Join us this October 16th, 2021 for ORCA RECOVERY DAY!
Register and see full details at https://betterground.org/in-your-community/events/ord/
When it comes to the fight for our orcas, we all have something to bring to the table.
In 2018, the world watched as Tahlequah, a Southern Resident Killer Whale, carried her dead calf for 17 days, travelling almost 1,000 miles off the Pacific Northwest coast before letting go. Tahlequah isn’t the first grieving orca mother- unfortunately, hers was one of many calf deaths across the past two decades. According to the Center for Whale Research, approximately 75 percent of newborns in the Southern Resident killer whale population have not survived.
In 2020, we brought #OrcaRecoveryDay to your home. We asked that you be a part of the solution by joining countless others who are creating habits and taking steps to make a better, healthier environment than the one we have now.
Every action taken mattered for the Eco Challenge teams, but most importantly they showed our collective impact and inspired others to join the effort.
Orca recovery day ecochallenge 2020: collective impact and reflections
We would love to have your participation again for Orca Recovery Day 2021 on Orca-tober 16th! Meaningful events take time and energy to organize, so we are reaching out now to encourage your initial commitment to engage as we wrap up our sponsor recruitment.
Orca Recovery Day began in 2018 when the world watched as mother Tahlequah tragically swam her dead calf around the Sound for 17 days. We had 10 restoration sites, Puget Sound Conservation Districts, and a handful of partners. Now Tahlequah has born another baby calf, with two additional orca calves swimming our waters. In three years, Orca Recovery Day grew to over 160 groups, over 1300 students engaging, and over 6000 participants. It drew volunteers to plant over 27,700 trees and shrubs and remove over 59,000 pounds of litter from reaching or re-entering the Salish Sea for sustained collective partner stewardship.
With your help, we’ll continue to grow Orca Recovery Day into an annual partner event celebrating education and collective action, connecting people living in the area to the land and waters they rely on, and fostering a stewardship ethic they’ll carry with them far beyond 1 day a year.
Please consider committing your involvement in our ONLINE FORM here, and don’t hesitate to get in touch with questions (coordinator@betterground.org). As we continue to join partners, sponsors, and your event details, we’ll load them all at Betterground.org/ord
Further, we challenge you to register for Orca Recovery Day AND personally invite 3-additional partners to register – making the list of promoted Orca Recovery Day projects and partners our most robust to date.