Marine biologist honored for 40 years of gray whale study

Alisa Schulman-Janiger, a marine biologist, cetacean researcher and educator, was honored on Sunday, Dec. 1 for her 40 years of dedication to the ACS-LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project. In a surprise presentation, American Cetacean Society Los Angeles Chapter (ACS-LA) colleagues and Rancho Palos Verdes Mayor John Cruikshank honored Schulman-Janiger with a plaque at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center (PVIC) in Rancho Palos Verdes on Sunday, which marks the first day of the Pacific gray whale mig