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February 2020
Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries
The Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries is a free and public symposium featuring internationally recognized experts and sponsored by Tanya Bevan, friends of Don Bevan, UW SAFS, Washington Sea Grant, and NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center and Northwest Fisheries Science Center. This week, Karen Kidd, Professor and Jarislowsky Chair in Environment and Health, Department of Biological and School of Geography and Earth Science at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, presents: Pharmaceuticals in the environment: What happens when fish are…
Find out more »Green – Duwamish Watershed 2020 Symposium
The theme of the 3rd biennial Green-Duwamish Watershed Symposium is "Climate Change Resiliency: engage, innovate and change." The symposium is a one-day event, giving exposure and promoting the broad and diverse work being done throughout the watershed and the opportunity to network with individuals across fields (technical and non-technical), locations, cultures, organizations and settings. All the presentations are given in one large room, thus enabling everyone attending exposure to topics and individuals not within their normal purview. The forum…
Find out more »Marine Weather Workshop in Poulsbo
Learn to read the weather before you head out on the water. Washington Sea Grant and the Port of Poulsbo are cosponsoring a Marine Weather Workshop. Topics to be covered include: The relationships of atmospheric pressure and wind Determining the path and speed of squalls The strong wind systems found in the Northwest and how to avoid them The key features of low pressure systems How 500mb wind patterns can help you find “weather windows” for safe passages How pressure…
Find out more »Wild Seafood Exchange
Wild Seafood Exchange is a one day conference aimed at the independent commercial fisherperson who wants to learn about marketing and direct marketing to restaurants, retailers, brokers and seafood buyers. Hear from restaurants and retailers, brokers and seafood buyers about what they need from you. Hear from your colleagues about their business through small business case studies. Learn about funding sources for business operations, new equipment, vessel reposers and new construction. State and federal sources, as well as private lending will…
Find out more »Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries
The Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries is a free and public symposium featuring internationally recognized experts and sponsored by Tanya Bevan, friends of Don Bevan, UW SAFS, Washington Sea Grant, and NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center and Northwest Fisheries Science Center. This week, Caroline Brown, Northern Regional Program Manager for the Division of Subsistence at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, presents: Vulnerabilities and resilience in Yukon River salmon-dependent communities: The role of sharing networks Thursday, February…
Find out more »Union Bay Natural Area Bird Walk
Join Seattle Audubon for a Bird Walk at Union Bay! Union Bay Natural Area lies in northeast Seattle, east of the University of Washington. Meet at the Center for Urban Horticulture in the East parking lot off NE 41st Street, one block beyond the place where Mary Gates Memorial Drive turns left to becomes NE 41st Street. Leaders: Julia Hansbrough, Dick Holcomb, Shelley Evans, Bev Bowe Trip Accessibility: 1 (leisurely pace), B (mostly gravel trails, with some soft ground or…
Find out more »CANCELED: Beach Clean-up at Picnic Point Park
Join Snohomish County Extension as we clean-up bottles, cigarette butts, fishing gear and other plastic debris from our local beaches. We’ll meet in the parking lot. Bring heavy garden or work gloves, an old 5-gallon bucket and pickers if you have them. If not, we can provide them for you. Remember to dress for the weather and the soggy shoreline. Most trash is above the wrack line, so you shouldn’t be in the water. However, beaches do have fresh water streams…
Find out more »March 2020
Mercer Slough Bird Walk
Come explore the Eastside at Lake Washington’s largest freshwater wetland with Seattle Audubon! We’ll descend a short but steep hillside into the slough, and then walk around the Bellefields Loop Trail. As we search the woods, channel, and blueberry farm for birds, there will be an emphasis on listening for bird sounds. Binoculars will come in handy, but scopes are not needed. Birders of all levels and ages are welcome. Leader: Eric Crockett & Emily Larson Trip Accessibility: 1 (leisurely pace),…
Find out more »Seward Park Birding Field Trip
Join Seattle Audubon for a walk of the trails of Seward Park, listening and looking for resident birds and some early migrants. Seward Park has 120 acres of old growth forest and is home to two pairs of Bald Eagles, as well as a variety of forest birds. By spring, not only will we be able to hear bird songs and calls, but the re-emerging foliage will make birding by ear very useful. We will aim to identify the sounds…
Find out more »Lake Union Park Bird Walk
Join Seattle Audubon for a beginner’s bird walk along the SW shore of Lake Union. Good for close views of waterfowl through the winter months. Dress for winter weather. Afterward warm up by joining Dave for coffee at the MOHAI Café or explore the South Lake Union neighborhood. Visit the permanent exhibit at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) or the nearby Center for Wooden Boats. Both are usually free on first Thursdays. Parking is limited. Public transit is…
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