AK: Southeast researchers are keeping up with the humpbacks

Volunteer researchers from the Alaska Whale Foundation survey humpbacks in Frederick Sound for a region wide population study. Back: Christine Walder and Leonie Mahlke. Front: Madison Kosma. (Photo – Nora Saks)When animals are removed from the Endangered Species List, who keeps tabs on them? Often, the work of monitoring populations falls on volunteers.
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This is true of one of Southeast Alaska’s most iconic seasonal visitors – the humpback whale. Researchers have band