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In early February, Point Reyes National Seashore rangers received a report of something strange in the parking lot at Drakes Beach. When they went to check it out, they found a long trail of sand with mysterious oblong markings on either side, arching across the length of the parking lot.
Ask a Ranger: What it's like to be a marine mammal ecologist at Point Reyes FacebookTwitterEmail Sarah Codde conducts a seal survey on the Point Reyes National Seashore.NPS Photo NMFS Permit # 21425 Sarah Codde is prone to seasickness, and that meant studying whales was out of the question. But in college Codde was fascinated by marine mammals. When she found out that seals spend half of their lives at sea and half on land — and can be studied on the shoreline — that settled it. Codde volunteered at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito and interned at Point Reyes National Seashore, where...