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L pod in Puget Sound, M Sears #21348 The rain is back, and so are the salmon, and so are the whales! Writer Chris Dunagan connects the dots in a new article for Puget Sound Institute: LOW RAINFALL LEADS TO AN ODD AND CHANGING YEAR ...
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Celebrating Springer’s 20th
We recently gathered in Telegraph Cove to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Springer’s rescue. The trip got off to an auspicious start when we saw humpbacks from the deck of the Black Ball ferry, as we made the crossing from ...
Celebrate Springer 2022
Springer A73, Spirit A104 and Storm A116 in 2021. Photo courtesy Ocean Wise. Image captured under DFO Research Permit MML-18 We are heading up to Telegraph Cove this weekend to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Springer’s ...
LISTEN: Springer’s story on KNKX
BreachingVashon_MSears Twenty years ago, a young orca was discovered in Puget Sound – lost, alone and 300 miles away from home. Over the next six months, government agencies, nonprofits and businesses worked together to return ...
Telling the Story of Springer – a Success!
Spyhopping A73s - Springer, Spirit and Storm. (Photo courtesy Oceanwise MML 18) Last week more than 500 people tuned in for “Telling the Story of Springer,” a webinar co-sponsored by NOAA Office of National Marine ...
The Whale Trail featured in “Places I Remember” with Lea Lane
Sphyopping Orca (Mark Sears, Permit 21348) Hello everyone! It’s a rainy day in West Seattle, the northwest looking like its usual November self: wet and windy, with the last of the fall leaves clinging to to the trees. Great ...
Announcing my book “Orca Rescue!”
Exciting news! My book, ” Orca Rescue! The true story of an orphaned orca named Springer“ was published this month by Kids Can Press. The middle grade nonfiction book tells the story of how a young orca was rescued, ...
Welcome the Orcas Writing Contest Winners
We are delighted to announce the winners of our Welcome the Orcas Writing Contest, held in December 2020 to celebrate the seasonal return of the endangered southern resident orcas to central Puget Sound. Thank you to everyone who ...
Good News for Orcas! WDFW Rules for Commercial Whale-Watching
Breaching Southern Resident Puget Sound (Mark Sears Permit 21348) Last Friday, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Commissioners approved rules for commercial whale-watching that will make it easier for the endangered ...
Welcome the Orcas with a Sign, Poem or Story
Social 1 Join us to Welcome the Orcas and celebrate the seasonal return of the southern resident orcas to central Puget Sound. This is usually a one-day event in West Seattle – for 2020 the celebration goes through the end of ...