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She will be home in 2020.That was the word from members of the Lummi Nation who have not given up on their efforts to free the captive Southern Resident…
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Chinook salmon – the Northwest’s largest and most iconic fish species – are shrinking.Researchers have documented that adult kings returning from the…
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The federal agency in charge of endangered orca recovery is proposing to add more than 10 million acres of Pacific coastal waters to the area it considers…
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UPDATE: 10:45 p.m.: This story and its headline have been updated to clarify that the lawsuit will be filed by two individual members of the Lummi Nation,…
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Low numbers of Chinook salmon expected to return to the Columbia River this summer have led state and tribal officials to close that fishery until Aug. 1.…
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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…
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A bill to shield endangered Puget Sound orca whales from noise and other disruptions caused by vessel traffic got a first hearing in Olympia on Tuesday.…
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If you want to keep Puget Sound's endangered orca whales from going extinct, you have to make sure they have enough to eat. That’s a key message from…
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Canada’s energy regulator has issued draft recommendations concerning the proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline and its impacts on marine…
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A new calf was spotted Friday among the population of critically endangered Southern Resident orcas.Ken Balcomb, of the Center for Whale Research, told…