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  An Olympic orientation: UW Climate Impacts Group and Washington Sea Grant pilot a learning institute for emerging environmental professionals

  Many job orientations start in a lobby or a conference room. This one began at the scars left by a dam and wound its way to the mouth of a great river. January 20, 2026 Sixtee...

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  New modeling tool shows coastal flooding hazards in central Puget Sound

  Created by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and supported by Washington Sea Grant (WSG), the Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS) recently released flood hazard pr...

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  New staff: WSG welcomes Stuart Thomas

  January 9, 2026 Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to welcome Stuart Thomas as a new aquaculture specialist! Stuart brings more than 17 years of experience across aquacultu...

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  Sign up to receive the 2026 WSG calendar

  December 19, 2020 It’s almost the new year, and our beautiful 2026 Washington Sea Grant calendar is here! If you would like to receive a calendar, please fill out this f...

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  Shake out! Don’t freak out! Reflections from a WSG fellow on the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe Great ShakeOut Drill

  December 19, 2025 By Madeleine Lucas, WSG Coastal Resilience Fellow Maddy Lucas took a break from distributing tsunami information to practice her “Drop, Cover, and Hold”...

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  New study outlines the site selection process for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community’s groundbreaking clam garden

  December 15, 2025 Many helping hands lay the foundation for the Swinomish Tribe’s clam garden in August 2022. In August 2022, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community laid...

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  First detection of highly invasive European green crab in Skagit Bay

  A participant from the Molt Search program made the important discovery November 25, 2025 One of the European green crabs captured in Skagit Bay. Photo courtesy of the Swinomi...

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  Join WSG for king tide viewing parties in South Bend December 5 and Olympia December 9

  November 19, 2025 A king tides viewing party led by WSG coastal policy specialist Bridget Trosin King tides are the annual extreme-high tides that occur whenever the moon is c...

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  Floodplains to foodwebs

  WSG-funded researchers investigate estuary restoration through the eyes of juvenile salmon November 10, 2025 By Mel Lemke, WSG Science Communications Fellow Hatching from thei...

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  First king tides of the season reach Washington shores this week

  October 30, 2025 Storm damage in Port Townsend, Washington, 2016. The first series of king tides, the highest high tides of the year, is set to reach Washington shores Novembe...