Elizabeth Anderson has enjoyed artwork since she was old enough to hold a pencil or crayon. As a little girl, she used to make paint out of crushed berries. Art was Elizabeth’s major in Berkeley. It has been a passion, albeit not a means of livelihood, throughout her life. One of her most recent projects is a series of Species at Risk gift cards for the Friends of Cortes Island Society (FOCI).
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Saving Three entangled Humpback Whales
Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Marine mammal rescue groups are frantically mobilizing to try to save three entangled humpback whales in B.C. waters.
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Three Entangled Humpback Whales Off Cortes Island & Campbell River
Campbell River Mirror, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Three cases of entangled humpback whales have been reported within the past four days, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has confirmed.
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Marine Detective Studies Vancouver Island’s Dark Ocean
North Island Gazette, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Jackie Hildering is a self-described “marine detective” on northern Vancouver Island. She’s a humpback whale researcher, biologist and co-founder of Marine Education and Research Society.
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Species at Risk on Cortes Island
Helen Hall has been the Friends of Cortes Island’s (FOCI) Executive Director for close to five years. Autumn Barrett-Morgan came to FOCI as a summer student and continues on as the volunteer Conservation Assistant. In this morning’s program they talk about species at risk on Cortes Island.
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