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Tell Congress: Don’t Let Extinction Be an Option

For the first time in 30 years, the administration is planning to convene the Endangered Species Committee, a federal panel of government officials. Why? To grant an exception from the Endangered Species Act that would allow oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

If this moves forward, endangered marine mammals and other rare wildlife that call the Gulf home will be at grave risk and pushed closer toward extinction.

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Hawaiian monk seal Pearl

Understanding Endangered

Ages: 10-14 years old

  • Species conservation
Activity

What exactly does it mean to be endangered and why does it matter? Find out as you dive deeper into the world of monk seals, one of the endangered species cared for at The Marine Mammal Center, and research endangered species near you with this learning activity for youth ages 10 and up.

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