Posted Fri, Oct 21, 1:24 p.m.

And IF YOU SEE WHALES - please call 1-866-ORCANET, or post your sighting on the Orca Network Facebook page or email sightings to info@orcanetwork.org - thanks! It's unfortunate that the number used by NMFS to call in sightings reports, which are needed by NMFS researchers to study the habitat needs ...

Posted Tue, Apr 12, 9:28 a.m.

Perhaps salmon recovery has faded in part because the Chinook/orca correlation, shown repeatedly in peer-reviewed studies, hasn't made it into the media. If we can't restore the Chinook, the orcas won't recover. It's that simple, but the media and the public have been confused by the more visible and simpler, ...

Posted Sun, Jun 13, 11:30 a.m.

Kmeyer, I think the operative word is "ostensibly." BP and the corporate culture in general don't consider the federal government to be sufficiently legitimate to report anything accurately, adhere to safety requirements or follow EPA directives when transgressions are discovered. BP is forcing Obama to create a scene in which ...

Posted Thu, Jun 10, 10:25 a.m.

randy - Obama can't do much because, as noted in this fact-filled article, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 put the Responsible Party (RP) in charge of the response. Obama would have to declare a national emergency and step in by seizing BP's assets and command structure before coordinating such ...