104. Lead With Your Faith Not Your Fear

Breaching Extinction

This week Erica chatted with Donna Sandstrom, Founder/Executive Director of the Whale Trail and member of the Orca Task Force about her work and thoughts on how to help the Southern Residents. About The Whale Trail: Where the Whales Are: Discovering Marine Mammals from Shore Along the Pacific Coast (Washington Post 2020) Humans are so loud marine safaris might soon be on land (Daily Beast 2021) About Southern Resident Orca Recovery: Nearby Vessels Interrupt Feeding of Southern Resident Killer Whales, Especially Females (Holt et al 2021) Columbia Basin salmon, Snake River dams and Southern Resident Orcas (NOAA Fisheries 2020) Southern Resident Killer Whales and Snake River Dams (NOAA Fisheries 2016) Southern Resident Orca Task Force Final Report and Recommendations (2019) Southern Resident Orca Recovery - Washington State Website Give them Space! voluntary pledge campaign for boaters to stay 1,000 yard/meters away from SRKW. My book about Springer! Orca Rescue! The true story of an orphaned orca named Springer (Kids Can Press 2021)