Bonehenge Volunteers

Thanks to the following volunteers and related organizations for their work towards the land purchase, fundraising for, and construction of the Bonehenge Whale Center.

Adam’s Tree Service
Alejandro Palacio
Barbie LeBrun
Billy Kane
Billy Morris
Bobbi Wallinger
Bruce McCutcheon
Bud Doughton
Caleb LeBrun
Carl Spangler
Carolina Cay Maritime Found.
Cary Spencer
Chris Bodin
Christian Guthrie
Christine Brin
Clara Bridgman
Craig Wright
Dail Bridges
Daphne Littiken
David Crawford
David Sharpe
David Walker
Dennis Sorensen
Derek Brin
Dick Ogus
DOT Construction
Fred LeBrun
Friends of the Museum
IC Granite Countertops
James Lewis
Jill Sullivan
John Sherman
John Vang
John Worcester
Josh Summers
Helen Aitken
Karen Altman
Karen Hattman
Karl Farago
Karma Rodholm

Keith Rittmaster
Kemp Guthrie
Kim Merrels
LaNelle Davis
Lee Moore-Crawford
Lindsey Thayer
Lora Fasolino
Lynn Sutton
Marcio Murta
Mike McEarl
Miriam Sutton
Molly Matlock
Muriel Williman
Nan Bowles
NC Maritime Museum
Nelson Owens
Olivia Thayer
Pam Holliday
Patti Owens
Paula Gillikin
Pudge McCutcheon
Rob Gourley
Rob Thayer
Ron Smith
Russell Lewis
Ryan Kiluk
Sarah Bodin
Scott Stanley
Sinbad
Sound Shore Construction
Steve Hassenfelt
Subway
Susan Schmidt
Tight Lines Pub & Brewing
Tim White
Tom Atkinson
Tony Ray
Verena Lawaetz
Vic Fasolino
Vicky Thayer

The following links expand on points about the Gulf of Mexico whale in John Ososky’s talk at the University of Florida Gainesville on 31 October 2024:

For more information about marine mammal stranding networks please visit https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-life-distress/marine-mammal-health-and-stranding-response-program.

 

Whales on the Brink Symposium, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, November 2023

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQmxS2U3B6KaUPksTqmC2BLUPwXFEHnCN

 

100 Scientists Open Letter on the Gulf of Mexico whale to the Biden Administration

https://www.neaq.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Scientist-statement.-GoM-whale.-Oct.-2022.pdf

 

Great Whale Conservancy – Economic Value of Living Whales

The Economic Value of Living Whales | GWC | Great Whale Conservancy

 

To learn about the Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whale, current status, methods of research, and threats to its existence please visit: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/rices-whale

 

How a Whale Skull at the Smithsonian Became a Beacon for Marine Mammal Conservation

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2023/11/16/how-a-whale-skull-at-the-smithsonian-became-a-beacon-for-marine-mammal-conservation/

 

Open letter regarding Cuvier’s whale and other whale common names

It’s time to rename Ziphius cavirostris the “goose-beaked whale” – CIMA Research Foundation (cimafoundation.org)

https://www.cimafoundation.org/en/news/its-time-to-rename-ziphius-cavirostris-the-goose-beaked-whale/#:~:text=The%20authors%20request%20a%20change,problematic%20legacy%20of%20Georges%20Cuvier.

We Are All Whalers by The Hopeless Idiot (soundcloud.com)

https://soundcloud.com/thehopelessidiot/we-are-all-whalers

 History of whale research and conservation at the Smithsonian video playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQmxS2U3B6KafwKbPd5qSunMSZjrmw908

 NOAA Rice’s whale

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/rices-whale

 Last Great American Whale by Lou Reed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oua4ysqIFlY

 Gulf by Jack E. Davis

https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/jack-e-davis

 

 

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