Every Orca Counts
The Southern Resident orcas living along the West Coast are down to just 75 individuals. Restoring streams that feed into the Pacific, planting trees that benefit regional habitat, and engaging the next generation of orca caretakers will help these pods have the food and clean water they need to thrive.
We need your help. Promise the Pod to make a change before it’s too late.
Ours also has a WHO.
On July 24, 2018 the first calf born to the group in three years died after being alive for only half an hour. The mother, J35 Tahlequah, carried her baby’s lifeless body on her back for over 2 weeks—a period of mourning never before seen. Today, the West Coast whales are the only segment of orcas listed under the Endangered Species Act.
Extinct means forever, but endangered means we have time to bring this pod back from the brink.

It’s true, planting trees in the right places can save whales. With One Tree Planted we have helped plant 900,000 million trees since 2019—from British Columbia to California—near salmon streams and in urban areas to reduce pollution and restore healthy habitats.

The orcas are hungry and their waters are polluted. Communities have already identified priority projects to help address 2 primary threats—lack of prey and toxic contaminants. All they need now is funding. We have helped fund 1 priority Puget Sound project and are working to do more.

Online panel discussion with Washington State Representative Debra Lekanoff (Tlingit), Klickitat Tribal Elder Wilbur Slockish, and James Holt, (Nez Perce) the Executive Director of the Buffalo Field Campaign, followed by a Q & A. View the recording for the panel discussion here.
We need your help. Promise the Pod to make a change before it’s too late.