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Sealing the spotlight: Wildlife Wednesday to focus on harbor seals

Published 6:00 am Wednesday, January 2, 2019

By Ben Hohenstatt

A rehabilitated Pacific harbor seal looks back at people during its release at the Auke Recreation Beach on August 27, 2014. After toxic levels of mercury were found in an Admiralty Island harbor seal in 2015, conservationists and subsistence hunters are still wondering if a Juneau-based mine is to blame. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

A rehabilitated Pacific harbor seal looks back at people during its release at the Auke Recreation Beach on August 27, 2014. After toxic levels of mercury were found in an Admiralty Island harbor seal in 2015, conservationists and subsistence hunters are still wondering if a Juneau-based mine is to blame. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

The first Wildlife Wednesday of 2019 will focus on harbor seals.

At 7 p.m. tonight, in University of Alaska Southeast’s Egan Lecture Hall, 11066 Auke Lake Way, Bob Armstrong will give a presentation about harbor seal behavior that will include video of the animals.

The free, hourlong presentation is part of the Wildlife Wednesday series and will be open to the public.

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