Environmental Updated ‘Whale Alert’ iPad, iPhone App Invites Public to Contribute to Protection of West Coast Whales by Gary Kopycinski on September 15, 2014 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Environmental: People Outside Will Be Injured: Severe Thunderstorms Strike Park Forest March 31, 2026 Park Forest Officials Urge Residents to Protect Pipes as Coldest Air of the Season Continues December 14, 2025 Park Forest Workshops Join Global Effort to Prevent Bird Collisions August 21, 2025 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2014. Mariners and the public on the U.S. West Coast can now use an iPad⢠and iPhone⢠to help decrease the risk of injury or death to whales from ship strikes.