SOME RECENT SPEAKERS: Jonathan Bird, Ernie Brooks, George Buckley, Christopher Chin, Eugenie Clark, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Sylvia Earle, Stephen Frink, Howard Hall, Michele Hall, Jill Heinerth, Jennifer Idol, George Koutsouflakis, Emory Kristof, Holly Lohuis, Richard Lutz, Vincent Malkoski, Debby Miller, Phil Nuytten, Betty Orr, Dan Orr, Zale Parry, Margo Peyton, Becky Kagan Schott, Dawn Salka, Lenny Speregen, , Greg Skomal, Valerie Taylor, Andrea Zaferes, Cristina Zenato, and others |
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