Upcoming Events
MONTHLY SPEAKER SERIES
ACS-Los Angeles is happy to announce a collaboration with ACS-Orange County and ACS-Monterey Bay on our monthly webinar series! These webinars are free and open to the public.
Be sure to join us for our next webinar! For more information and to register, click here.
If you missed any of our webinars, you can watch the ones we were allowed to record at your leisure. They are linked on our Library page.
ACS-Library
- Our Library includes links to our past webinars (including the past Deeper Dives) as well as some ACS-LA Gray Whale Census summaries.
- You can access these at any time for free.
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What's Going On
Commemorating 40 Years, Gray Whale Census
On Dec. 1st, 2024, Alisa Schulman-Janiger was recognized for her 40 years of dedication as Director and Coordinator of ACS-LA’s Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project by the Mayor of Rancho Palos Verdes, John Cruikshank. The ACS-LA Board was joined by Census citizen...
2025 Annual Summertime 8 hour whale watch on the Condor Express
Painted Cave, Santa Cruz Island
Photo credit: Patty Farrell
2024-2025 Gray Whale Census Summary
Gray Whale Census Team with our whiteboard displaying our final counts for this season. Clockwise, L to R: Joyce Daniels, Ben Tyrrell, Terri Bidle, Gerrie Teague Cole, Carla Krysiak, Iva Maes, Gregg Gentry, Stacey Patterson, Erlinda Cortez, Kim Hoch, Cynthia Woo, and...
2023-2024 Gray Whale Census Summary
Photo of Alisa Schulman-Janiger at our Gray Whale Census location on the bluffs behind the Palos Verdes Interpretive Center. Photo by Dave Janiger. ACS/LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project, 2023-2024 Update: we documented very low gray whale counts, few...