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'No do-over' for orca task force grappling with Southern Resident pod

caption: Baby orca J54 swims with its mom, J28, in the waters off San Juan Island in 2015.
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Baby orca J54 swims with its mom, J28, in the waters off San Juan Island in 2015.
Dave Ellifrit/Center for Whale Research

Laura Blackmore of Puget Sound Partnership speaks with KUOW's Kim Malcolm about the task force kicking off on Tuesday to discuss the overall health of the killer whales local to the Washington state and Canadian coast lines, known as J-Pod.

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