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Public Talk on Submarines, Sonar and Whales Is Oct. 2

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Photo: Whale fins in foreground, with boat and ship in middle and background on ocean
In Haro Strait (near the Port of Vancouver, B.C., Canada), orcas, in foreground, swim near a whale-watching boat and, in back, U.S. Navy vessel USS Shoup.

Marine mammal advocate Joel Reynolds will offer a free, public talk on "Lethal Sound: Submarines, Sonar and the Death of Whales" at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ on Oct. 2.

Reynolds is senior attorney and director of the Marine Mammal Protection Project at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Since 1994, he has filed a series of lawsuits challenging the U.S. Navy's use of high-intensity military sonar and its environmental consequences.

He currently is lead attorney on an NRDC lawsuit opposing high-intensity sonar training off the Southern California coast near the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

Reynolds will speak in the AGR Room of Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center on Tuesday, Oct. 2, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. A reception will follow from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

This event is sponsored by the ºÙºÙÊÓƵ John Muir Institute of the Environment and the Environmental Law Society. The John Muir Institute of the Environment is a collaboration of ºÙºÙÊÓƵ experts working on solutions to complex environmental challenges. The Environmental Law Society is a forum for students at the ºÙºÙÊÓƵ School of Law to explore their interest in environmental and natural resources issues.

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Joel Reynolds, Natural Resources Defense Council, (310) 434-2300, jreynolds@nrdc.org

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