Event

Saving Pelican #895

More than 7,000 birds were killed as a result of the April 2010 BP oil spill that spread throughout the Gulf of Mexico. HBO Documentary Films presents the story of the effort to save the 895th surviving oiled pelican in Louisiana, showing how conservationists, government agencies and wildlife activists joined forces to preserve this one life. Directed by Oscar nominee Irene Taylor Brodsky, SAVING PELICAN 895 tells the gripping story of "LA 895" from his rescue and recovery as an incapacitated juvenile bird with oil-slicked feathers through his ultimate maturation and release back into the wild.

Following the film, a question and answer period will follow featuring:
Jay Holcomb, the Director Emeritus of the International Bird Rescue Research Center Director Emeritus Jay has over 40 years of experience in wildlife rehabilitation and has dedicated that last 25 years to oiled wildlife and aquatic bird rehabilitation and oiled wildlife response. Jay was awarded the 1996 NWRA Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest award given in the field of wildlife rehabilitation. In 2010 Jay was honored as Oceana's "Ocean Hero of the Year". He also received the John Muir Associations "2010 Conservationist of the Year" award recognizing his many years of leadership in the field of oiled wildlife and general wildlife rehabilitation.

Carol Bernthal, Superintendent of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Carol has worked for a variety of county, federal, and state agencies in subjects as diverse as growth management, forestland conservation, watershed restoration and protection, fisheries, and plant ecology. Prior to working for NOAA, Carol served as the Senior Habitat Biologist and Habitat Program Manager for the Point No Point Treaty Council, a consortium of four Native American Tribes on the Olympic Peninsula.