Paul Linnman (born January 25, 1947) is a former television news reporter and anchor in Portland, Oregon, and radio personality in the same city.
 He is perhaps best known for his 1970 KATU report on the attempt by the Oregon Highway Division to dispose of a dead, beached whale by exploding it (beaches open to motor vehicles are considered state highways in Oregon).
 He worked for more than 30 years as a television news reporter, host and anchor, from 1967–1972 and 1978–2004.
 He had a talk radio show on KEX 1190 AM from 2003 to 2014, and subsequently has worked as a media consultant.
The gray whale ("Eschrichtius robustus"), also known as the grey whale, gray back whale, Pacific gray whale, or California gray whale is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly.
 It reaches a length of 14.9 m , a weight of 36 t , and lives between 55 and 70 years.
 The common name of the whale comes from the gray patches and white mottling on its dark skin.
 Gray whales were once called devil fish because of their fighting behavior when hunted.
 The gray whale is the sole living species in the genus Eschrichtius, which in turn is the sole living genus in the family Eschrichtiidae.
 This mammal descended from filter-feeding whales that appeared at the beginning of the Oligocene, over 30 million years ago.
The term exploding whale primarily refers to an event at Florence, Oregon in November 1970, when a dead sperm whale (reported to be a gray whale) was blown up by the Oregon Highway Division in an attempt to dispose of its rotting carcass.
 The explosion threw whale flesh over 800 ft away.
 This incident became famous in the United States when American humorist Dave Barry wrote about it in his newspaper column after viewing a videotape of television footage of the explosion.
 The event became well-known internationally a few decades later when the same footage circulated on the Internet.
 It was also parodied in the 2007 movie "".
Physeteroidea is a superfamily that, today, includes three extant species of whales; the sperm whale, in the genus "Physeter", and the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale, in the genus "Kogia".
 In the past, these genera have sometimes been united in a single family, the Physeteridae, with the two "Kogia" species in a subfamily (Kogiinae); however, recent practice is to allocate the genus "Kogia" to its own family, the Kogiidae, leaving the Physeteridae as a monotypic (single extant species) family, although additional fossil representatives of both families are known.
Whale watching is the practice of observing whales and dolphins (cetaceans) in their natural habitat.
 Whale watching is mostly a recreational activity (cf. birdwatching), but it can also serve scientific and/or educational purposes.
 A study prepared for IFAW in 2009 estimated that 13 million people went whale watching globally in 2008.
 Whale watching generates $2.1 billion per annum in tourism revenue worldwide, employing around 13,000 workers.
 The size and rapid growth of the industry has led to complex and continuing debates with the whaling industry about the best use of whales as a natural resource.
Baleen whales (systematic name Mysticeti), known earlier as whalebone whales, form a parvorder of the infraorder Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises).
 They are a widely distributed and diverse parvorder of carnivorous marine mammals. Mysticeti comprise the families Balaenidae (right whales), Balaenopteridae (rorquals), Cetotheriidae (the pygmy right whale), and Eschrichtiidae (the gray whale).
 There are currently 15 species of baleen whale.
 While cetaceans were historically thought to have descended from mesonychids, molecular evidence supports them as relatives of even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla).
 Baleen whales split from toothed whales (Odontoceti) around 34 million years ago.
A Nantucket sleighride was a term used by Nantucket whalers to describe what occurs immediately following the harpooning of a whale.
 The whale, distressed - or, more likely, annoyed - by the harpoon, attempts to flee and thus drags the whalers' longboat along with it.
 The speed of the "sleigh ride" would vary depending on the species of the whale, with certain species (e.g. humpbacks) giving faster rides.
 The sperm whale was the whale that caused the longest drag events, reaching speeds of 23 mph (37 km/h).
 The length of the drag for the sailors would last as long as the whale could swim before it became exhausted.
 Fin whales and sei whales were the most dangerous species, as they would dive scores of fathoms deep taking the longboat and its occupants beneath the surface if possible.
 Once the whale had exhausted its energy, the sailors (if still alive) would kill it and harvest its oil.
Baleen is a filter-feeder system inside the mouths of baleen whales.
 The baleen system works by a whale opening its mouth underwater and taking in water.
 The whale then pushes the water out, and animals such as krill are filtered by the baleen and remain as food source for the whale.
 Baleen is similar to bristles and consists of keratin, the same substance found in human fingernails and hair.
 Baleen is a skin derivative.
 Some whales, such as the bowhead whale, have longer baleen than others.
 Other whales, such as the gray whale, only use one side of their baleen.
 These baleen bristles are arranged in plates across the upper jaw of the whale.
 Baleen is often called whalebone, but that name also can refer to the normal bones of whales, which have often been used as a material, especially as a cheaper substitute for ivory in carving.
The explosion of animals is an uncommon event arising through natural causes or human activity.
 Among the best known examples are the post-mortem explosion of whales, either as a result of natural decomposition or deliberate attempts at carcass disposal.
 Other instances of exploding animals are defensive in nature or the result of human intervention.
Zygophyseter varolai is an extinct cetacean, similar to the sperm whale.
 The common name of killer sperm whale refers both to its relation to modern day sperm whales, and to its similarity in size to and its "probable similar feeding adaptation to the extant delphinid killer whale ("Orcinus orca")".

Question: The explosion of animals is an uncommon event arising through natural causes or human activity, among the best known examples are the post-mortem explosion of whales, the term exploding whale primarily refers to an event at Florence, Oregon in November 1970, when a dead sperm whale (reported to be a gray whale) was blown up by which organization. in an attempt to dispose of its rotting carcass?
Answer: Oregon Highway Division