Twenty Years of Science and Conservation in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Heather Goldstone is the science editor at WCAI, the Cape and Islands NPR Station. She holds a Ph.D. in ocean science from M.I.T. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and spent a decade as an active researcher before leaving the lab to become a writer.

July 16, 2012

Updated July 03, 2023

Happy Birthday to New England’s only national marine sanctuary. Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year. In honor of the milestone, here’s a little marine sanctuary trivia: