Give BIG for the Whales
Springer and Spirit, photo courtesy DFO Hello everyone, I hope this finds you safe and well. Like most of you we’ve been hunkering down, laying low, not quite sure what day it is… Turns out it’s May 5 – time ...
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Celebrate World Whale Day on The Whale Trail!
Orcas Celebration #mywhaletrail #alki Celebrate World Whale Day on The Whale Trail! This year we’re launching an intiative to help even more people Discover The Whale Trail. We’re kicking it off with a social media ...
A Word about L41
L41 (Mega) Near La Push, WAPhoto by C. Emmons, NOAA Fisheries Permit 16163 In January we learned that another southern resident orca was missing and presumed dead. This time it was L41, Mega, a 43-year-old male. The southern ...
Debate about Vessel Impacts on SRKW Covered by Palm Beach Post
Spyhopping Southern Resident by M Sears #21348 Should federal regulations for vessels be changed to better protect the endangered southern resident orcas? (We think so!) NOAA Fisheries recently heard public comments at a meeting in ...
Whale Sanctuary: A Bad Idea for Southern Residents
The Whale Sanctuary, a nonprofit organization based in Santa Barbara, is proposing to build a net pen for orcas in Puget Sound. The facility would be used either as a “retirement” pen for captive orcas, or to support ...
Running for Orcas
On a soggy Sunday in September, nearly 1300 people ran or walked a half-marathon course around the shores of West Seattle, passing four Whale Trail sites along the way. Each runner ran for an individual orca, whose ID and life ...
Governor Visits The Whale Trail
Governor Inslee, First Lady Trudi and their grandson Brody visited The Whale Trail yesterday! They stopped by to see our new sign at West Beach in Deception Pass State Park. We talked about the benefits of land-based whale-watching, ...
Capturing Southern Resident Orcas? Not here, not now, never again.
A year after grieving orca Tahlequah showed the world how tightly bonded orcas are to their families, the Whale Sanctuary is proposing to build a net pen in Puget Sound to capture, treat and house southern resident orcas temporarily or ...
New Calf in J Pod
New calf in J pod, by John Forde, Whale Centre Great news! There’s a new calf in J pod. Researcher John Forde spotted the newborn near Tofino on May 30th. Its mother is presumed to be J31. When the whales were ...
GiveBIG for the Whales TODAY
Wednesday, May 8 is GiveBIG, a one-day online giving campaign to raise funds for Washington’s nonprofits. GiveBig to The Whale Trail today! I have some wonderful news to report. On Wednesday May 8th (the same day as Give ...