Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    EDUCATION, EVENTS AND OUTREACH: EDUCATION COORDINATOR, STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS COORDINATED ORCA NETWORK EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS, MOVING TO ONLINE EDUCATION PLATFORMS DURING THE COVID-19 MONTHS IN 2020. STAFF EDUCATED HUNDREDS OF SCHOOL STUDENTS OF ALL AGES, CONDUCTED FIELD TRIPS, AND TRAINED PODS OF VOLUNTEERS TO DO OUTREACH THROUGH REGIONAL FAIRS, FESTIVALS AND EVENTS: 45 EDUCATIONAL EVENTS,SERVING OVER 8,000 PEOPLE IN PERSON,ONLINE, AND THROUGH YOU-TUBE RECORDINGS WERE CONDUCTED IN 2020. STAFF CREATED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE ENDANGERED SOUTHERN RESIDENT ORCAS AND OTHER WHALES AND MARINE MAMMALS OF THE SALISH SEA, AND ENGAGED PARTICIPANTS IN ACTIONS TO HELP THE WHALES AND TO SHARE WHAT THEY LEARNED WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $100.2K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    WHALE SIGHTING NETWORK AND ORCASOUND LISTENING PROJECT: THE WHALE SIGHTING NETWORK PROVIDED RESEARCHERS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND THE PUBLIC WITH DETAILED WHALE SIGHTING REPORTS GATHERED BY STAFF, VOLUNTEERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THROUGH OUR CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT WITH THE ORCASOUND LISTENING PROJECT WE PROVIDE RESEARCHERS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND THE PUBLIC WITH THE ABILITY TO MONITOR WHALES AND SHIP TRAFFIC NOISE THROUGH HYDROPHONES USING THE ORCASOUND APP. OUR SIGHTINGS OUTREACH INCREASED TO INCLUDE 15,500 ON OUR SIGHTINGS NETWORK EMAIL LIST, 165,500 ON OUR ORCA NETWORK FACEBOOK PAGE, 27,000 ON PROJECT FACEBOOK PAGES, AND 23,000 ON OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA, TO EDUCATE AND SHARE WHALE SIGHTINGS AND INFO. TO PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON STATE AND AROUND THE WORLD. DATA FROM THESE WHALE SIGHTINGS PROVIDES TRENDS IN HABITAT USE, POPULATION STATUS, AND THE HEALTH OF ENDANGERED ORCAS IN THE PACIFIC NW. ORCA NETWORK COLLECTED AND SHARED OVER 6,000 ORCA REPORTS IN 2020, PLUS THOUSANDS OF REPORTS OF BALEEN WHALES SUCH AS GRAYS AND HUMBPACKS.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $317.6K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    LANGLEY WHALE CENTER: THE LANGLEY WHALE CENTER SERVED 7,250 VISITORS IN 2020, AS WE WERE CLOSED DUE TO COVID-19 HALF THE YEAR, AND AT LIMITED CAPACITY THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR. BUT WE CONTINUED WITH OUR MONTHLY YOUTH ACTIVITIES ONLINE, WHICH INCREASED PARTICIPATION TWO OR THREEFOLD WE ALSO HELD VOLUNTEER TRAININGS AND PRESENTATIONS VIRTUALLY, REACHING YOUTH AND ADULTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. ROTATING WHALE CENTER EXHIBITS WERE PUT IN OUR WINDOW DISPLAY FOR PASSERS BY TO LEARN EVEN WHILE WE WERE CLOSED, AND A VIDEO TOUR OF THE CENTER'S EXHIBITS WAS POSTED ONLINE. MARINE MAMMAL SPECIMENS COLLECTED BY OUR MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK WERE DISPLAYED IN THE WINDOWS ALONG WITH EDUCATION ABOUT THE WORK DONE BY STRANDING STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, WHO RESPOND TO HUNDREDS OF CALLS ABOUT STRANDED MARINE MAMMALS ON THE BEACH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $123.3K