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Abstract

In 1972, the Pacific Seabird Group, “dedicated to the study and conservation of Pacific seabirds and their environment,” was founded by a group of idealistic US and Canadian Early Career Scientists (led by George Divoky, and egged-on by some older mentors) (Fig. 1). It was a heady time, with publication of Rachael Carson's Silent Spring, the first Earth Day, and the enactments of the Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and Clean Water Act. During this time, besides DDT and its effects on marine birds, major marine oil spills occurred in waters off Santa Barabara and San Francisco. The group, affected by the lure of the sea and curious about how those homeothermic feathered creatures could manage its forces (rather than, as most humans do, merely cope), saw that there was a rapidly growing need for scientifically-derived facts.

DOI

http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.54.1.1693

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