{"id":41787,"date":"2021-07-06T19:49:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T02:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=41787"},"modified":"2021-07-06T19:49:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T02:49:45","slug":"event-orca-recovery-day-2021-better-ground-puget-sound-conservation-districts-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/event-orca-recovery-day-2021-better-ground-puget-sound-conservation-districts-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Event: Orca Recovery Day 2021, Better Ground (Puget Sound Conservation Districts, WA)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0Join us this October 16th, 2021 for ORCA RECOVERY DAY!<\/span><\/h3>\n

Register and see full details at https:\/\/betterground.org\/in-your-community\/events\/ord\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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When it comes to the fight for our orcas, we all have something to bring to the table.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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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\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Every action taken mattered for the Eco Challenge teams, but most importantly they showed our collective impact and inspired others to join the effort.<\/p>\n

Read what happened in 2020.<\/a><\/p>\n

Orca recovery day ecochallenge 2020: collective impact and reflections<\/a><\/p>\n

We would love to have your participation again for\u00a0Orca Recovery Day 2021\u00a0<\/strong>on Orca-tober 16th!\u00a0 Meaningful events take time and energy to organize, so we are reaching out now to encourage your\u00a0initial commitment to engage<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0as we wrap up our sponsor recruitment.<\/p>\n

Orca Recovery Day began in 2018 when the world watched as mother Tahlequah tragically swam her dead calf around the Sound for 17 days.\u00a0 We had 10 restoration sites, Puget Sound Conservation Districts, and a handful of partners.\u00a0 Now Tahlequah has born another baby calf, with two additional orca calves swimming our waters. In three years, Orca Recovery Day grew to over\u00a0160 groups,<\/strong>\u00a0over\u00a01300 students engaging<\/strong>, and over\u00a06000 participants<\/strong>. \u00a0It drew volunteers to plant over\u00a027,700 trees and shrubs<\/strong>\u00a0and remove over\u00a059,000 pounds of litter<\/strong>\u00a0from reaching or re-entering the Salish Sea for\u00a0sustained collective partner stewardship.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With your help, we\u2019ll continue to grow Orca Recovery Day into an\u00a0annual partner event<\/strong>\u00a0celebrating education and\u00a0collective action<\/strong>, connecting people living in the area to the land and waters they rely on, and fostering a stewardship ethic they\u2019ll carry with them\u00a0far beyond 1 day a year.<\/em><\/p>\n

Please consider committing your involvement in our\u00a0ONLINE FORM here<\/a>, and don\u2019t hesitate to get in touch with questions (coordinator@betterground.org<\/a>). As we continue to join partners, sponsors, and your event details, we\u2019ll load them all at\u00a0Betterground.org\/ord<\/a><\/p>\n

Further, we challenge you to register for Orca Recovery Day AND\u00a0personally invite 3-additional partners to register\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 making the list of promoted Orca Recovery Day projects and partners\u00a0our most robust to date.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3815,"featured_media":34103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[11],"tags":[4,40,127,141,13,131,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3815"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41787"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41790,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41787\/revisions\/41790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}