Barbara Bennett

My area of interest is the human dimension of endangered species recovery in heavily used coastal areas, with special attention to stakeholder engagement and public education. My current research is on policy strategies to reduce vessel interactions with southern resident killer whales in the Salish Sea, a trans-boundary body of water that includes Canadian and US waters. I will be interviewing representatives of commercial whale watching and private boating communities based out of Vancouver and Victoria in Canada, and Friday Harbor, Anacortes, Port Townsend, and Bellingham in the US.