Each spring, trained volunteers perch on the Kenai and Kasilof bluffs and along Turnagain Arm. They’re trying to spot critically endangered belugas and record observations for researchers, so they can learn more about why the population isn’t rebounding.
Becher tries to look for belugas most days on the Kenai River.“I’m very very excited and assessing to see how they fared over the winter,” Becher said. “They’re a critically endangered group and so we want to make sure that they survived and that they thrive this season.”
“So it’s not really known exactly why they hit that area first,” she said. “But in Turnagain Arm anyway, the hooligan run starts in April, and that’s when we really see them come into the upper inlet.”
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