Crab Team Welcomes Community Science Specialist

February 9, 2023

Hello Crab Team community!

My name is Lisa Watkins and I’m thrilled to be joining you all as Washington Sea Grant’s new Community Science Specialist. A large part of my role will be to coordinate the Crab Team monitoring network, aiming to make participation–from recruitment and training to data reporting and beyond—as meaningful and smooth-running as possible.

As a network, Crab Team has set a standard of what meaningful, management-relevant community science efforts can look like, and ...

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New video: Seaweed farming in Washington waters

February 7, 2023

Meg Chadsey, WSG carbon specialist, talks with two emerging seaweed farmers on Vashon Island who have different approaches

By Andrea Richter-Sanchez, WSG Science Communications Fellow

Kelp aquaculture has many potential benefits to society. For example, it can provide habitat for marine life, decrease erosion along shorelines, absorb excess carbon dioxide and nutrients from the water, and provide food for local communities. As of now there is only one open water commercial seaweed farm in Washington — but the state ...

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New Staff: WSG Welcomes Lisa Watkins

February 1, 2023

We are thrilled to welcome Lisa Watkins as the new community science specialist for the Crab Team at Washington Sea Grant.

Lisa coordinates WSG Crab Team’s volunteer monitoring network, which collects detection data on the invasive European green crab across Washington’s Coastal and Puget Sound regions. She aims to ...

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Who brings your seafood to you? An interview with John Alto and Amy Sharp, a couple who work on their own commercial salmon troller

January 26, 2023

The power couple reflected on how, for them, fishing is a craft that is passed down through generations and rooted in community

By Andrea Richter-Sanchez, WSG Science Communications Fellow

They say nothing brings people together better than good company over a warm home-cooked meal, and that story was no different for John Alto and Amy Sharp. John, a troller fisherman, one day got a call from a friend inviting him over to a troller family dinner. Troller vessels generally fit ...

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More than just a cute face: What otters can tell us about the health of the environment

December 27, 2022

The River Otter Project used community science to shed light on contamination in the Lower Duwamish River


By Andrea Richter-Sanchez, WSG Science Communications Fellow

   

“Otters are an easy way to engage people to care about the environment. If there is one thing that almost everyone can agree on, it’s how cute otters are,” says Michelle Wainstein, a conservation biologist and lead of Otter Spotter at the Woodland Park ...

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50th anniversary campaign recognized by Sea Grant awards program

November 28, 2022

Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is thrilled to be recognized by the 2022 Sea Grant Excellence in Communication Awards in the online/social media category around the program’s 50th anniversary celebration. This communications campaign included many components, such as a story map, a lunch and learn series, a commemorative video, and a social media campaign that highlighted historical photos. The initiative ...

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Healing and connection through the songs of Khu.éex’

November 23, 2022

This Native American Heritage Month, we’re honored to share music from the Seattle-based Indigenous band

The Tlingit, Haida and Blackfoot languages are all endangered, according to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. But the traditional words of these peoples are alive and well as they find new power through the songs of Khu.éex’.

“We’re singing in our Indigenous languages that were threatened with extinction,” says vocalist and band member Sondra Segundo. “And ...

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Meet Andrea Richter-Sanchez, WSG Science Communication Fellow

November 15, 2022

    My name is Andrea Richter-Sanchez and I am thrilled for the opportunity to be Washington Sea Grant’s science communication fellow for the fall and winter of 2022-2023. I am originally from Venezuela and grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida. Growing up in a tropical climate by the beach, I have ...

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Drone videos show height of tsunami based on UW modeling

An evacuation route in Westport, Washington gets a “tsunami eye” view

October 20, 2022

It started with a question: How can emergency managers and educators make tsunami evacuation maps and routes easier to remember for coastal communities?

That’s when Washington Sea Grant Coastal Hazards Specialist Carrie Garrison-Laney came up with an idea.

“Some people are visual in terms of how they understand things,” she said.

“Being able to see video of how high a tsunami could be on a familiar landscape is a ...

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Crab Team Welcomes Project Assistant and Postdoctoral Fellow

Header Photo: Beautiful early morning field day at Dakota Creek, Drayton Harbor. Crab Team and WDFW staff check a trap. Photo: Leah Robison

October 18, 2022

Hello Washington Sea Grant Crab Team enthusiasts!

I’m very excited to introduce myself as the new Crab Team Early Detection Project Assistant. I’ll be here through the end of the year to help develop a new early detection program aiming to complement your stellar monitoring efforts with a less intensive and ...

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UW Graduate Student Selected as 2022–2023 WSG Keystone Fellow

October 4, 2022

Washington Sea Grant is excited to announce that Ashley Townes has been selected as the 2022–2023 WSG Keystone Fellow. Through the fellowship, she will spend the year working at the Port of Seattle. Launched in 2019, the WSG Keystone Fellowship seeks to build pathways into marine science, policy and related industry careers for individuals who are historically underrepresented in those fields. This paid fellowship offers a unique educational opportunity by matching highly motivated and qualified individuals with host offices ...

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