Organizations throughout Seattle, Washington

To begin, I will be researching and discussing the eighteenth largest city within the United States of America. Seattle, Washington has an estimated 684,451 residents, and is known to be the fastest growing city with a growth rate of 2.1%. This seaport city can be found on the west coast of the United States of America, and is situated on a narrow piece of land also known as an isthmus between Puget Sound and Lake Washington.

Seattle was inhabited by Native Americans for about 4,000 years until the first European settlers made it across the country. In the years to come, the city was known for their logging industry until the late nineteenth century when they became a shipbuilding center as a gateway to the state of Alaska.

With the city having such a long history, they have had many organizations established in and around it. For instance, the Orca Conservancy is an all-volunteer registered Washington State non-profit organization that works to protect the wild areas that the endangered Southern Resident Orca inhabit. The organization was founded in 1996, and collaborates with the world’s top research institutions and environmental groups in order to better address the crucial problems facing the orcas. The organization collects their money through donations that helps them advocate for the the orcas.