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Helping sea otters in Northern California

Current Global Field Program (GFP) graduate student Emily Williams of San Francisco, California, wrote an article for SevenSeas Media.

Helping sea otters in Northern California

Emily Williams with a giraffe

Current Global Field Program (GFP) graduate student Emily Williams of San Francisco, California, wrote an article for SevenSeas Media. In her article she details the conservation efforts taking place in Northern California on behalf of the southern sea otter, "one of three endangered subspecies of sea otter found in a small area near central California." "A reintroduction plan for the southern sea otters could prove beneficial to the species but would take an enormous, coordinated effort between the community, ports and fisheries, marine scientists, researchers, and rescuers to make it happen," writes Williams.

As a student in Miami's biology department, Williams is earning a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology through Project Dragonfly's GFP while working as a hoofstock zoo keeper at San Francisco Zoo.