American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Join us on October 6th for our next chapter meeting! ACS National President, Uko Gorter will be our guest speaker. Details and here... www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket... 041
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Second performance of the Orca Cantata rods afternoon at 4pm, with panel discussion on Southern Resident Orcas at 3pm. Get your tickets here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...zeffy.comEarth Day Orca CantataJoin the Puget Sound Chapter of the American Cetacean Society on April 24th and 26th at Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church for special Earth Day gatherings bringing together music, storytelling, and conver... 021
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 18/04/20266PPD-quinone needs to be removed from tire production worldwide. 25 years ago, Dr. Peter Ross alerted us to the high toxic POP load orcas we carrying, and it's time we listen to him again about the deadly effects of 6PPD-q on salmon. vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...vancouversun.comOpinion: When will Ottawa act to remove salmon-killing chemical from vehicle tires?Opinion: When rain washes tire particles from roads into B.C. streams, this toxic compound enters salmon habitats, impacting coho salmon. 021
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Join us on Tuesday, March 3rd at 7:30pm for our next Puget Sound Chapter meeting when our guest speaker will be Howard Garrett, co-founder of the Orca Network. Howard's talk is entitled "Orcas as Relational Beings". RSVP here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...zeffy.comOrcas as Relational BeingsJoin the Puget Sound Chapter of the American Cetacean Society in Room 6 of the Phinney Neighborhood Center for our March chapter meeting and a thought provoking evening with Orca Network founder, Howa... 056
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Join us for an open house on Tues, Feb 3! You'll be able to meet our board members and enjoying light refreshments. We'd love to see you, and hear your questions and comments about what ACS Puget Sound Chapter means to you. Please RSVP at the link below. www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket... 📷 Joe Olson 063
Reposted by American Cetacean Society - Puget SoundThe Daily of the University of Washington @thedailyuw.bsky.social · 02/06/2025OPINION: To save Washington’s orcas from extinction, the Snake River dams have to go (via @amolson.bsky.social ) www.dailyuw.com/opinion/to-s...dailyuw.comTo save Washington’s orcas from extinction, the Snake River dams have to goTo save the Southern Residents, we will need to put organized, consistent pressure on our elected representatives. 0104
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Join us at our next chapter meeting for an evening dedicated to Southern Resident Orca advocacy by our guest speakers, sisters Emma and Annie Stafki, who will screen their award winning documentary "Echos of the Sound". In-person-only RSVP using the following link: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...zeffy.comTwo Girls Take On The World to Help Southern Resident OrcasJoin the Puget Sound Chapter of the American Cetacean Society in Room 6 of the Phinney Neighborhood Center for our January chapter meeting and an evening dedicated to Southern Resident Orca advocacy b... 064
Reposted by American Cetacean Society - Puget SoundLars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Published! Gough et al: Daily energetic expenditure and energy consumption of short-finned pilot whales. Drones+tags+diet reveal pilot whales need ~142 squid/day @marinemammalogy.bsky.social @jexpbiol.bsky.social @acs-ps.bsky.social @uhmanoa.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-... 1189
Reposted by American Cetacean Society - Puget SoundDr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Bird Flu Ravaged the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Study Finds www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/s...nytimes.comBird Flu Ravaged the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Study Finds 01313
Reposted by American Cetacean Society - Puget Soundjehiko.bsky.social @jehiko.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Our new paper is out: "Repeated narwhal interactions with moorings challenge safety assumptions of passive acoustic monitoring in the Arctic" www.nature.com/articles/s42...nature.comRepeated narwhal interactions with moorings challenge safety assumptions of passive acoustic monitoring in the Arctic - Communications BiologyPassive acoustic monitoring may inadvertently affect narwhal behavior. Field observations of narwhals in Greenland show they repeatedly interact with seafloor moorings, possibly mistaking them for foo... 064
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 03/11/2025A research project for which we're helping to facilitate the funding. 022
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Join us for our next chapter meeting on Tuesday November 4 at 7:30pm at the Phinney Neighborhood Center. Joe Gaydos of SeaDoc Society will be our guest speaker. RSVP at www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...zeffy.comHealth Assessments and Electronic Medical Records: Tools for Saving Southern Resident Killer WhalesJoin the Puget Sound Chapter of the American Cetacean Society in Room 6 of the Phinney Neighborhood Center for our November chapter meeting, where our guest speaker will be Joe Gaydos from the SeaDoc ... 085
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Join us on June 11 for our last chapter meeting until October. This month, Casey Mclean of SR3 will be presenting "On the Frontlines: Marine Mammal Response and Health Surveillance in a Changing Ocean". Please RSVP here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket... 151
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Join us, Orca Nexus, and Tree Action Seattle on Friday June 6th at 7pm for Health Habitats & Homes: Orcas, Trees, and People. Lynne Barre will be giving her first formal public talk since retiring from NOAA on April 30th. See link for details and to reserve tickets. www.zeffy.com/ticketing/he... 050
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Join us, Orca Nexus, and Tree Action Seattle at 7400 Woodlawn on June 6th to learn how urban trees benefit both human and Southern Resident Killer Whale health. More details and RSVP here: www.zeffy.com/ticketing/he...zeffy.comHealthy Habitats & Homes: Orcas, Trees, and PeopleJoin the Puget Sound chapter of the American Cetacean Society, Orca Nexus, and Tree Action Seattle at 7400 Woodlawn on June 6th along with our guest speakers, Geof Donovan and Lynne Barre, to learn ab... 095
