In one of the populations, for instance, there are fewer than 800 individual whales left, experts estimated in 2017, while other populations are made up of tens of thousands of individuals.
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2019/10/trump-critical-habitat-humpback-whale-lawsuit/
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife today announced a delay of the Nov. 15 opening of commercial Dungeness crab season to reduce the risk of whale entanglements. This preliminary decision to delay the opening to Nov. 23 was based on data indicating the prevalence of whales off California presents an elevated entanglement risk.
A group of Southern California boaters on Sunday enjoyed a humpback whale encounter so intimate that at least one person was left crying in the moments afterward.
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/11/incredibly-close-whale-encounter-stirs-emotions/amp
A gray whale was discovered washed up on Agate Beach yesterday amid an elevated number of strandings along the west coast of North America this year that has scientists working to uncover the reason for the anomaly.
ESCONDIDO — The Escondido Creek Conservancy has launched “The Missing Lynx” campaign to establish permanently protected wildlife corridors in North San Diego County.
Data from California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife reflects a sometimes adverse human-bear relationship in Mendocino County and other rural North Coast counties, where the bear population is particularly dense.
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10188029-181/as-bears-move-into-sonoma?view=AMP
Rod Lagace said he's known for awhile when the bighorns come down from the mountains, normally between October and the next rain.
Drone footage captured Pacific white-sided dolphins swimming with a humpback whale in clear California waters on November 11.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/amphtml/aerial-footage-captures-pacific-white-214201688.html
Adventurer Erik Jones, 39, used a drone to capture stunning aerial footage of the gray whale gliding through the turquoise waters of the San Ignacio Lagoon, on the Baja Peninsula, alongside her calf, to the panga boat.
The whale was spotted late Thursday by a local birdwatcher. The SeaWorld Rescue Team was able to get on the water to assess the situation early Friday morning and then cut the whale free. The four-hour disentanglement effort took place about one mile from the Scripps Pier, starting at about 9:30 a.m., with the whale swimming free at 1:30 p.m.
