Tag: ocean
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Whale That Swam 20 Miles Up Washington River Is Found Dead
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in GeneralEach year, from mid-February to May, eastern North Pacific gray whales migrate northward along the West Coast, but in recent years more have been dying on the journey. Last year, 179 gray whales died during migration season, 18 of them in Washington State, said John Calambokidis, a research biologist with the Cascadia Research Collective, which had been…