Snohomish River Fish Team: "Saving Salmon, Saving Orcas"

Snohomish River Fish Team: "Saving Salmon, Saving Orcas"

Snohomish County and the Tulalip Tribes survey fish four times a month around the Snohomish River estuary by setting a net and counting the fish it catches. They measure size, record species, and look to see if Chinook salmon are recovering in light of habitat restoration projects. Chinook salmon are the preferred food of the Southern Resident killer whales, the 76 orcas on the brink of extinction. Since the fish aren't doing well, the whales are starving. Scientists have focused much of their effort on restoring salmon habitat which has been lost to development, agriculture and other issues, but they say the projects are way behind and need to speed up if we want the orcas and their favorite prey to survive.

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Dawn Noren: "What's Killing Killer Whales?"

Dawn Noren: "What's Killing Killer Whales?"

Dawn Noren is a federal research biologist with NOAA. She studies the physiology of the Southern Resident killer whales, specifically focused on blubber and body condition. She has worked on several h...

16 Aug 201920min

Linda Rhodes: "Parasites In Sewage"

Linda Rhodes: "Parasites In Sewage"

Linda Rhodes is a microbiologist with NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Science Center who studies how parasites in human sewage and animal waste may be hurting the Southern Resident killer whales. The...

31 Maj 201921min

Tim Ragen: "Recovering Endangered Mammals"

Tim Ragen: "Recovering Endangered Mammals"

Tim Ragen spent 15 years as a research biologist for NOAA, coordinated stellar sea lion recovery efforts, and then worked for 13 years with the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission. He has invaluable insight...

9 Maj 201930min

Kurt Russo: "Feeding Our Orca Ancestors"

Kurt Russo: "Feeding Our Orca Ancestors"

For thousands of years, the Lummi Nation has been performing ceremonial feedings for killer whales, and continue that tradition today with the Southern Resident killer whales, who are now facing the r...

2 Maj 201916min

Lanni Johnson: "17 Days Without Food"

Lanni Johnson: "17 Days Without Food"

Lanni Johnson is a 71-year old grandmother from Snohomish, Washington who starved herself for 17 days to raise awareness of the plight of the 75 Southern Resident killer whales who are on the brink of...

19 Apr 201926min

Brad Hanson: "Deadly Diseases""

Brad Hanson: "Deadly Diseases""

Brad Hanson is a wildlife biologist with NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center and one of the scientists most intimately acquainted with the decline of the Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW). ...

10 Apr 201934min

Josh McInnes: "A Calf Named Lucky"

Josh McInnes: "A Calf Named Lucky"

Josh McInnes is Research Coordinator for Marine Life Studies and an expert on transient killer whales. He recently had a surprise encounter with L124 or "Lucky", the newest calf born to the Southern R...

2 Apr 201920min

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