Whale Guardians of Stellwagen Bank

Meet the Whale Guardians of Stellwagen on this episode of Moir’s Environmental Advocates. For Right Whales feeding on Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary life became safer thanks to government actions that followed a close look at the data from 27 years of whale watches. Superintendent Craig D. MacDonald, Ph.D. and Benjamin D. Cowie-Haskell, Assistant Superintendent talk with Rob Moir about what led the federal government to move the shipping channel into Boston. Federal charts and cruise tracks were changed for the sake of right whale! See live red light – green light right whale in shipping lane alert at http://www.listenforwhales.org Whales are just one of many magnificent marine animals that inhabit Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Discover what else lives there, what further actions are being taken and what you can do to better protect ocean marine life. Visit Stellwagen armed with the facts at http://www.stellwagenalive.org