Langley Whale Center is turning 10 in March!

Celebrate 10 wonderful years with us all month long with a new and improved Langley Whale Center Membership packages and a month long scavenger hunt with a special prize. (These start on March 1st!)

Then be sure to join us for our 10th birthday bash! YOU are invited for a “whaley” special birthday party at your whale center!

When: Saturday, March 16th, open special extended hours from 10am-5pm

Where: Langley Whale Center

What: Storytelling Hours and Science Talks with Orca Network pod members throughout the day, 10th Anniversary Historical Video presentation (with lots of familiar faces from our 10 years of history!), Facepainting, special discounts, and birthday crafts!

Ways of Whales brings together researchers, advocates, educators and whale lovers for continuing education and networking. In addition to fascinating presentations by experts in their field, the day offers our popular silent auction, an opportunity to socialize with fellow whale enthusiasts, and the chance to visit our Learning Lobby and learn about the great work being done by our Pod Partners.

The event is being held in person at the Coupeville High School Performing Arts Center and virtually on StreamYard. For those not attending in person, be sure to check out our virtual Learning Lobby starting in January; it will be linked here!

Cost: $40/$30 seniors & students

A limited number of full and partial scholarships are available for those
who need them. Please email cindy@orcanetwork.org for more information.

Speakers include:
Howard Garrett, Fred Sharpe, Jared Towers, Kayeloni Scott,
Tara Galuska, Brad Hanson, and Darren Croft.

Find more information and register at:
https://orcanetwork.regfox.com/ways-of-whales-2024

Visit our online learning lobby here:

Ways of Whales Learning Lobby

Agenda

9:30 - Registration/Check-in/Visit Learning Lobby and Silent Auction

10:30 - Welcome

10:45 - Toki’s Legacy - Howard Garrett, Orca Network

11:30 - Animal Behavior, Humpback Whales, and the Search for Life in the Universe - Fred Sharpe,  The Templeton WhaleSETI Team

12:30 - Lunch/Networking

1:45 - Looking out for Bigg's killer whales - Jared Towers, Bay Cetology

2:45 - Break

3:00 - Panel - Southern Resident Orcas and Salmon

• Brad Hanson, NOAA

• Darren Croft, Center for Whale Research

• Tara Galuska, Washington State Orca Recovery Coordinator

• Kayeloni Scott, Nez Perce Tribe/American Rivers

Join us for our annual holiday zoom party and craft-making extraveganza! Learn to make several whale and ocean-themed holiday crafts while we celebrate another successful youth zoom year!

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpde6gpz8rHNNhaYjkAqfpY8eN1D3mPY18

Reserve your spot at this special screening at the link below.

Join Orca Network and Whidbey Camano Land Trust for Orca Recovery Camp Action for Salmon (ORCAS). This day camp provides fun and educational activities to help young naturalists and advocates ages 5 to 12 learn about the connections between Southern Resident orcas and salmon, and what we can all do to help them both recover. The event will take place at Langley Whale Center (105 Anthes, Langley).

The camp is FREE of charge, but we ask you to pre-register to give us an idea of how many will be attending. 

10AM - 12:30PM

For more information, please email: Cindy or Katie.

Tokitae Tribute & Story Time

Langley Whale Center Youth Event

Wednesday, August 23rd at 11.30 AM

Free to the Public, RSVP to katie@orcanetwork.org, but walk-ins welcome!

Lolita Loves the Ocean Story Time with Sage Maloch

Toki Talk with Debora Toro

Southern Resident Orca Celebration

Snacks & Refreshments Provided

A vigil in Tokitae’s memory will take place at the Langley Whale Center.

Thank you! This event is SOLD OUT! You can email cindy@orcanetwork.org to be added to a waiting list in case of cancellation.

Please Save the Date for our annual Penn Cove Orca Capture Commemoration, taking place on August 6th, in person for the first time since 2019! The day will include presentations and boat trips to the Penn Cove capture site for an on-the-water remembrance ceremony.

Join us for a special fundraising cruise onboard the Cutty Sark or the Suva. Both vessels will travel to the site of the 1970 Penn Cove orca capture for a commemorative ceremony.

Cutty Sark is a 50-foot classic ketch maintained and sailed by Captain John Stone through the nonprofit Aeolian Adventures. She was built of teak by American Marine in Hong Kong and was the first of 10 sister ships of the Mayflower class. In the spring and fall she takes students on educational cruises in the San Juan Islands, and is a support vessel for the native canoe journey.

http://svcuttysark.com/

Suva is a historic 1925 wooden pilot house schooner. She was built in Hong Kong, then shipped to Victoria BC. Her masts are made from British Columbian Sitka Spruce. She was the first schooner of her kind and the only cruising sailboat designed by Seattle naval architect Ted Geary.  Suva has sailed through the waters of the Salish Sea all her life.

https://schoonersuva.org/

Thank you to Aeolian Adventures and Suva for their generous sponsorship of this event! 

Join us for a celebration of some of the legendary Southern Resident orcas who are no longer with us but have left lasting legacies. This storytelling event includes staff and volunteers from Orca Network and the Center for Whale Research, and more. Come prepared with your own stories to share!

Register for virtual event

Join us for an exciting opportunity to meet guest author Nora Nickum and hear about her new book for kids/teens, "Superpod: Saving the Endangered Orcas of the Pacific Northwest."

Nora will talk about how she approached writing this new book as a way to help more youth get to know and care about these amazing whales and be inspired to help.

As always, our youth events are free to join. However, you must register to get a unique link to login.

REGISTER FOR ZOOM EVENT

Join us for special Orca Month storytime hour with Langley Whale Center's Sage Maloch presenting the book "Killer Whale Eyes". Sage is a former teacher and librarian who loves to tell nature-based tales that intrigue our imaginations.

Sage is working closely with the book's author Sondra Simone Segundo on the interpretation of her story.

Snacks will be provided.

Attend a family friendly event on the Sidney waterfront, organized by the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea. Parks Canada will be present with information and activities about Southern Resident orcas..