Once thriving, there are now believed to be just 73 Southern Resident killer whales left in Washington state's Puget Sound.

Once thriving, there are now believed to be just 73 Southern Resident killer whales left in Washington state's Puget Sound.

The Chinook salmon that they mostly rely on, their population is crashing because of habitat destruction," said Roberts, the Puget Sound program director for Washington Conservation Action.

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray pledges to block the $1.3 billion in cuts to NOAA, which would eliminate funding for the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund.

President Trump’s proposed budget cuts come after big victories in salmon recovery. Twenty-five years ago, Nisqually Chinook salmon were labeled as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

President Trump’s proposed budget cuts come after big victories in salmon recovery. Twenty-five years ago, Nisqually Chinook salmon were labeled as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

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