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 11/04/2025What a fun and interesting talk Fred Sharpe and Rachel Meade treated us to on April 1st! "Humpback Whales: Inscrutable Spouts and the Search for Life in the Universe". If you attended our meeting, let us know what you thought. 020
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Our next chapter meeting and speaker event will be on Tuesday, April 1st at 7:30pm at the Phinney Neighborhood Center. We hope you can join us along with Dr. Fred Sharpe and Rachel Meade talking about Humpback Whale Communication and SETI. RSVP using the link below. www.zeffy.com/ticketing/fr...zeffy.comDr. Fred Sharpe & Rachel Meade - "Spouting Off: Humpback Whales as Extraterrestrial Analogues - Humpbacks Whales, Fermi's Paradox and Curious Aliens - Inscrutable Spouts & the Search for Life in the U...Join us in Room 5 at the Phinney Neighborhood Center along with our guest speakers, Dr. Fred Sharp and Rachel Meade, for a talk that'll be out of this world, and we're not fooling! The Milky Wa... 040
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Please read this entry in the Federal Register and follow the instructions to leave your comments with the Council on Environmental Quality NOT to implement the rule removing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) from federal regulations! This essentially guts the EPA. Also, call your reps!federalregister.govRemoval of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing RegulationsThis interim final rule removes the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) from the Code of Federal Regulations. In addition, this... 052
Reposted by American Cetacean Society - Puget SoundDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/02/2025One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible.oceanacidification.noaa.govHome - NOAA Ocean Acidification ProgramNOAA's Ocean Acidification Program prepares us for the impacts of ocean acidification through research and interdisciplinary partnerships. 17053002436
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 26/02/2025I urge you to advocate for the environment and the well-being of everyday Americans and leave the MMPA intact. Thank you for your time 010
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 26/02/2025In 2008, U.S. companies generated more than $500 million in direct ticket sales and nearly $1 billion in coastal tourism by conservative estimates, and the industry continues to grow substantially. 120
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 26/02/2025and underscores the need for a robust Act. - Whales and other marine mammals are of immense cultural importance. - Marine mammals are integral to ocean health. - America’s marine mammals are the basis for the world’s largest whale-watching industry. 110
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 26/02/2025The MMPA has prevented the loss of any marine mammal population in the United States, even as human use of the ocean has increased. But the challenges posed by new ocean industries and large-scale changes in ocean ecosystems put America’s marine mammals at greater risk— 100
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Here's an example script offered by WDC ton use as a guide, and best to use your own words. I am calling to ask you to join your fellow representatives in keeping the Marine Mammal Protection Act intact. 100
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Please call your congressional representative and tell them to protect the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Calling and leaving a voice message or taking with their staff is way more effective than writing. 2174
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Here's an example script offered by WDC ton use as a guide, and best to use your own words. I am calling to ask you to join your fellow representatives in keeping the Marine Mammal Protection Act intact. 010
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Join us at the Phinney Neighborhood Center at 7:30pm on Monday, March 3rd for our first speaker event of 2025. You can RSVP for the talk at the link below. These events are in-person only. www.zeffy.com/ticketing/dr...zeffy.comDr. Anais Remili - "You Are What You Eat: Blubber Holds Clues to Killer Whale Diets … and Toxic Threats"Join us in Room 6 at the Phinney Neighborhood Center along with our guest speaker, Dr. Anais Remili, for an in-depth look at how molecular ecology is transforming our understanding of killer whale die... 041
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 19/02/2025@king5news.com.web.brid.gy story about J62 featuring an interview with ACS-PS President Joe Olson and @orcanetwork.bsky.social founder Howard Garrett aired last night. You can read the story here. www.king5.com/article/tech...king5.comWelcome J62: A new female orca joins the Southern Resident familyOrcas advocates got positive news this month, as the J pod's new calf was spotted in good health. 070
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 28/01/2025📷 by Joe Olson and Kelly Paulson 020
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Thank you to everyone who attended our "Coextinction" event on Saturday! Please continue to call your senators and tell them to breach the lower four Snake River dams. 1111
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Reminder: Our free screening of Coextinction is TOMORROW, January 25th, from 6 to 8:30 pm (doors at 5:30) at UW Kane Hall, Room 120. If you RSVP’d, please download your ticket with QR code from the email. You will check-in with the QR code. If you reserved multiple tickets, please have all QR codes. 0132
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Thanks for putting us in your pack! 030
Reposted by American Cetacean Society - Puget SoundWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 07/01/2025#Whaling left #NorthAtlantic #rightwhales functionally #extinct. #WHOI scientist Michael Moore says modern-day threats are just as dangerous as harpoons. 📲Dive into the issues with @nytimes.com: go.whoi.edu/NYT-Moore... 📸 NOAA NMFS permit 2137 © WHOI 28720
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Very sad news to report about the Southern Residents. We were hopeful that J61 would survive despite cautious warnings by NOAA. Fortunately, there is another new calf designated J62 yesterday. Nevertheless, the loss of J61 is very tragic. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...seattletimes.comMother orca Tahlequah once again carrying her dead calfTahlequah is once again carrying a dead calf, researchers said, as she did in 2018 in a 17-day, 1,000-mile tour that shocked the region and world. 010
American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound @acs-ps.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Hello World! Our new Whale Friendly Yard signs will be available to give away soon! 050