Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network

Interpretive signs at parks & marinas in Island County

• Volunteer training & support• Respond to dead & live strandings• Conduct necropsies• Test & archive samples for research• Provide public education

The CPSMMSN Team

Susan Berta, Sandy Dubpernell, Stephanie Norman, Barry Rickman, Jill Hein, Howard Garrett

Specimens collected

and prepared

by CPSMMSN

Some of the activities we participate in

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Cryptococcus gattii

Coverage map – Puget Sound

Photo by Sandra Dubpernell, CPSMMSN

Geographic Area (Black box – left):Island, Skagit, and N. Snohomish counties

(Port Susan/to Kayak Pt)

Active Volunteers: 125 currently active volunteers

Prescott funding: 2006, 2008 & 2010 - currently funded by donations

Interesting cases

Species most

reported

B-cell lymphoma in a harbor porpoiseVaginal calculi in a

harbor porpoise

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See poster and handouts