MILESTONE WITH NEW EXHIBITS,
SPECIAL EVENTS, AND A WHOLE LOT
OF ENTHUSIASM.
AUDREY: LEARNING ABOUT OUR OCEAN
AND THE SEA LIFE THAT LIVES IN
THE GULF OF MAINE, BY EXPLORING,
OBSERVING, AND LISTENING.
>> I WANT YOU GUYS TO TAKE A
LOOK, BECAUSE THESE GUYS HAVE A
PARTICULAR NAME, CHAIN HAT
SHARKS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PATTERN ON
THEIR BODIES, DO YOU NOTICE THEY
HAVE THESE NICE DARK, LONG
CHAINS ON THEIR BODY?
AUDREY: THE SEACOAST SCIENCE
CENTER AT ODIORNE STATE PARK HAS
BEEN PROMOTING ITS MISSION OF
PROTECTING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES
FOR 25 YEARS.
>> 25 YEARS IS AN ENORMOUS
MILESTONE.
TO HAVE STARTED AS A VERY SMALL
INSTITUTION YEARS AND YEARS AGO
AND GROWN TO WHAT WE ARE TODAY,
IT'S A TESTAMENT TO EVERYONE WHO
HAS BEEN HERE AND WORKED ON IT
OVER THE YEARS.
>> WE TAKE KIDS, WE GET THEIR
FEET WET, WE TAKE THEM OUT ONTO
THE ROCKS AND THE ROCKY SHORE.
THEY ALSO MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET
THEIR HANDS WET IN OUR TOUCH
TANKS INSIDE.
AUDREY: DEFINITELY ONE OF THE
MOST POPULAR EXHIBITS AT THE
SCIENCE CENTER IS THE INDOOR
TIDE POOL TOUCH TANK.
>> NO FISH, BUT WE DID SEE
SNAILS AND WE DID SEE A MUSSEL.
>> THE WATER WAS COLD.
>> I WOULD SAY PEOPLE SPEND AN
AVERAGE OF 12 MINUTES AT THE
TOUCH TANK, WHICH IS HUGE.
FOR CONSIDERING ALL THE OTHER
ENTICING EXHIBITS AROUND, THE
LIVE ANIMAL EXHIBITS ARE HUGELY
POPULAR AS WELL.
AUDREY: 26,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN
PASS THROUGH THE SCIENCE CENTER
EVERY YEAR, FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE,
MAINE, AND MASSACHUSETTS.
BUT THE CENTER IS REALLY FOR ALL
AGES.
ITS MISSION -- TO EDUCATE PEOPLE
ABOUT HOW WE ARE CONNECTED TO
THE SEA, WHAT THE SALT MARSHES
AND TIDE POOLS MEAN TO PLANT AND
SEA LIFE.
>> I LIKED THE TIDE POOLS OUT
THER
THEY WERE PRETTY COOL.
>> IT'S BEEN COOL HUNTING FOR
REALLY COOL ROCKS AND CRABS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> WE WENT TO THE TIDE POOLS,
WE SAW SOME SEA URCHINS AND SOME
SEA LETTUCE.
>> OCEAN EDUCATION IS WHAT WE
DO.
SO WE EDUCATE TO MOTIVATE.
FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS, WE HAVE
BEEN TEACHING ABOUT THE OCEAN
AND COASTAL OCEAN SYSTEMS.
>> WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND,
WE WANT TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT
THE OCEAN SYSTEM AS A WHOLE,
ABOUT THE INTER-CONNECTEDNESS OF
THAT SYSTEM WITH OTHER SYSTEMS
AND AND WITH OUR OWN HUMAN
HEALTH.
AUDREY: THE TANKS ARE FILLED
WITH A RICH VARIETY OF FISH AND
MAMMALS THAT LIVE IN THE GULF OF
MAINE.
SEA HORSES, THE SLOWEST-MOVING
CREATURES IN THE OCEAN.
A LARGE RARE BLUE LOBSTER, AND A
HERMIT CRAB, TO NAME A FEW.
>> I LEARNED THAT THE CRABS --
I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE CRABS LIVED,
DIDN'T KNOW THEY LIVED UNDER
ROCKS AND STUFF, SO THAT WAS
PRETTY COOL.
AUDREY ANOTHER POPULAR MEMBER
OF THE TEAM IS TOFU, A HUMPBACK
WHALE WITH AN INTERESTING TALE.
>> TOFU WAS ABOUT A TWO-YEAR-O
HUMPBACK.
SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF A SHIP
STRIKE IN THE BOSTON HARBOR, AND
SHE IS NEAR AND DEAR TO US.
WE ARE ABLE TO TELL THAT STORY
THROUGH THE LENS OF TOFU, ABOUT
THE HAZARDS THAT HAPPEN OUT IN
THE OCEAN ENVIRONMENT.
>> WHALES USUALLY LIKE TO EAT
OTHER SEA CREATURES SOMETIME
AND THEN THE FAREWELL BEHAVIOR
-- THE THEIR WHALE BEHAVIOR
-- WHEN THEY MEET ANOTHER WHALE
THAT THEY KNOW, THEY GET
TOGETHER AND SNUGGLE.
AUDREY: SEACOAST SCIENCE CENTER
HAS A TEAM OF NATURALISTS THAT
LEAD KIDS AND ADULTS ON HIKES
THROUGH THE STATE PARK.
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE PARKS
DEPARTMENT IS A KEY PARTNER IN
THIS VENTURE.
>> THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO THE
COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE HERE,
WHETHER IT IS THE PORT OF
PORTSMOUTH OR OCEANSIDE
PROPERTIES, WILL IMPACT THEI
SEAFOO
WILL IMPACT THEIR RECREATION,
SHOULD THEY COME TO THE
SEACOAST.
MAY IMPACT THE AVAILABILITY OF
GOODS AND SERVICES, AS THIS
ENVIRONMENT, IN BOTH AN
ENVIRONMENTAL SENSE AND
COMMERCIAL SENSE, CHANGE.
AUDREY TAKE A TRIP DEEP INTO
THE SEA AND LEARN HOW OCEAN
EXPLORATION HAS DEVELOPED.
YOU CAN DIRECT A REMOTE
OPERATING VEHICLE TRYING TO
RECOVER WRECKAGE ON THE OCEAN
FLOO
OR REEL IN A BIG ONE.
THE SEACOAST SCIENCE CENTER IS
ALSO HOME TO THE MARINE MAMMAL
RESCUE TEAM.
THIS IS THE CREW THAT GETS
CALLED OUT WHEN A SEAL IS
STRANDED
THEY LED THE EFFORT TO REMOVE
SNOWPLOW, THE HUMPBACK WHA
THAT WASHED IN RYE LAST SUMMER.
MARINE BIOLOGIST ASHLEY STOKES
SAYS SPRING IS THE TIME OF YEAR
WHEN HARBOR SEAL PUPS ARE OFTEN
FOUND ON THE BEACH.
SHE ADVISES PEOPLE TO KEEP THEIR
DISTANCE.
>> IT'S NATURAL FOR MOTHERS TO
LEAVE THEIR PUPS ON THE BEACH OR
ON THE ROCKY SHORE TO NURS
THEY WILL LEAVE THEIR PUPS, THEY
WILL GO OFF AND FISH FOR FOOD.
BUT WHEN YOU SEE A FLUFFY YOUNG
SEAL ON THE BEACH, IT'S NATURA
TO WANT TO APPROACH THEM AND
WANT TO DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP,
BUT REALLY THE THING THAT
EVERYBODY SHOULD DO IS CALL US.
WE WILL GET A TRAINED RESPONDER
OUT THERE, KIEV MOM IS AN AREA.
YOU CAN OFTEN SCAN OCEAN ON THE
HORIZON AND JUST WATCH.
THEY WILL POP THEIR HEADS UP AND
CHECK TO SEE HOW THE PUP IS
DOING.
THEY DON'T GO TOO FAR AWAY.
AUDREY: TO CELEBRATE ITS 25
BIRTHDAY, THE CENTER IS OFFERING
A NUMBER OF NEW EXHIBITS AND
PROGRAMS THROUGH SEPTEMBER, ALL
AIMED AT ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE
ABOUT HOW WE ARE CONNECTED T
THE OCEAN AND HOW WHAT WE DO ON
LAND CAN AFFECT THE MARINE
ECOSYSTEMS.
>> KIDS COME BACK.
TEACHERS ARE COMMITTED TO US
SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SCHOOL
PROGRAMS ARE COMMITTED TO US,
AND WE HAVE A MEMBERSHIP BASE
AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE
SEACOAST
THAT VALIDATES AND ENDORSES THE
WORK WE DO HERE AT THE SCIEN
CENTER AND HAVE DONE FOR MANY
YEARS.
KIND OF TELLS ME WE ARE ON THE
RIGHT TRACK.
THAT'S A GREAT FEELING.
THAT'S A GREAT FEELING.
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