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Anything But Looney! The Loon Foundation's Pender Harbour Coastal Waters Monitoring Program

September 26, 2024 • Jenn Blancard • Season 4 • Episode 9

Oh, My! Loons & coastal water birds, salmon, pinnipeds, forage fish, intertidal critters, seaweed, & invasive species - The Loon Foundation in British Columbia certainly does a ton of monitoring and research. On this episode, get to know this organization and the amazing research they are doing here in the Salish Sea as I interview Jenn Blancard, Field Research Supervisor, about the important work they are doing in Pender Harbour. Pender Harbour is a harbor on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast on the east side of Malaspina Strait. Come learn why this harbor is so important ecologically and what things are being discovered about the health of the Salish Sea Ecosystem through The Loon Foundation's Pender Harbour Coastal Waters Monitoring Program.