We had a a joyful evening and heard from local elephant seal expert, Dr. Sarah Allen. Dr. Allen’s keen observations of these animals from the frontlines of Pt. Reyes have been instrumental in our knowledge of their behavior and habitat needs. Once on the brink of extinction, these animals now number an estimated 200,000 animals that delight scientists and visitors along our Pacific coast’s five National Marine Sanctuaries during their breeding season.

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BIO

Sarah Allen recently retired after 26 years with the National Park Service in various positions within the Pacific West Region. During her 15 years at Point Reyes National Seashore, she initiated the Long-term Pinniped Monitoring Program. She concluded her time with NPS, as Science Program Lead for the regional office, which included identifying and leveraging science needs for parks across the Pacific Ocean from Washington, to California to American Samoa. Throughout her career Sarah volunteered and worked at conservation organizations including 15 years at Point Reyes Bird Observatory now known as Point Blue Conservation Science. She has authored and co-authored numerous publications, including the UC Press published, Marine Mammals of the Pacific Coast: Baja, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia. Sarah received her Ms and earned her PhD from UC Berkeley in Wildland Resource Science.