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Federal Public Lands: Pacific Seabirds

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Although not federal “lands,” these federal marine protected areas— Channel Islands , Cordell Bank , Greater Farallones , Monterey Bay and Olympic Coast —provide critical foraging areas for seabirds. These sanctuaries include some of the most productive waters in the Pacific.

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My First West Coast Pelagic Trip

10,000 Birds

I’ve been on a whale-watching trip in Orange County , twice gone out to Santa Cruz Island , and even visited Protection Island off the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. That would be the Northern Gannet that has made the rocky coast near San Francisco its home for the last four years. I’m bad at whales.).

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