The next event in an ongoing Environmental Lecture Series will be about marine mammals and sea turtles that are common in the Ocean City area.
Everybody is invited to the free lecture 7 p.m. Thursday (March 19) at the Ocean City Free Public Library in the Chris Maloney Lecture Hall.
Sarah Miele, educational coordinator for the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, will be the speaker.
Miele will include in her general overview presentation:
- Encountering stranded animals on the beach and how to proceed
- Human effects on ocean mammals, including plastic garbage, fishing line, etc.
- During late winter and spring, animals that may be seen: grey seals in the cold weather, dolphin in April and warmer weather, and in May, whale migrations feeding closer to shore
For further information, please visit www.mmsc.org or call 609-266-0538.
See flyer below for more in the lecture series.
