Joonya Lopez of Whisper Charters photo

5 months

Volunteers with the BeachCOMBERS program record data about a bird carcass during a survey of Hollywood Beach. photo

almost 3 years

Lena Chang, right, senior fish and wildlife biologist with the Service in Ventura, and volunteer coordinator for the South Coast Chapter of BeachCOMBERS, discusses BeachCOMBERS protocol with future volunteers. photo

almost 3 years

Biologist Lilian Carswell photographing otters at Jetty Road in Moss Landing photo

almost 3 years

Southern sea otter at Moss Landing photo

almost 3 years

Lena Chang, senior fish and wildlife biologist with the Service in Ventura, and volunteer coordinator for the South Coast Chapter of BeachCOMBERS, examines a bird carcass during a survey of Hollywood Beach. photo

almost 3 years

Hauled out sea otters on the beach photo

almost 3 years

Andrea Dransfield, a BeachCOMBERS volunteer, surveys Silver Strand beach. photo

almost 3 years

Andrea Dransfield, a BeachCOMBERS volunteer, uses a bill plate to identify a bird found on Silver Strand beach during her monthly survey. photo

almost 3 years

A sign advises beachgoers to avoid disturbing marine wildlife after an unusual number of ill or deceased marine wildlife washed up on Ventura and Santa Barbara county beaches. photo

almost 3 years

Sea otter raft photo

almost 3 years

Andrea Dransfield, a BeachCOMBERS volunteer, examines a California brown pelican found on Silver Strand beach during her monthly survey. photo

almost 3 years

Kayakers at Moss Landing photo

almost 3 years

Lena Chang, senior fish and wildlife biologist with the Service in Ventura, and volunteer coordinator for the South Coast Chapter of BeachCOMBERS, conducts a survey of Hollywood Beach. photo

almost 3 years

Moss Landing, heart of the Monterey Bay photo

almost 3 years

Whisper Charters photo

almost 3 years

Kendra Chan is a fish and wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Ventura and BeachCOMBERS volunteer. Chan surveys Hollywood Beach in Oxnard, California. photo

almost 3 years

Lena Chang, senior fish and wildlife biologist with the Service in Ventura, and volunteer coordinator for the South Coast Chapter of BeachCOMBERS, discusses BeachCOMBERS protocol with other Service biologists. photo

almost 3 years

Male "bachelor" raft photo

almost 3 years

Sea Otter Savvy founder Gena Bentall photo

almost 3 years

Lena Chang, senior fish and wildlife biologist with the Service in Ventura, and volunteer coordinator for the South Coast Chapter of BeachCOMBERS, conducts a survey of Hollywood Beach. photo

almost 3 years