Who Are The Gray Whales? with Lisa Hildebrand

As gray whales head north for their summer feeding season, a small group of them stick around the Oregon coast rather than heading all the way up to the Arctic, making places like Depoe Bay renowned for whale watching. Scientists from OSU have been researching which whales cut the migration short, how they use habitats present off our coast, and why they might be doing this.

Lisa Hildebrand (pHD PhD student at OSU’s Marine Mammal Institute at HMSC) presented her and her colleagues research projects based out of Newport and the south coast. She covered the individual whales that are known to frequent our coastal waters, and what she and her colleagues have been able to learn about them.

This was a recording of MCWC's monthly community presentation. More information can be found at midcoastwatersheds.org