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July 3, 2002
A: FROM MENTOR MARTY CHINTALA. To read Marty's bio click
here.
Alexis, what a great question! There have been a number of
women who
have been instrumental in the marine fields and the conservation
area.
Although I don't know if they have received quite the same
attention as
Jacques Cousteau.
Probably the most famous marine scientist and conservationist
is Rachel
Carson, who wrote the book Silent Spring (among others). There
is more
information on her at the following web page:
http://www.rachelcarson.org/.
She worked at Woods Hole in the 1930's
and drew the wrath of chemical companies for her book.
Another famous female marine biologist is Sylvia Earle. You
can find
her bio and more information on her at the following web pages:
http://literati.net/Earle/
and
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eir/bio_earle.html.
There also was a woman named Nancy Foster, who the Deputy
Assistant
Administrator for NOAA's Fisheries, who fought for 23 years
for ocean
conservation. Largely because of her work, President Clinton
signed
into law the National Marine Sanctuaries Amendments Act of
2000 (S.
1482), thereby extending and improving the management of the
nation's 13
marine sanctuaries. Marine sanctuaries protect Florida's fragile
coral
reefs, lush kelp forests off Monterey Bay and the Channel
Islands,
nursing grounds for Hawaii's humpback whales, and significant
maritime
history including the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor.
July 3, 2002
A: FROM MENTOR AMY MCMILLAN. To read Amy's bio. click
here.
Alexis, check out the name Sylvia Earle.
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