Man accused of following, posing with B.C. orcas, DFO investigating

Photographer TJ Campbell said he saw the orcas and rushed down to the beach to get some shots of the pod, when he noticed a man in an aluminum boat in the water near the animals.

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They grow up so fast ...

Here's J59 with her mom, J37 Hy'Shqa, in a photo from last March after she was born (side by side), and in a photo from 16 days ago (daughter in front).

I'm hoping the #SamishNation will hold their #potlatch naming ceremony soon; I want to refer to her by name, not number.

#PNW #SalishSea #SouthernResident #Orcas #StraitOfJuanDeFuca #Cetaceans #BritishColumbia #Washington #CenterForWhaleResearch

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After 65 years of failing to generate a single kW, the process of removing the Enloe dam and opening up 340 miles of #salmon habitat in #Washington and #BritishColumbia was jumpstarted in December by an allocation of funds by #NOAA

Have #hope.
Keep the pressure on.
Support politicians willing to put our time, energy and money into remediating anthropogenic problems to secure all our futures.

#MariaCantwell #PattyMurray #JayInslee #Heroes #SouthernResident #Orcas #PNW #SimilkameenRiver

Inbreeding contributes to southern resident killer whale’s low population growth: study

Southern resident killer whales had the highest levels of inbreeding of five North Pacific killer whale populations analyzed by researchers.

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