Learn about Orca whales at Friday lunchtime talk (WU-141)

Bring a brown bag lunch to this talk at 11:45am at the Waterfront Community Center, Friday, May 8th.

Certified marine naturalist Susan Marie Andersson will be talking about why the Orca’s that can be seen from the ferry and from our Bainbridge shoreline are in danger, and what needs to be done to help them recover and survive for future generations.

An extended clan of Orca whales known as the Southern Resident Killer Whales, (SRKWs) socialize and forage in our local waters. They form tight family bonds and offspring remain with their mothers their entire lives. These intelligent, extremely social and undeniably charismatic animals are also very much at risk, and have been listed as endangered since 2005.

This lecture is part of the Brown Bag Lunch Series, presented by the Bainbridge Island Land Trust and West Sound Wildlife Shelter.

This free series is a fun way to spend your lunch hour learning about the local wildlife in our community and the land that provides their habitat.

Open to all ages, suggested $3 donation.

Credits: BCB host: Sandy Schubach; BCB editor: Tim Bird; BCB social media publisher: Barry Peters.

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Land Acknowledgment

“Every part of this soil is sacred in the estimation of my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad or happy event in days long vanished.” – Chief Seattle 1854

We would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is within the ancestral territory of the suq̀ʷabš “People of Clear Salt Water” (Suquamish People). Expert fisherman, canoe builders and basket weavers, the suq̀ʷabš live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here, the suq̀ʷabš live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors.