Stephanie Raymond

Stephanie Raymond is a lifelong resident of the Salish Sea region and passionate about sharing its wonders with others. Her environmental education career has included non-profit work, formal and informal outdoor education, classroom teaching, curriculum development and advocacy work. She has studied forest, riparian, estuarine, nearshore and marine ecology, as well as local ethnobotany.

Stephanie holds a degree from the University of Washington in Social Issues and the Environment, joining her curiosity about the natural world with her fascination for how humans interact with it. Stephanie has been leading classes about marine mammals since 1978, and has been the lead naturalist for Victoria Clipper’s whale and marine life tours since 2010.

When not actively searching for whales, Stephanie enjoys sailing, canoeing, camping, hiking, and gardening.