Terrell orca whale photo 2011

Watercraft stay the appropriate distance from a surfacing orca off San Juan Island in September 2011.

A draft report on potential actions to help in the recovery of the region’s endangered Southern Resident orcas was released Monday, and is available for public comment through Oct. 7.

The draft report includes short-term and long-term options for helping restore the declining whale population. The options were compiled by three working groups of orca experts and stakeholders advising the state’s orca recovery task force.


— Reporter Kimberly Cauvel: 360-416-2199, kcauvel@skagitpublishing.com, Twitter: @Kimberly_SVH, Facebook.com/bykimberlycauvel

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