Author: Karen Helms

National Public Radio's Jennifer Savage interviewed the Northcoast Marine Mammal Center's Hospital Coordinator Janet Dickey by telephone yesterday. The interview lasted a half hour and topics ran the gamut; from the Center's founding by Dr Dennis Wood, DVM, to California Sea Lion residency in Crescent City Harbor, to the appropriate behaviors to take when coming across a stranded pinniped on a loc...
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"The Spirit of the Northwest," Channel 3, Eureka, recently ran a televised spot about the recent spate of Sea Lions becoming entangled in lines in Crescent City, California. The Northcoast Marine Mammal Center, located in Crescent City, serves an area encommpassing Eureka and Arcata and ends South of these cities at Shelter Cove. Our Stranding Network regularly brings injured, sick, or abandoned p...
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On Monday, 17 March, five members of the NMMC (Lynda Stockton, Cynthia Fierro, Janet Dickey, Stevin Strickland, and  Kristen Orth) attended an OWCN (Oiled Wildlife Care Network) training exercise at Humboldt State University. NMMC volunteers worked with and learned from counterparts in many organizations including the Fish and Wildlife Service, , University of California at Davis, Humboldt State U...
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Hello Everybody!! -- As you may have heard, we have our first pup of the season. Her name is "Pebbles", she is about 3 days old and was found at the mouth of the Smith. So feeds have been bumped up to 5x/day. She will be started on HSF this afternoon; has some minor punctures to her rear flippers. -- "Rangerette" has been moved to pen #3 during the day and condo #2 at night. She is now eating ...
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Cindy Lee sent us a check for $600.00 this month to care for a seal! The generousity of Cindy Lee and the Wags and Menace Make a Difference Foundation has become very important to us this past year and we are very grateful for her continued support.  Please visit her website for more infomation: http://www.wagsandmenace.org/ Cindy Lee and the Wags and Menace Make a Difference Foundation Webp...
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