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Spring 2007 Vol. 8, Issue 2
ACS/Puget Sound awards 2 grants for research on cetaceans in the Salish Sea and in South/Southeast Asia; Cook Inlet Belugas: The Swan Song of the Canary of the Sea; Sea Shepard Conservation Society; Book Review: The Urban Whale, North Atlantic Right Whales at the Crossroads (Kraus and Rolland); Book Review: Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems (Estes, DeMaster, Doak, Williams, and Brownell, Jr.);

Winter 2007 Vol. 8, Issue 1
Baiji declared "functionally extinct"; Sound Science: Presenting an Ecosystem View of Puget Sound; New Economic Report Looks at Lower Snake River Dam Removal by the Numbers; Iceland Whale Hunting: Why?; Vashon Hydrophone Project: A Well-timed Gift from the Southern Resident Killer Whales; Killer Whale Pod of Many Nations: "Carving for a Greater Cause"; 2006 ACS Conference Review

late Fall 2006 Vol. 7, Issue 4
Iceland renews Whaling, Vashon Hydrophone Project Update: K & L Pods blow into town, Beam Reach report, Book review: Whales, Dolphins & other Marine Mammals, Killer Whale Pod of Many Nations (Seattle Aquarium sculpture review), Preventing Pollution

Fall 2006 Vol. 7, Issue 3
Chapter Currents with preview of 2006-2007 events, International Whaling Commission Report, IWC voting record by nation, Annual Ballot, Vashon Hydrophone Project

Summer 2006 Vol. 7, Issue 2
Chapter Currents, California Sea Lion Fundraiser, Educational Outreach report, Recent Cetacean Strangings in the US Pacific NW (2001-2006), Vashon Hydrophone Project: Rare Summer Sightings, Orca Sing 2006

Winter 2006 Vol. 7, Issue 1
Vashon Hydrophone Project update: best Southern Resident Killer Whale Recordings Yet!; Report on 2005 Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals; Book Review: Entanglements, The Intertwined Fates of Whales and Fisherman

Fall 2005 Vol. 6, Issue 4
SRKW Officially Endangered, Profile: Stephanie Norman, ACS & the Makah Whale Hunt, Vashon Hydrophone Contact! Reconnecting with the Whale Center; interview with Ken Balcomb

Summer 2005 Vol. 6, Issue 3
Vashon-Maury Important for SRKW New Mothers, Profile: Peggy Foreman, IWC 57 (S. Korea) Summary, Hood Canal Youth Summit, Education workshops, Marine Mammal Library, Conservation Education & Outreach, Book Review: Whale Rescue, changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife, Erich Hoyt

Spring 2005 Vol. 6, Issue 2
Bangladesh River Dolphin report, Alaskan experiences, Eric Hoyt on Japanese Orcas, Summit for Salmon, VHP update - Whales of Vashon, Puget Sound=Georgia Basin Research Conference, Marine Protected Areas, Educational Outreach

Winter 2005 Vol. 6, Issue 1
Vashon Hydrophone Project 1st Year, Orca Acoustic Behavior and Noise Pollution, Taxonomy, Event and Program Information

Fall 2004 Vol. 5, Issue 4
Event Information, Orcas Recorded by VHP, Research Grants update, Makah update, SRKW Endangered listing, Heaing without Ears Activity, ACS National Conference review

Summer 2004 Vol. 5, Issue 3
Meetings Resume In October, Events Information, Summit for Salmon, VHP gives presentation at NOAA fisheries SRKW meeting, Cetacean Systematics Workshop, Special Event: Original Spirits, Oct. 3, Springer returns to her summer home, Dalco, humpback in Puget Sound.

Spring 2004 Vol. 5, Issue 2
Next Meeting May 19th Anna Hall - “Holidaying Harbor Porpoise”, Vashon Hydrophone Project, State declares SRKW endangered, A. Foote and R. Osborne in Nature, Luna Update via Orcalab, Cetacean Systematics Symposium.

Winter 2004 Vol. 5, Issue 1
Next Meeting - March 17th, Events Information, Grant Awards, Vashon Hydrophone Project Installation Photos, New K pod calf, Edmonds Oil Spill, Action—Orca as State Mammal?, Shoup Update.

Fall 2003 Vol. 4, Issue 3
Chapter Meetings, SRKW Tribute plaque, Ganges River Dolphins, LFA Sonar Linked to Bends, L-98, Luna Update, Unusual Dolphins in South Sound.

Summer 2003 Vol. 4, Issue 2
Chapter Meetings, Board Member Ballots, Chiar Reports - Announcements & Updates, Hydrophone Fundrqising, L98 Update.

Spring 2003 Vol. 4, Issue 1
ACS/PS To Receive Award, General Meeting, 2003 Orca Sing, ACS/PS Research Grants for 2003,LFA (Low Frequency Sonar).

Spring 2002 Vol. 3, Issue 2
A73 Rehabilitation Fund, IWC: Ban on Commercial Hunting - Divided over Aborginal Whaling, gray whale fun facts, Kid's Quests: classifying cetaceans & what is taxonomy and classification?, Book reviews: National Audubon Society Field Guide to Marine Mammals of the World and Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals.

Winter 2002 Vol. 3, Issue 1
Board member election results, blue whale fun facts, new orca babies, L98 update.

Fall 2001 Vol. 2, Issue 3
Board member election ballots, general meetings, toxic whales, whale friendly lawns.

Spring 2001 Vol. 2, Issue 2
Killer whale petition, orcas & indigenous wisdom, whale-watch tours.

Winter 2001 Vol. 2, Issue 1
OrcaQuest 2001, Makah whale hunt draft EA, Orca updates, Filippo, Orcas and underwater sound, OrcaSing 2000 on 60 minutes

Fall 2000 Vol. 1, Issue 3
Whale Museum's Sea Sound Project, OrcaSing 2000 observations, dolphin emotions, support for the Dolphin Institute, Whale watching in the San Juans, Board member serves as relief vet on Saipan, ACS/PS beach cleanup

Spring 2000 Vol. 1, Issue 2
NMFS speaks out against US Navy, sonar test off NJ, Research Grant Fund, Makah Whaling discussed

Winter 2000 Vol. 1, Issue 1
Intro to new chapter, 1st General Meeting - Alberta Thompson, Makah elder - Watch the video of the Puget Sound Chapter's first general meeting featuring: Makah elder, Alberta Thompson who discussed her insights into the Makah whale hunt.