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About
Welcome to the orcasphere! The orcasphere is a virtual collaborative space inspired by the Southern Resident Killer Whale Symposium held in Seattle, Washington, from April 3-5, 2006. The Symposium was an intellectual exchange between scientists, policy makers, managers, industry representatives, … Continue reading
Updates from NOAA on Elwha science
Yesterday Sarah Morely of NOAA/NWFSC Watershed Program, Fish Ecology Division gave a 40-minute synopsis of the “Elwha River Dam Removal – Past, Present, Future.” My notes are appended and the NOAA site has an abstract with recommended references (also appended … Continue reading
Posted in BR-rss, dam removal, RSS-shared, Salmon, Southern resident natural history
Elwha dam removal begins this weekend
Here’s a great letter sent out today by Save Our Wild Salmon: This Saturday, September 17th, marks a truly historic event for wild salmon and river communities: the largest river restoration project to date with the removal of the two … Continue reading
Posted in BR-rss, dam removal, Salmon
How NZ orcas hunt sharks
I was most impressed by this underwater photograph taken by Ingrid Visser of a New Zealand killer whale pursuing a mako shark. The associated article from the Daily Mail describes hunting techniques that smack of likely Southern Resident tactics: collaborative … Continue reading
How to: share salmon or orca news
I’ve been enjoying using orcasphere.net as a forum for sharing breaking news about southern residents, salmon, and related environment issues. In the hopes of inspiring others to join me, this post is the first in a series that describe how … Continue reading
Snake River Salmon on KUOW
The most prominent appeal in this discussion was whether we can move away from litigation and towards more collaborative processes to restore the wild populations of Columbia salmon and steelhead. The agreement between 3 tribes and federal agencies (the “Columbia … Continue reading
Etymology of the “Salish Sea”
During the Coast Salish plenary, Bert Webber described the process by which our marine ecosystem has gained a new (and much better) name. Living in Bellingham, it became apparent that this place on both sides of the U.S./Canada border shares … Continue reading
Out-going WDFW Director helped WA Chinook
While the new Treaty will almost surely be good for the southern residents, I remain uncertain about whether releasing wild salmon really works when they’re caught during openings that target hatchery fish. “Under Koenings’ leadership, WDFW established many new sustainable … Continue reading
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Orcasphere migration
The web site is currently undergoing a renovation and migration. To save money and support open-source software, we are moving away from squarespace.com and to a Word Press installation on dreamhost.com servers. General blog articles from http://beamreach.squarespace.com, some images, and … Continue reading
Posted in information technology
About
Welcome to the orcasphere! The orcasphere is a virtual collaborative space inspired by the Southern Resident Killer Whale Symposium held in Seattle, Washington, from April 3-5, 2006. The Symposium was an intellectual exchange between scientists, policy makers, managers, industry representatives, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized