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COMMENTS: Given the high stakes challenges we face today – whether social or environmental – it is clear that now is the time for us to join together and find new ways to bring about change. Although that may have a familiar ring, it is still true. The call to action could not be any louder.
The good news is people are coming together to make some of the decisions we need to make and take some of the actions we need to take to help heal and tend to the needs of our people, our ocean, our planet. This website is one way for me to join in and reach out. I feel very fortunate to have been able to share some of what I see in our world, through writings, photos, and talks over the last couple of years, and to have met so many very concerned and committed people along the way. The community is growing. [Due to the constraints of Covid-19, my in-person events have been put on hold, but please return to check out the "Events" page in the coming months.]
Poking around this website, you’ll find some photos , mostly of west coast marine wildlife (especially sea otters . . .), but also some beautiful creatures from the opposite side of the world in the Serengeti. There is also information about two books I'm excited about, and I will be adding information on several other books soon. I’m posting some columns I’ve written about sea otters and ocean stewardship over the last few years, with a more complete archive to be added soon. Because of my background in law, I can’t resist also posting a few recent legal decisions that fill in some of the story of how sea otters have been “managed” in that always-tricky relationship between humans and nature.
Below are a few links to articles and talks. I’ll be adding more information, resources, and links soon, so come back as often as you’d like. And please feel free to email to strike up – or continue – the discussion!
Thanks.
The Edge of Extinction: Can sea otters survive the human threat? - Kim Steinhardt - Coastal Care [This article was originally published in Alert Diver Magazine.]
https://youtu.be/eKd9brErxOg [This is a 50 minute talk at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach Ca.]
The Edge of Extinction | The Explorers Club * [This is a 55 minute talk for The Explorers Club in New York City.]
About Kim.
Kim Steinhardt is an environmental writer and award-winning marine wildlife photographer who interprets the natural world for all ages and audiences. He has been an adviser and photo contributor to National Geographic’s Explore My World series for children, and his work appears in other publications and media.
Kim is recognized as a “keen observer, a wonderful storyteller, and a remarkable photographer" for his work educating and inspiring future generations about ocean stewardship and wildlife conservation. He is co-author of The Edge: The Pressured Past and Precarious Future of California’s Coast. His latest book is a children's photo-story: Sabby the Sea Otter: A Pup's True Adventure and Triumph.
Kim is a former California state administrative law judge and chief counsel who also teaches law classes on legislation, emphasizing ocean advocacy and wildlife conservation. Having served as president of the board of the Seymour Marine Discovery Center at UCSC’s Long Marine Lab, he frequently writes and speaks on sea otters, coastal advocacy, and the often-troubled relationship between humans and nature.
New children's book
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Sabby the Sea Otter is just a young pup, but his mom is teaching him everything about how to be a sea otter -- how to dive underwater, how to find food in the ocean, and how to stay safe in a world full of danger. Sabby wants to know everything about the bay he and his mom live in. But one day Sabby's curiosity gets him in trouble when a rushing tide traps him in a human-made hazard, a great big pipe filled with water. Now Sabby needs to learn how to survive on his own, while his mom fights every obstacle to find him.
Young readers will be thrilled with this true story of a how a real-life sea otter pup and his mom were reunited, while learning fun sea otter facts and an important lesson about how human activity affects wildlife. Illustrated with color photos of real sea otters, Sabby the Sea Otter: A Pup’s True Adventure and Triumph is a fun introduction to the ocean and the creatures who live there.
Age Range: 5 - 9 years
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 4
Hardcover: 32 pages, 44 full color photos
List Price: $17.95
Publisher: Craven Street Books (March 1, 2020)
Product Dimensions: 9 x 9 inches
"Kim Steinhardt is a keen observer, a wonderful storyteller, and a remarkable photographer. Sabby is an exciting true story of a sea otter pup and his mom. It’s filled with a mother’s love, courage and patience and a young son’s curiosity and courtship with danger. The story is illustrated with Kim's remarkable photographs of these wonderful animals." -Jerry R. Schubel, PhD, President, Aquarium of the Pacific
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"My son makes us re-enact Sabby and his mother's reunion every single night before bed. He even quotes the book saying things like "she sprang into action to do the only thing that might work..." -Justine Choi, Mom
"Adventure. Love. Education. Plus, a splash of danger. “Sabby the Sea Otter: A Pup's True Adventure and Triumph” is illustrated with exquisitely captured photographs and is a factual story chock full of life lessons through the teachings of a momma sea otter and her adorable baby Sabby. Young readers will learn marine mammal lifestyle skills and, after reading this book, families or teachers could expand the learning with a fun visit to an aquarium." -
Pat Burns, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Orange County Children’s Book Festival
"Two thumbs up! This real-life tale of a sea otter pup and his mom is a coming of age story. Sometimes young ones, both humans and otters, get into trouble along the way. Children can easily relate to little Sabby in this respect. The book is about growing up, adventure and triumph, and how the will to survive leads to the emergence of natural instincts and newly found abilities." -Doris Harvill, life-long educator
Coastal adventure, policy, science, history and the future
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The Edge is a dramatic snapshot of the California coast's past, present, and probable future in a time of climate change and expanding human activity. Written by two marine experts who grew up on the coast, The Edge is both a celebration of the coast's natural and cultural uniqueness and a warning of the many complex changes that threaten that uniqueness.
The Pacific coast is the most iconic region of California and one of the most fascinating and rapidly changing places in the world. Densely populated, urbanized, and industrialized -- but also home to wilderness with complex, fragile ecosystems -- the coast is the place where humanity and nature coexist in a precarious balance that is never perfectly stable. As ocean levels rise, coastal communities are starting to erode, and entire neighborhoods have been lost to the sea. Coastal ecosystems and wildlife that were already stressed by human settlement now face new dangers, some threatening their very existence.
The combined impacts of climate change, housing and commercial growth, commercial fisheries, oil drilling and production, along with environmental advocacy, all come together to define the future of the region. A masterful and sweeping synthesis of environmental and social science, The Edge presents a comprehensive portrait of natural and cultural history -- the story of the people, communities, industries, ecology, and wildlife of the California coast.
Paperback: 302 pages, 128 full color photos
Publisher: Craven Street Books (October 1, 2017)
List Price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1610353099
ISBN-13: 978-1610353090
"The Edge is an important reminder that life in nature can only survive if we accept our responsibility to be good stewards." -Leon Panetta, former congressman and chair of the Pew Oceans Commission
"Fact-packed ... beautifully illustrated and easy to read, The Edge offers a well-documented study of the coast's past and present and a thoughtful consideration of its future." -Georgia Rowe, San Jose Mercury News
"Kim Steinhardt and Gary Griggs each have had a long love affair with the California coast. You can see it in their personal stories, and how they worry about the long-term effects of human interaction between land and water. This is a must read for anyone who shares their love for the coast and concern for its future." -John Laird, California Secretary for Natural Resources, and Chair of the California Ocean Protection Council
"I loved this book. A paean to the California coast, weaving together science, history, and politics, from two of the most eminent, and personally invested, scholars on the subject. If you want to pull together the myriad impressions and questions of a drive or hike down the coast, if you want to understand it on all its many facets -- read this book." -Andreas Merkl, President, Ocean Conservancy
"Steinhardt and Griggs have marshaled a wealth of compelling evidence, intriguing lore, and unabashed advocacy to rally our steadfast support of California's 'Edge.' Listen and learn." ―Donna McCrohan Rosenthal, The News Review
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Sabby the Sea Otter
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The Edge:The Pressured Past Precarious Future of CA Coast
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