Conservation of Orcas and Chinook salmon in Southeast Alaska

This is really fantastic news!  The Southern Resident Killer Whales frequent the waters around us in Washington but have declined so much that some experts question the population’s viability.  They’ve been pretty active near me for the past several weeks and it’s always a thrill to spot them.  I hope this decision leads to their robust recovery. 

As a corollary, I also hope the chinook population recovers around here enough to make the tribal fisheries sustainable and expand the sport season that has been so restricted as a result of commercial overfishing. 

So hurray for the advocates and the courts!