All good things must end some time, and today we reached the end of our extended 2014 Count, our tenth annual survey of the northbound migration of Gray whales through the nearshore of the Santa Barbara Channel. It was our best year yet for many reasons, most of those reasons have to do with an exceptional group of Counters:

Jimmy Ambach • Eileen Avery • Hannah Battey

Brittney Burrows • Annie Camou • John Coye

Bryn Daniel • Susie Dell • Mark Dilley

Phyliss Dilley • Andrea Dransfield • Clay Duke

Mary Duke • Marge Erickson • Linda Fandrey

Jessica Foster • Julia Gauglitz • Paul Genis

Kristi Gibbs • Jeff Gleason • Kathy Gleason

Tricia Guilfoyle • Laurie Hammack • Ann Hammond

Ed Hammond • Blake Haralson • Susie Haralson

Becky Harrelson • Lili Hartounian • Marta Henson

Chris Honeyman • Chandler Jennings • Richard Kentro

Christopher Kromm • Barbara LaCorte • Ed Leska, Jr

DeeDee Liestenfeltz • Anne Lopez • Jimmy Lucchesi

Kristel Ma • Patty Malone • Bianca Markie

Bruce Matthews • Erin McCann • Montana McLeod

Cassidy Meehan • Chris Mersey • Josh Meza-Fidalgo

Bonnie Murdock • Cori Newton • Juliana Onstad

Mike Perry • Grace Powers • Carol Rae

Surabhi Ram • Russ Redmond • Jessie Richter

Stan Roberts • Rosie Romo • Christine Ryerson

Scott Savidge • Vickie Schlegel • Danni Scott

Chris Seaton • Jim Shipley • Michael Smith

Andrea Stofko • Kathy Strong • Eric Swenumson

Brittany Tholan • Mary Thompson • Peter Thompson

Mary Toothman • Bern Verbit • Lauren West

Annette Winter • Katrina Wu • Cheyenne Ziegler

We are a team. We count !

Our team includes generous, committed, and

appreciative supporters from our community and beyond,

including caring people and organizations across our planet.

OUR COLLABORATORS

Coal Oil Point Reserve, UCSB

Cris Sandoval

April Price

Tara Longwell

Cascadia Research Collective

John Calambokidis

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

John Hildebrand

Sean Wiggins

Lauren Roche

NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center

John Durban

Wayne Perryman

Dave Weller

Journey North

Jane Duden

OUR FOUNDATION OF SUPPORT

An anonymous foundation administered by Orange County Community Foundation

Resources Legacy Fund, through Sustaining California’s Oceans program of RLF

Associated Students, UCSB, Coastal Fund

Global Giving

COUNTER + COMMUNITY, ORGANIZATION SUPPORT

Charles Greene + Greenridge Sciences

Scott Savidge + FLIR Corporation

Stan Roberts + United Launch Alliance

Captains + Crew: Condor + Condor Express

Christine Ryerson + James Ryerson Environmental Fund, Santa Barbara Foundation

Tony Urwick + dog (for the loan of Tony’s world-class Zeiss spotting scope)

American Riviera Bank

The Fresh Market

Trader Joe’s Markets

Costco

Lazy Acres Market

GRAY WHALES COUNT

Staff

Michael Smith, Project Coordinator

Josh Meza-Fidalgo, Research Assistant

Jessie Richter, Research Assistant

Carol Rae, Education + Outreach

Chris Seaton, Payroll + Bookkeeping

Board of Directors

Robert Copper

Michael Smith

Michael Thomas

Mary Toothman

Thank you all — you truly care !

Gray whales northbound (all) 0 | Calves 0 — 2014 Count 1036 | 226

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