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Rescuing waterbirds in crisis

Current GFP (global /field Program) student Angie Trumbo of Long Beach, California, who works for International Bird Rescue (Bird Rescue) presented "Fifty and Better's Spring Lectures: International Bird Rescue's Work Rescuing Waterbirds in Crisis"...

Rescuing waterbirds in crisis

Angie Trumbo

Current GFP (Global Field Program) student Angie Trumbo of Long Beach, California, who works for International Bird Rescue (Bird Rescue) presented "Fifty and Better's Spring Lectures: International Bird Rescue's Work Rescuing Waterbirds in Crisis" in early April at California Lutheran University. Trumbo talked about Bird Rescue's origin and history of oil spill response and wildlife rescue. Today, in addition to operating two full-time wildlife hospitals and responding to waterbird crises around the world, IRB aims to give a voice to waterbirds through conservation, advocacy, and wildlife literacy.

Trumbo was also published in Benicia Magazine. In her article titled "Experience the Wonder of Local Wetlands" Trumbo leads on us stroll through the Cordelia Slough, a 10.8-mile-long tidal watercourse which discharges to the Suisun Slough, which in turn empties into Grizzly Bay in Solano County, California. Read more

As a student in Miami's biology department, Trumbo is earning a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology through Project Dragonfly GFP while working as a conservation and education specialist for International Bird Rescue.