Whale Migration Challenge Series Talk: Part 1
Diane Alps — Gray Whales in Baja California
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
6:00 PM on Zoom
We are live on Zoom, but there is an in-person viewing party at the Noyo Center Marine Field Station
32340 N. Harbor Dr. in Fort Bragg
Happy Hour 5:00-6:00 PM; presentation at 6:00 PM
Gray Whale Migration Challenge speaker series kickoff
Diane Alps is a marine mammal researcher, educator, and long-time whale naturalist with decades of experience working with gray whales. She has spent many seasons in Baja California’s coastal lagoons observing whales during the breeding and calving season and is deeply involved in science-based public education through organizations such as the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, American Cetacean Society and Cascadia Research Collective.
In this opening talk of the Whale Migration Challenge speaker series, Diane will focus on the Baja California leg of the gray whale migration, exploring what happens when gray whales arrive in the warm, shallow lagoons of Baja, how these habitats function as breeding and nursery grounds, and why this phase of the migration is so critical to the whales’ life cycle.
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Photo: Ron LeValley