Environment Task force urges help for salmon, ban on watching endangered orcas Governor Jay Inslee’s task force on orcas says boosting the whales' salmon diet and giving them quiet, clean waters can save the southern resident killer whales from extinction. John Ryan Kim Malcolm
Environment Why famished orcas may have to wait 90 years for more salmon That’s what environmental activists found as they began to restore the tiny Rhone-Poulenc salt marsh deep in the industrial bowels of Tacoma. John Ryan
Environment Stop fishing salmon, orca lovers say. You’re missing the point, Skagit tribe says At meeting after public meeting over the past six months, orca lovers and orca experts have urged bold action: Everything from removing dams to restricting or banning activities that can harm the whales. John Ryan
Environment For orcas, the ocean is like a super loud upstairs neighbor In Canada, the Port of Vancouver has ships slowing down through orca habitat. Now, some are hoping to do the same in Puget Sound. Eilís O'Neill
Scientists deliver live salmon to sick, endangered orca Scientists have taken an unprecedented step to save one of the Salish Sea’s 75 endangered orcas: They tried to feed her in the wild. John Ryan
Mama orca drops her dead calf after 17 days, ending 'tour of grief' A grieving mother orca has finally let her dead calf go, ending her "tour of grief." KUOW Staff
Environment Crews near Bellingham load up live salmon to feed sick, young orca An extraordinary effort to feed a sick, young orca got underway Friday morning in the waters west of Bellingham. Megan Farmer Gil Aegerter
Mama orca carries dead calf for third week As scientists searched Salish sea waters for the young, emaciated orca known as J50, they spotted her relative, still carrying her dead calf. Ruby de Luna
J50 has been found. Now biologists must figure out how to save this young orca J50 is alive. The emaciated, 3 1/2-year-old orca had seemingly gone missing over the weekend, leading some biologists to worry that she may have died.... Jill Jackson Isolde Raftery
'It's family,' say Lummi tribe members trying to save starving orca The effort to save a sick, starving orca named J50 is a personal mission for Aaron Hillaire and Malcolm Owings of the Lummi Tribe. “Hundreds and... Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
