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DRESSED FOR SUCCESS – Lys Burden and Jan Maer of Port Townsend stood out in the crowd at Swinomish Casino & Lodge last Tuesday. And it was a large crowd at that. The main conference room was filled to capacity by those attending the latest in a series of Southern Resident Orca Task Force meetings. Burden and Maer wore orca costumes to help increase public awareness of the plight of the endangered whales. – Photo courtesy of Bill Reynolds
It was a whale of a turnout at Swinomish Casino & Lodge for the latest in a series of Southern Resident Orca Recovery task force meetings last Tuesday.
The main conference room of the Tribal complex was filled past capacity by an audience hopeful the 44-member blue ribbon panel appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee can significantly improve the odds of saving the endangered whales and put into effect measures assuring their long-term presence in the Salish Sea region.
Once home to more than 200 orcas, the shoreline areas and islands of Washington state and British Columbia now host just 75 whales. That...
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