flagship of the Hawaii Ocean Project fleet. Noted speaker and marine mammal photographer Flip Nicklin hosted the whale watch. Nicklin is part of the Whale Trust organization, headed by Dr. Meagan Jones-Gray and Dr. Jim Darling. … [Read more...] about Hawaii Ocean Project raises research funds with Whale Tales