Gray Whales Face Multiple Threats
Merrill Gosho, NOAA
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Gray whales swim by Mendocino twice a year as they migrate from Mexico to the Arctic. Scott and Theresa Mercer have been counting and documenting them from a bluff near Point Arena since 2014. The Mercers recently gave a science talk at the Noyo Center that focused on the issues whales face and provided an update on the status of the Gray Whale.
Michelle Blackwell is a writer, journalist, and reader. She contributes to the KZYX News program and publishes in the Fort Bragg Advocate and the Mendocino Beacon regularly. She developed, hosts, and produces the KZYX radio show and podcast “Upwelling” Her fiction pieces have appeared in various Writers of the Mendocino Coast anthologies.