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Ventura County Congresswoman Proposes Adding Protections For Marine Mammals

(National Park Service photo)
Sea lions in the Channel Islands

A Ventura County congresswoman thinks we need to do more to protect marine mammals, and has introduced legislation to try to make that happen.

Democratic Congresswoman Julia Brownley of Westlake Village has authored a bill focused on beefing up the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

It would provide new protections against people interacting with or harassing marine mammals.  It also calls for federal agencies to do more to identify marine mammals which may be at risk because of climate change, and to develop plans to help protect them.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.