Orca recovery

The rescue of Springer the baby orca unfolded 20 years ago this month. That effort – the community coming together to return a young killer whale to her family – remains the only successful example of orca rehabilitation on record. Why is that?

Update, Dec. 18, 2020: State officials have approved new rules that limit whale watch boats to a three-month season for viewing Puget Sound’s endangered…

“For as the orca go, so go we.”Those were words from Gov. Jay Inslee as he signed five bills that aim to help keep endangered Southern Resident killer…

Experts and enthusiasts agree, whether on water or on land: it’s difficult to describe the feeling people get in the presence of orcas.“I wish you could…

Members of Gov. Jay Inslee’s orca recovery task force and environmental groups supporting its work say they have four critical bills that are still in…