Saving Springer How NOAA helped an orca home

Saving SpringerHow NOAA helped an orca home

Lesson 7. Stewardship

Mark Sears

Global Research and Rescue

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 endangeredNOAA

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

Stewardship NOAA’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 Stewardship Community role

Learn how we can help the whales

Change what we do Work with NOAA to

be sure the whales are protected and preservedNOAA

Stewardship Activities

Taking Action Know – Wonder – Learn