Are you ready to Get Into Your Sanctuary? There are a few things you should know before you go. Encountering wildlife can be a once-in-a lifetime opportunity. For their safety as well as yours, please follow a few guidelines to ensure a positive and memorable experience: 🦦 Keep your hands to yourself and keep wildlife safe and healthy. 🐢 Report wildlife that seems sick or abandoned and leave it to the experts. 🐕 Keep pets home or on a leash. 🥤 Lend a hand with trash removal and keep their home clean. 🍟 Keep your snacks to yourself and let wildlife find their own food! 🏅 Lead by example and help others become responsible wildlife watchers. 🌅 Hang back and enjoy the view. Take the pledge to respect, protect, and enjoy your #WildSanctuaries. Visit https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/wildlife-viewing/. Our #GetIntoYourSanctuary Photo Contest opens today 📸 Submit your entries at https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/photo-contest.html. (First image description: Snorkeler swims behind a sea turtle in Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Matt McIntosh/NOAA) (Second image description: Get Into Your Sanctuary logo with fives images scattered behind. The first image is a young person sitting on looking out at the ocean. The second image is a close-up of a fish underwater. The third image is a person with SCUBA gear laying across a chalk drawing of sea creatures on pavement. The fourth image is two people walking through fog on a beach. The fifth image is a beach at dusk with waves crashing as birds fly across the sky. Credit: NOAA) #EarthIsBlue #ILoveMySanctuaries #Wildlife #RecreateResponsibly #WildlifeViewing #GIYS #Experience #Recreation #Tourism #Ocean