The Office of National Marine Sanctuaries serves as the trustee for a network of underwater parks encompassing more than 620,000 square miles of marine and Great Lakes waters from Washington state to the Florida Keys, and from Lake Huron to American Samoa. Like national parks of the sea, the system of fifteen national marine sanctuaries and two marine national monuments protects marine ecosystems and is part of state and Federal 30 x 30 conservation mandates. Several new sanctuaries are in various stages of the designation process. Learn more at this informative presentation.
Join CCSPA, CA State Parks, and Michele Roest (Southern Region Community Liaison for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary) for this presentation!
Michele Roest is the Southern Region Community Liaison for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Her office is located at the Coastal Discovery Center at San Simeon Bay, across Highway 1 from Hearst Castle. Michele provides information updates to the San Luis Obispo community and relays local questions and concerns to the sanctuary’s Monterey headquarters. Michele Roest has a master’s degree in biology with a concentration in vertebrate ecology. Her work as a field biologist includes research on kangaroo rats, desert tortoises, harbor seals, sea otters and elephant seals. Michele teaches wildlife conservation biology classes at Cal Poly and is a lead instructor for the UCANR California Naturalist Program.
