The Sierra Club North Olympic Group will host two North Olympic Peninsula presentations Saturday on the decline of the marbled murrelet.
Kevin Schmelzlen, campaign coordinator for the Washington State Murrelet Survival Project, will speak from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road.
He will speak from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Port Townsend Recreation Center at Lawrence and Tyler streets.
Schmelzlen will give a PowerPoint presentation about the life history of the marbled murrelet and reasons for its decline.
The presentation also will cover policies implemented to help protect the species, what is still needed and how people can help save it.
The marbled murrelet is listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act.
The Murrelet Survival Project is a campaign organized by several state conservation organizations to implement a long-term strategy for the seabird’s survival.
Schmelzlen received his bachelor’s degree in political science from University of California, Irvine.
He worked in electoral politics and government until the beginning of his career in conservation as the education and outreach coordinator at the California Wolf Center, a position he held for three years.
For more information, phone Darlene Schanfald, a member of the Sierra Club North Olympic Group, at 360-681-7565.
