SOUTHEAST ALASKA

Alaska Whale Foundation

The Alaska Whale Foundation (AWF) has been leading the fight to protect the health of marine mammals and coastal ecosystems in Southeast Alaska for nearly three decades. Thanks to generous contributions from travelers like you, the LEX-NG Fund is supporting the AWF’s Ocean Health Program, an ongoing research and monitoring initiative that provides a picture of the health of the region’s marine ecosystem. In 2022, during a five-month field season, the AWF collected critical information that will help researchers understand water conditions, marine nutrients, whale abundance, whale distribution patterns, and whale health. Support from the LEX-NG Fund is allowing the AWF to provide the robust scientific data that are needed to help policymakers and managers make conservation-oriented decisions that have a direct impact on ocean health and sustainability.