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var text1      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>Bolinas, CA</strong><br />SealWatch.org photo.<br />Available under Creative Commons license.<br />&nbsp;<br />These two signs from Bolinas Lagoon are perhaps the clearest, most comprehensive, and most forcefully worded examples yet documented. Even a glance lets visitors know that something is expected of them here and that there may be consequences for ignoring the information.</p>";
var text2      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>Bolinas, CA</strong><br />SealWatch.org photo.<br />Available under Creative Commons license.<br />&nbsp;<br />The Bolinas signs were posted only after lengthy 'negotiation' with local interests, and are found in just a few locations around the Lagoon.</p>";
var text3      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>Pt. Bonita, CA</strong><br />SealWatch.org photo.<br />Available under Creative Commons license.<br />&nbsp;<br />(Note: This sign was not seen at last visit!)<br />The Pt. Bonita sign has gone up only after our  Alert, and is neither permanently mounted nor allowed to remain posted daily.<br />&nbsp;<br />It also does not reference the MMPA, and may tend to re-inforce the myth of seals as significant competitors with sport fishing.<br />&nbsp;<br />Sea lions are not known to haul-out at the site, and have somewhat different feeding habits, of course.</p>";
var text4      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>Elkhorn Slough, CA</strong><br />SealWatch.org photo.<br />Available under Creative Commons license.<br />&nbsp;<br />Harbor seals in Elkhorn Slough have only a few suitable haulout and pupping sites, all of which are reachable by car, foot, or boat.<br />&nbsp;<br />Without signs on buoys, it's hard to protect a haulout like the one shown being disturbed in our Alert.<br />&nbsp;<br />But these volunteer-made placards were placed along a road frequently used by beachgoers, people fishing, and moon-gazing couples. Hopefully the disturbances reported in this area of the Slough will lessen.</p>";
var text5      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>Pt. Reyes, CA</strong><br />SealWatch.org photo.<br />Available under Creative Commons license.<br />&nbsp;<br />Pt. Reyes National Seashore has had an official harbor seal monitoring program for over 30 years. Volunteers annually trek cross-country, along cliffs, and have even sat in the rain for hours with binoculars to count moms, pups, and seasonal changes. The park, accordingly, tends to be well-signed.<br />&nbsp;<br />There is no mention on this politely worded example, however, of the legal authority behind the signs.</p>";
var text6      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>La Jolla, CA</strong><br />Photo by 'TinaG79' / Flickr.<br />Used by permission.<br />&nbsp;<br />Signs at Casa Beach / Children's Pool in La Jolla, CA have had a history almost as contentious as the debate about the seals themselves and their supporters and detractors.<br />&nbsp;<br />There have been natural history interpretive signs such as this, informative signs carried by volunteers, warning signs posted by health authorities, and statutory notices placed by federal agencies.<br />&nbsp;<br />They have gone up and, on occasion, they have gone down. The seals, their needs, and the law remain unchanged.</p>";
var text7      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>Pt. Reyes, CA</strong><br />SealWatch.org photo.<br />Available under Creative Commons license.<br />&nbsp;<br />Great sign. Too bad it was just leaning against a fence behind a building at the park, several miles from any seals. Maybe someone thought it wasn't visitor-friendly enough. Don't want to scare people needlessly about the dangerous seals, after all. Nonetheless, there are plenty of places nearby where posting it might do some good.</p>";
var text8      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>Pt. Bonita, CA</strong><br />SealWatch.org photo.<br />Available under Creative Commons license.<br />&nbsp;<br />Great sign. A real beginning of protection, and one which recognizes the responsibility of those bringing children to a wildlife area to monitor their behavior.<br />&nbsp;<br />Especially when they are part of a park-sanctioned activity.</p>";
var text9      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>Pt. Bonita, CA</strong><br />SealWatch.org photo.<br />Available under Creative Commons license.<br />&nbsp;<br />Great sign. Too bad it was just leaning against a post near an outhouse at the park, uphill from the hazardous trail to the seal haulout. Maybe someone thought it wasn't visitor-friendly enough.<br />&nbsp;<br />But, even when it was temporarily (and informally) put where it should be, it was ignored. Those people fishing are at most 100 feet from the seals on the rocks. Casts this close regularly cause flushes, particularly during pupping season.</p>";
var text10      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>Goat Rock Beach, CA</strong><br />SealWatch.org photo.<br />Available under Creative Commons license.<br />&nbsp;<br />From the trail to the beach where the first Seal Watch program began in Sonoma County, California.<br />&nbsp;<br />Teams of docents hold the line at a rope barrier at a good distance from the haulout. That the park service bans dogs from this section of beach is a testimonial to the work of the volunteers from Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods</p>";
var text11      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>Goat Rock Beach, CA</strong><br />SealWatch.org photo.<br />Available under Creative Commons license.<br />&nbsp;<br />The difference in NMFS protection offered here than at Casa Beach in San Diego, where the same federal laws should apply, is astonishing.</p>";