Video: ‘Power of the pod’ at The Whale Trail’s Orca Talk 2

(Video and photos by WSB’s Patrick Sand)
The Whale Trail drew another full house at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor) Thursday night – our video above shows the hour-and-a-half “Orca Talk 2” in its entirety. Lynn Barre from NOAA was the spotlighted speaker, with an overview of how the Southern Resident Killer Whales (aka our local orcas) are doing, following the all-star lineup of TWT leader Donna Sandstrom, Seal Sitters‘ Robin Lindsey (who talked about their upcoming volunteer training – we’ll have a separate report on that later today), and “Diver Laura” James on behalf of the Tox-Ick.org anti-toxic-runoff campaign. Joining the lineup this time (but not speaking, so he’s not in our video), photographer Mike Russell:

Also on hand – bags of Whale Tails tortilla chips, which, as you’ll hear Donna mention in the video, is the first “sustaining corporate sponsor” for The Whale Trail, donating six percent of all their Oregon and Washington sales after connecting with TWT through what she described as “the power of the pod” (in this case, “pod” of human supporters):

You can buy the chips here in West Seattle at Husky Deli – the first store in our state to carry them. Donna also announced TWT has four more signs in the works – at Point Roberts along the U.S./Canada border, Lime Kiln Park on San Juan Island, Olympia, and a Kitsap County site. Meantime, watch for word of the third Orca Talk, date TBA, likely late March.

3 Replies to "Video: 'Power of the pod' at The Whale Trail's Orca Talk 2 "

  • Donna, The Whale Trail February 22, 2013 (4:55 pm)

    Thanks, WSB! Great to have you with us last night. And thanks to our speakers, volunteers, and especially, everyone who attended! Hope to see you all at the next one on March 28th @ C&P, speaker still to be confirmed.

  • DiverLaura February 23, 2013 (7:03 pm)

    Huge thanks to everyone who came out!!! Thank you again Donna for organizing this awesomeness event!

  • James Day February 23, 2013 (11:31 pm)

    Thanks also to C and P for hosting this!!

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