Now that the legislative session is over, where do the Orca Task Force recommendations stand? Has progress been made? The BOLD team has the answers in this easy-to-read scorecard.
Now that the legislative session is over, where do the Orca Task Force recommendations stand? Has progress been made? The BOLD team has the answers in this easy-to-read scorecard.
Thank you to everyone who’s been following and engaging with their legislators to help critical bills get passed! There is still more work to be done in a lot of areas as you will find out in this report particularly in funding salmon habitat projects.
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Helpin’ Out Orcas in Bothell’s Urban Forest
Josh McInnes Shares His Experiences and Research on Mammal-eating Killer Whales
Josh joins us to discuss his research on Transient killer whales. These orcas eat marine mammals and differ from fish-eating Resident killer whales. As a student growing up in Canada, Josh shares childhood stories of whales which led him to his current work in California studying killer whales that prey upon the calves of Gray whales.
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Hawaii’s Fascinating, Lesser-Known, Endangered Whales – Robin Baird
Scientist Robin Baird from Cascadia Research Collective joins the Whale Scout podcast as we dive deep into the waters of Hawaii to explore a different species of resident toothed-whales: False killer whales. Learn about their negative interactions with fisheries and what’s being done to protect them.
Learn more online and in this incredible book.
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Helpin’ Out Kelsey Creek
Helpin’ Out Idylwood Creek
Rescheduled Helpin’ Out Event Urban Chinook Salmon
How Could a New Habitat Protection Law Help Orcas? Amy Carey Explains.
Executive Director of Sound Action, Amy Carey, explains why orcas need soft shorelines in Puget Sound. House Bill 1579, if passed, will protect shorelines through the revision of HPA (hydraulic project approval) process for construction in waters.
Sound Action has spent countless hours watchdogging every marine HPA and fighting to ensure shorelines are protected. This fix in permitting could make significant improvements for fish and orcas.
Want to learn more about this work? Watch Shorelines of Stone.
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