<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b4f7b077-1593-4cb5-a9b4-3537240dd91e/CE25C96E-E075-444B-8C1F-90C3D034E5C7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/07/cook-inlet-beluga-whale-population-decreases-to-321-new-noaa-survey/" href="http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/07/cook-inlet-beluga-whale-population-decreases-to-321-new-noaa-survey/" style="font-size: 11px;">ecoworldly.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/07/cook-inlet-beluga-whale-population-decreases-to-321-new-noaa-survey/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/ecoworldly.com/img/A301C441-CE46-4DD5-882E-C0FCA47985D0" alt="Beluga image for article about Cook Inlet beluga whale population decrease" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/07/cook-inlet-beluga-whale-population-decreases-to-321-new-noaa-survey/"><P>Alaska’s small population of critically endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales is continuing to decline even further, according to the new survey by <A target="_blank" href="http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/newsreleases/2009/cibeluga100609.htm">NOAA scientists</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/07/cook-inlet-beluga-whale-population-decreases-to-321-new-noaa-survey/"><P>Using video and photographic data collected during fish migrations in early June (when belugas congregate for feeding), researchers have estimated the population of Cook Inlet beluga whales to be at 321 - a decrease from the 375 belugas found in 2007 and 2008. (Source: NOAA Fisheries Service)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/07/cook-inlet-beluga-whale-population-decreases-to-321-new-noaa-survey/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/ecoworldly.com/img/B9A8CB24-E78F-4C30-AA93-5DF2864FC43A" alt="NOAA chart image showing Cook Inlet beluga whale population decrease" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/07/cook-inlet-beluga-whale-population-decreases-to-321-new-noaa-survey/"><P>Earlier this year, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin threatened legal action to<A href="http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/17/palin-announces-lawsuit-to-overturn-protections-given-to-cook-inlet-beluga-whale/" linkindex="23"> overturn the Cook Inlet beluga whale’s endangered species protections</A>, but apparently did not pursue the suit.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/07/cook-inlet-beluga-whale-population-decreases-to-321-new-noaa-survey/">The Cook Inlet beluga whales are now facing the threat of a <A href="http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/30/will-the-port-of-anchorage-expansion-harm-beluga-whales/" linkindex="24">Port of Anchorage expansion</A> project - which is sailing forward after being awarded a no-bid contract</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/07/cook-inlet-beluga-whale-population-decreases-to-321-new-noaa-survey/">Cook Inlet beluga whales (<EM>Delphinapterus leucas</EM>) are a distinct population from a total of five beluga populations - and are the only population that is critically endangered</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/CE25C96E-E075-444B-8C1F-90C3D034E5C7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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