January 30, 2025
We are sad to share the news of the passing of former Washington Sea Grant (WSG) science writer Eric Scigliano, who died in a diving accident in the Galápagos Islands last week. He was 71.
In addition to serving on the WSG communications team from 2013–2017, Scigliano wrote on wide-ranging topics from the environment, art ...
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2025
Having led Washington Sea Grant communications since 2014, Wagner shares about her 40-year career
If you heard news from or learned more about Washington Sea Grant (WSG) over the last ten years, chances are good that MaryAnn Wagner, assistant director for communications, had something to do with it. Communications plays a key role in the overall Sea Grant mission, keeping our audiences informed on current projects, research and coastal and marine issues. Wagner has led ...
Read MoreJanuary 23, 2025
By Maddie Gard, WSG Science Communications Fellow
A decade ago, the northern shore of Willapa Bay was washing away — along with the homes and businesses of the North Cove community. Rapid coastal erosion along North Cove beach in Pacific County, Washington was causing over 100 feet of beach to disappear annually into the ocean on average. ...
Read MoreJanuary 14, 2025
WSG is excited to welcome two new staff this winter: Melissa Petrich joins WSG as the new water quality specialist, and Becky Bronstein as the new resilience fellowship specialist.
Melissa Petrich
grew up in Olalla, WA and is extremely excited to be working with South Sound community members as a water quality specialist. After working and learning in different areas of California and the Mountain ...
January 6, 2025
It’s a season of new beginnings, and as we transition into the New Year, we continue to wrap up what 2024 meant in terms of the European green crab invasion in Washington. And as WSG Crab Team wraps up the 10th year of green crab monitoring, we also find ourselves reflecting on the last decade. In the next few blog posts, we aim to share some of these summaries and reflections. We will ...
December 19, 2024
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is honored to present the artwork of Alfredo Arreguín in our 2025 calendar.
The bright colors, detailed patterns and natural imagery of Alfredo Arreguín’s paintings made him one of the preeminent artists of our time. Born in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, Arreguín emigrated to Seattle in 1956 and ...
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December 16th, 2024
Your bin photos may feel as easy as the click of a button, but they are the essential step in the protocol that allows the Crab Team dataset to be used by researchers. Namely, they are the tool for validating all your findings in our data QC process. As data submitters know, Crab Team staff (Emily!) cross checks every single trapping sheet and photo from ...
Read MoreDecember 12, 2024
The highest tides of the year return to Washington state this weekend, with areas like Shelton and Olympia expecting high tides over 16 feet.
King tides, extreme-high tides that occur when Earth experiences increased gravitational pull from the moon and sun, are an annual yet dramatic feature of Washington winters. Alone, they can cause flooding conditions in low-lying areas. Combined with other factors–like high winds and wave action, especially during coastal storms–flooding can become more ...
Read MoreDecember 9, 2024
By Maddie Gard, WSG Science Communication Fellow
This fall, we are thrilled to welcome five student assistants, Dana Grant, Emma Klessig, Isaac Olson, Jane Wybenga, and Maya Ades to the Washington Sea Grant (WSG) team. WSG relies on support from student assistants and has selected these five remarkable University of Washington (UW) graduate students to join our various program areas. Student assistant positions offer first-hand experience supporting projects directly connected to WSG’s mission and values. Get to ...
Read MoreNovember 26, 2024
By Alison Lorenz, WSG Communications Project Coordinator
For Julia Richfield, 2022 was a year of new things. She moved to a new place–Chehalis, Washington–and got a new job in a new field. With some front-of-house experience in restaurants and zero professional cooking experience, Richfield became the food service director at Boistford School. She went from having never cooked professionally to doing all of the ingredient ordering, menu writing, cooking and serving for the school’s 90 students, preparing breakfast and ...
Read MoreNovember 26, 2024
By Maddie Gard, WSG Science Communication Fellow
SOUTH BEND – Last month, Washington Sea Grant (WSG) staff participated in an official ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of Bendiksen Landing, a historic building that has been redeveloped from an aging seafood production facility to include the new WSG South Bend Office. This new office space will deepen WSG’s work to serve communities along Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor, focused on issues such as coastal resilience ...
Read MoreNovember 26, 2024
My name is Madison (Maddie) Gard and I feel eager to serve as Washington Sea Grant’s science communications fellow this fall and winter. I originally grew up in the Sonoran Desert of Tucson, Arizona, with much of my childhood spent hiking and playing outdoors. My fascination with marine ...
October 28, 2024
By Jess Davis, WSG Science Communication Fellow
Prior to his life as a commercial albacore tuna fisher, Joe Malley was a graduate student and mathematics scholar teaching at the University of Oregon. The academic job market at the time left something to be desired. After the Vietnam War, student enrollment rates nationwide were dwindling. As Malley explains it, he realized that his prospects upon getting his PhD amounted to “getting a non-tenure track job at a no-name ...
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October 18, 2024
By Jess Davis, WSG Science Communications Fellow
| Ocean pink shrimp season is nearly over, so try out this recipe from Alaska Seafood before October’s end to enjoy the freshest catch! Washington’s coastal pink shrimp fishing season lasts April-October each year. While the original source recipe calls for spot prawns, ocean pink shrimp is an ... |
July 5, 2024
By Jess Davis, WSG Science Communications Fellow
What’s an oyster’s favorite band? PEARL JAM!
In the Pacific Northwest, oysters are in season year-round. Here’s one delicious way to prepare oysters at home:
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
¼ cup togarashi spice blend
1 teaspoon lemon zest, plus 3 tablespoons lemon juice
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