Drones to help monitor endangered Cook Inlet belugas

Federal scientists will begin using drones to monitor beluga whales in Cook Inlet as part of an effort to restore the endangered animals.
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Photo: NMFS National Marine Mammal Laboratory
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will use the unmanned aircraft to gather more information on belugas that have stranded.
NOAA biologist Barbara Mahoney says the drones will provide details that aren’t available from a horizontal perspective, such as whether the animals are i