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May 7, 2021

State of Washington

Galuska

The Governor's Salmon Recovery Office has named Olympia resident and long-time environmental advocate Tara Galuska to coordinate the state's orca recovery efforts. As orca recovery coordinator, Galuska will be working with partners to help implement recommendations of Gov. Jay Inslee's Southern Resident Killer Whale Task Force and tracking accomplishments. Southern resident killer whales, or orcas, have decreased in numbers from 98 in 1995 to 75 as of February, causing them to be protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. In 2018, Inslee created the Southern Resident Killer Whale Task Force to look for ways to improve the plight of orcas. The task force met for nearly two years and recommended 49 actions, many of which are being implemented now individually by state agencies and others. Galuska manages the Salmon Recovery Section of the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Before that, she was an environmental specialist and planner for two other state natural resource agencies, working on water quality studies.




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