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- EIN 27-2158208
- 707-267-8587
- 324 Carter POB 78 Crescent Mills CA 95934 USA
- www.nakedwhaleresearch.org
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Causes: Biological & Life Sciences
Mission: Naked Whale Research (NaWhaRe) encourages individuals and marine researchers alike to actively take part in helping create public awareness concerning threats to the long-term survival of the Endangered Southern Resident killer whales, known as J, K, and L pods that frequent waters off the coastal Northwest.
Results: We've successfully created a proto-type web based GIS killer whale tracking map to illustrate historical and current day killer whale sightings in relation to areas of prey concentration and human use consumption areas. We have created a tri-fold, waterproof boater education brochure to inform boaters on the preferred and respectful way to motor around marine mammals. We have kicked off our transient killer whale photo-identification survey for winter 2013.
Target demographics: rare and endangered killer whales.
Geographic areas served: California, Oregon, and Washington state coastlines.
Programs: 1) To create a website for individuals, non-profit and governmental agencies that gives them a dedicated information source for accessing first hand sightings and map of killer whale and marine mammal locations submitted by individuals and researchers along the coastal Northwest. 2) To recruit individuals for Pay to Volunteer assisted data collection for the purpose of: a) Data collection on areas of regular Southern Resident killer whale occurrence, movement patterns, distances traveled offshore, habitat selection, and relationships with spatial/temporal occurrence of prey; b) Data collection on dietary preference of Southern Resident killer whales to confirm importance of Chinook salmon and to identify prey populations of special significance during the winter months.