Dr. Barbara Taylor, a 1973 Flathead High School graduate, poses with a life-sized sculpture of the endangered vaquita, the smallest porpoise whose numbers have dwindled to less than 30. Taylor has been researching marine mammals for over 30 years and is on the front line of efforts to save the vaquita. (Photo by Todd Pusser)
July 4, 2017
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July 4, 2017 9:15 p.m.
Flathead native on front line of saving porpoise
There are fewer than 30 of the world’s smallest porpoise left in the Gulf of California. As the vaquita, a small, shy marine mammal with cartoon-like facial features, slips ever closer to extinction, Flathead Valley native Barbara Taylor is hoping for a miracle.