For those who haven’t heard, the proposed Batholiths project slated to begin this fall off the north and central coast of BC has been called off. This is great news for not only for the whales and other marine life that inhabit these areas but also for coastal communities and eco-tourism. Read articles below.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070313.SEISMIC13/TPStory/?query=whale

http://www.tourism-futures.org/content/view/947/226/

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070309/wl_canada_nm/canada_seismic_col_1

Great news from the Center for Whale Research!!
The photos taken by researcher Nancy Black during her encounter with K & L pods off Monterey Bay this weekend resulted in photos of a new L pod calf, L109

From orcanetwork.org