Season of Giving Back: Fall Tree-Planting

Sign up Here! Tis the Season for Planting Trees! Endangered Southern Resident killer whales depend on salmon as a critical prey resource from watersheds in Puget Sound and beyond. Salmon use the Sammamish River as a migratory corridor. Improving the water quality in the river will help both struggling salmon populations and orcas. Come plant &hellip; Continue reading "Season of Giving Back: Fall Tree-Planting"

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Bear Creek Volunteer Event!

Sign up Here! Come help us remove invasive plants! Chinook salmon in Bear Creek are doing relatively well compared to nearby streams so let&#8217;s keep it that way. Endangered orcas need these fish to recover. Native trees and shrubs protect water quality by shading the stream keeping it cool, providing cover, and stabilizing stream banks &hellip; Continue reading "Bear Creek Volunteer Event"

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Bear Creek Volunteer Event

Gift the Earth this Holiday Season!

Sign up Here! Tis the Season for Planting Trees! Endangered Southern Resident killer whales depend on salmon as a critical prey resource from watersheds in Puget Sound and beyond. Salmon use the Sammamish River as a migratory corridor. Improving the water quality in the river will help both struggling salmon populations and orcas. Come plant &hellip; Continue reading "Gift the Earth this Holiday Season &#8211; Join Our Tree-Planting Team!"

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Gift the Earth this Holiday Season &#8211; Join Our Tree-Planting Team!

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Restore more in 2024

Find the campaign platform here. Whale Scout engages the community in restoring salmon habitat addressing a critical problem for orcas: lack of food. Improving riparian areas alongside Chinook-bearing rivers and streams, we&#8217;re directly saving the whales we all love to observe in the wild. Killer whales act as a powerful lead-in to participation in river &hellip; Continue reading "Restore More in 2024: Join us in planting trees for orcas, salmon"

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Restore More in 2024: Join us in planting trees for orcas, salmon

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October 2023 Current Planting Area! Begings of 2023 was the start of our new future riparian forest. Unlike the first location, this one was covered in nearly 10 foot tall Himalayan Blackberry bushes. Thanks to hundreds of volunteers and a wonderful group of spring/summer interns they were cleared. In the course of one year, we &hellip; Continue reading "Former Wayne Golf Course Riparian Restoration"

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Former Wayne Golf Course Riparian Restoration

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Skip the shopping madness the day after Thanksgiving and #OptOutside instead! The trend started by outdoor gear company, REI, has taken hold in the community and we&#8217;re offering opportunities to connect with naturalists at public beaches. Look for whales from shore with our volunteers who will share their local knowledge and enthusiasm for all wildlife &hellip; Continue reading "Opt Outside for Black Friday"

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Opt Outside for Black Friday

In October 2021 sightings networks in Puget Sound such as Orca Network, have been buzzing with the bizarre sighting of a lone Beluga whale far from his or her family in Arctic homewaters. The whale has dazzled whale watchers on boats and from home viewing live helicopter footage from a news station. The beluga’s brilliant &hellip; Continue reading "Scientists Respond to the Lone Beluga in Puget Sound"

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Scientists Respond to the Lone Beluga in Puget Sound

Dubbed the &#8220;loneliest whale in the world,&#8221; a whale calling out at a unique 52 hertz was first discovered by the Navy. Years later, intrigued by mystery, filmmaker Joshua Zeman sets out on a quest to find the whale, &#8217;52&#8217; alongside prominent scientists and acousticians. Join their incredible journey as they use new technologies to &hellip; Continue reading "Interview with Filmmaker Joshua Zeman, &#8216;The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52&#8217;"

Interview with Filmmaker Joshua Zeman, 'The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52' - Whale Scout

Interview with Filmmaker Joshua Zeman, &#8216;The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52&#8217;

Celebrating the theme of &#8220;We are Family&#8221; we&#8217;re taking a deep dive into the social interconnectedness of orcas and exploring concepts of culture both in the behavior of whales and our own diverse relationships with the species. This year we&#8217;ll be reading the National Geographic magazine &#8220;Secrets of the Whales&#8221; edition and &#8220;Spirits of the &hellip; Continue reading "Spirits of the Coast: Indigenous Media Maker Nikki Sanchez Talks New Book"

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Spirits of the Coast: Indigenous Media Maker Nikki Sanchez Talks New Book

The recently published National Geographic series Secrets of the Whales takes a deep dive into the cultural lives of whales. On this episode we learn about culture in Pacific Northwest killer whales (orcas) from Dr. John Ford from his 40+ years of experience. What exactly is culture in animals? Why is it such a contentious &hellip; Continue reading "Orca Culture: Dr. John Ford Shares His Experiences Studying Whales"

Orca Culture: Dr. John Ford Shares His Experiences Studying Whales - Whale Scout

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