Connecting whales and people in the Pacific Northwest.
Over 20 years ago we began helping a captive L pod orca return to her home and family. Soon it was clear her family needed help too.
Below are portals to
Orca Network Sightings Network
Langley Whale Center
Retire Lolita Campaign
Educational Resources
Marine Mammal Stranding Network.
Orca Network Announcement
The staff and board of Orca Network are deeply saddened by the passing of our brother, dear friend, and esteemed colleague, Kenneth C. Balcomb, on December 15, 2022.
Please follow this link to see our full tribute to Ken.
Welcome to the new Orca Network website! Our goal is to present our programs and recent whale sightings, news, issues, events, and commentary, and educational material and natural histories of Salish Sea whales, archived sightings reports, scientific publications, and more. The site is still a work in progress, so if you see any glitches, or have any suggestions for improvement, please let us know via the Contact page.
Thanks for stopping by to have a look.
“We are all intricately connected, from tiny plankton to forage fish, salmon, orcas, tall firs and cedars, mountains, rivers and the ocean. It is time to reflect, to reconnect, and to respond as better caretakers of our planet.”
— Susan Berta, Orca Network
Where are the whales? How can we see them?
Orca Network's Whale Sighting and Education Project encourages observation to increase awareness and knowledge about the Southern Resident Community of orcas (J, K and L pods), Bigg’s Transient orcas and other cetaceans, and foster a stewardship ethic to motivate a diverse audience to take action to protect and restore their critical habitat.
All are welcome to the Langley Whale Center.
Orca Network’s Langley Whale Center on Whidbey Island, in the Salish Sea, celebrates and shares the lives of gray whales, orcas and other marine mammals of the Salish Sea.
How can we learn about whales, and how can we help them?
Looking for resources for students, teachers, scientists, advocates? Here are scientific papers, videos and acoustics, marine mammal information sheets, and more.
She needs to return to her home and family.
She learned before her capture in 1970 how to be a Southern Resident orca and is fully capable of returning to the Salish Sea waters she grew up in. Now the marine park has a new owner. Do we have a new opportunity to bring her home at long last?
What to do if you find a marine mammal on a beach.
The Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network (CPSMMSN) responds to strandings in Island County (Whidbey & Camano Islands), and northern Snohomish County. To report stranded marine mammals call 1-866-ORCANET.
Orca Network is a non-profit organization connecting whales and people in the Pacific Northwest since 1996.
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