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Fish and wildlife biologist Jenny Marek collects data on a Pacific loon found on Ventura County beach. Photo by Hazel Rodriguez/USFWS.
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Andrea Dransfield, a BeachCOMBERS volunteer, surveys Silver Strand beach.
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Andrea Dransfield, a BeachCOMBERS volunteer, uses a bill plate to identify a bird found on Silver Strand beach during her monthly survey.
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Andrea Dransfield, a BeachCOMBERS volunteer, examines a California brown pelican found on Silver Strand beach during her monthly survey.
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A sign advises beachgoers to avoid disturbing marine wildlife after an unusual number of ill or deceased marine wildlife washed up on Ventura and Santa Barbara county beaches.
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Lena Chang, right, senior fish and wildlife biologist with the Service in Ventura, and volunteer coordinator for the South Coast Chapter of BeachCOMBERS, discusses BeachCOMBERS protocol with future volunteers.
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Lena Chang, senior fish and wildlife biologist with the Service in Ventura, and volunteer coordinator for the South Coast Chapter of BeachCOMBERS, conducts a survey of Hollywood Beach.
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Lena Chang, senior fish and wildlife biologist with the Service in Ventura, and volunteer coordinator for the South Coast Chapter of BeachCOMBERS, discusses BeachCOMBERS protocol with other Service biologists.
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Lena Chang, senior fish and wildlife biologist with the Service in Ventura, and volunteer coordinator for the South Coast Chapter of BeachCOMBERS, conducts a survey of Hollywood Beach.
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Volunteers with the BeachCOMBERS program record data about a bird carcass during a survey of Hollywood Beach.
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Lena Chang, senior fish and wildlife biologist with the Service in Ventura, and volunteer coordinator for the South Coast Chapter of BeachCOMBERS, examines a bird carcass during a survey of Hollywood Beach.
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Kendra Chan is a fish and wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Ventura and BeachCOMBERS volunteer. Chan surveys Hollywood Beach in Oxnard, California.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Jenny Marek works alongside Natural Resource Damage Assessment trustees to assess and analyze data from the Refugio oil spill which will help inform future restoration efforts along the Gaviota Coast. Photo by Ashl
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