Aquarium of the Pacific

As much as I love writing about animals, I think I’m going to take this blog entry in a different direction.  As we get ready to bid farewell to another year, I always like to think back and reflect on year’s past.  When I first interviewed to volunteer at the Aquarium, all I could think about was being able to learn about and help care for an awesome collection of animals.  What I didn’t count on, however, was the amazing group of dedicated individuals that I would get to work with and learn from!

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Going to kindergarten can be loads of fun, even when you’re an adult like me. I greatly enjoy my monthly forays back into the classroom worlds of little children, where I get to see the enthusiasm and lust for learning that one experiences when young.

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There are only a few days out of the year where the Aquarium of the Pacific is closed to the public. One of them is Christmas day. However, like working on a farm, people who care for animals can’t all take the whole day off because the fishes, mammals and birds still need to be fed and tended to, so on Christmas day there will be a small cadre of husbandry staff spending the holiday with the critters.

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Get ready to learn a new language, California’s salty MPAese.  On December 6, 2007 Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman announced that the south coast from Point Conception to the US-Mexican border (an area commonly called the Southern California Bight) would be the next study area in which Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) would be identified as part of the implementation of California’s Marine Life Protection Act Initiative.

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Saturday, 12-1, was a very busy day at the Aquarium.

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