Darren Grover
General manager at Project Jonah and marine mammal rescue coordinator who led volunteer responses to mass pilot whale strandings at Farewell Spit and describes hands-on rescue tactics and logistics in this episode.
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Mar 30, 2026 • 15min
The Farewell Spit
Daren Grover, general manager at Project Jonah and marine mammal rescue coordinator, led volunteer responses to mass pilot whale strandings at Farewell Spit. He recounts the late-night call, hands-on rescue tactics like cooling and positioning whales, the kilometer-long human chain for refloating, and coping with repeated strandings and new tech for predicting events.
