Beam Reach

After spending a week up in the Strait of Georgia, J-Pod made their way back south towards the San Juan Islands this morning. It feels a little like the good ol' days to have them around in early May!

On Friday, a commercial fishing vessel ran aground and sunk in Haro Strait off Henry Island. Thankfully, unlike with the Aleutian Isle two years ago, this vessel settled in shallower water and responders were able to remove most of the 400+ gallons of fuel on board yesterday. The local emergency response department reported that they believed the environmental risk was greatly diminished by the time J-Pod transited the area today.

As they passed Lime Kiln Lighthouse heading south, most of J-Pod was in one tight group fairly close to shore. I thought I'd share some love for one of the members who gets featured a little less often: here's J39 Mako who gave us a lovely pass.

Happy Earth Day! Here's a new dashboard that mashes up orca and salmon data the same way SRKWs = Southern Resident Killer Whales mash up Chinook from the Fraser and Columbia rivers.

https://salmonorca.fly.dev/

Congrats to volunteer Zoe Liu for winning the *2023 Best Visualization of Ecosytem Data* across all open source projects of the Orcasound - Listen for Whales community!

Read more about this new Earth Day tool and inspiring volunteer on the Beam Reach blog -- https://beamreach.blue/2024/04/22/an-orca-salmon-dashboard-for-the-endangered-southern-resident-killer-whales/