Press Releases

April 26, 2001
Training Workshop for Whale Watch Volunteers Announced

Contact:
Patricia Conway
(631) 287 8313
Fax: (631) 283 4081

The Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island (CRESLI) will hold its annual training workshop for whale watch volunteers on Saturday May 12th, 2001 in the Business Center Lecture Hall at Southampton College from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The summer whale watch trips (with the Viking Fleet of Montauk) will take place on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays (weather permitting) from June 30, 2001 through September 1, 2001. Volunteers will be trained to assist in spotting whales, dolphins, sea turtles, pelagic birds and other marine organisms and to assist CRESLI researchers in data collection. Anyone over the age of 18 is eligible.

For further information, please call Dr. Arthur Kopelman at 631-287-8223.