Public Reporting of a Marine Mammal Stranding Event
If you have information about an injured or dead marine mammal in Alaska, promptly notify at least one of the following:
Stranding Hot Line: 1.877.925.7773
Alaska SeaLife Center: 1.888.774.7325
Bridge Veterinary Services: 907.463.5022
Stranding Event Notification:
Online Form
Please photograph and/or document as much information as you can from a safe distance until responders arrive.
Marine Animal Biography
Rachel Berngartt, D.V.M., is an Alaskan veterinarian having involvement with organizations that specialize in marine mammal medicine. She has a long history of providing veterinary clinical services for marine mammal field research projects. Her foray into marine mammal medicine started in 2004 when she was the contracted veterinary surgeon for a State of Alaska harbor seal project in Glacier Bay.
As a Letter Holder for the Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Network she is frequently contracted through NOAA/NMFS to perform veterinary forensic analyses. Strandings are unpredictable and events typically require travel to remote areas of Alaska with limited or no contact.
Dr. Berngartt further maintains a relationship with the Alaska SeaLife Center as a relief veterinarian. The Alaska SeaLife Center is Alaska's only public aquarium and ocean wildlife rescue center.
Invitations to speak and support regional events, which have the goal of increasing the public understanding of science, capture her interest.
