This proposal will enable SR3 to support comprehensive response to the health and welfare of marine mammals in the pacific northwest and to provide critical support to our local network partners by:…

SR3 will provide marine mammal response and rehabilitation services in the Pacific Northwest under a $213,334 project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The grant was awarded on August 1, 2022 through the Marine Mammal Data Program to support SR3's coordination of stranding response, rehabilitation of endangered species, and preparedness training through July 31, 2023. SR3 will enhance regional capacity for responding to stranded, entangled and injured marine mammals while minimizing impacts of human interaction. Services include necropsies, rehabilitation for increasing numbers of human interaction cases, and hazard spill response training. SR3 will also conduct outreach, education, and assessment/medical response training for network partners, with a focus on remote groups.

This proposal will enable SR3 to support comprehensive response to the health and welfare of marine mammals in the pacific northwest and to provide critical support to our local network partners by: 1) coordinating collaborative, multi-faceted responses to live and dead stranded marine mammals, entangled whales and pinnipeds, necropsy support for network partners, and filling critical resource gaps in the region; 2) enhancing our capacity to support regional rehabilitation needs, including capacity for ESA-listed species and the increasing number of human interaction cases as well as preparedness for hazardous material spill response or disease outbreaks; 3) providing essential community outreach and education to minimize the impacts of public interference with pinniped pupping and rearing; assessment, response, and medical triage training for marine mammal stranding response network partners with a particular focus on groups in remote areas; and advanced training for large whale entan