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Saving Springer How NOAA helped an orca home. Mark Sears. Global Research and Rescue. Lesson 7. Stewardship. Stewardship What will you learn?. How is Springer now? What did the team learn from the project? How are the orcas today? - current issues What can we do to help?.
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Saving SpringerHow NOAA helped an orca home Mark Sears Global Research and Rescue Lesson 7. Stewardship
StewardshipWhat will you learn? • How is Springer now? • What did the team learn from the project? • How are the orcas today? - current issues • What can we do to help? Global Research and Rescue
StewardshipHow is Springer now? • Still healthy! • Still with her pod! • With her great-aunt (A-11s), not grandmother (A4s) Global Research and Rescue
StewardshipWhat did the team learn? • How to work together to solve a common problem • Orcas can go home again! Global Research and Rescue
StewardshipHow are the orcas today? • Southern resident orcas are endangered NOAA
StewardshipIssues facing orcas today • Food (not enough salmon) • Poisons in the environment • Boat noise and traffic NOAA
StewardshipWhat can we do to help? • Your ideas go here! Mark Sears
StewardshipNOAA’s role • Study what is causing orca population to go down • Make a plan to helpthe orca population get bigger • Make sure people follow the plan NOAA
Epilogue and StewardshipCommunity role • Learn how we can help the whales • Change what we do • Work with NOAA to be sure the whales are protected and preserved NOAA
StewardshipActivities • Taking Action • Know – Wonder – Learn