Naturalists Lecture Series

** No registration required **
Open to the public
$5 at door for non-study group members 

Lecture:  PUGET SOUND’S ENDANGERED ORCAS: WHERE THEY GO, WHAT THEY EAT, HOW THEY'RE DOING, AND HOW WE CAN HELP

When: 7:00pm to 9:00pm  
Where: Seattle Program Center - 7700 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle (Magnuson Park) - Cascade Room
Cost: $5 for Mountaineer members and general public (free for Naturalists Study Group members) 

Elizabeth Petras, Natural Resources Specialist from NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, will share some of the latest information on Puget Sound's endangered orcas.  For years NMFS, in collaboration with researchers in the Pacific Northwest and from around the world, have been working to better understand our orcas. Elizabeth will present some of the latest information on where the whales go once they leave the Salish Sea, what food resources they depend on, and what's being done to assess individual health. The orcas depend on salmon and Elizabeth will share ways that we can all help the recovery of this iconic species.

More on NOAA Fisheries: https://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/research/divisions/cb/ecosystem/marinemammal/southern_killer_whale.cfm