Environmental Law Society Cosponsors Public Talk on Whales
The School of Law Environmental Law Society is cosponsoring a public talk, "Lethal Sound: Submarines, Sonar and the Death of Whales," by marine mammal advocate Joel Reynolds, a senior attorney and director of the Marine Mammal Protection Project at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The event takes place in the AGR Room of Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center on Tuesday, October 2, 2007, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. A reception will follow from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Since 1994, Reynolds 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.
This event is sponsored by the Environmental Law Society and the UC Davis John Muir Institute of the Environment.
The Environmental Law Society is a forum for students at the UC Davis School of Law to explore their interest in environmental and natural resources issues.
John Muir Institute of the Environment