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January 2020
First Aid at Sea Workshop in Seattle
Learn to effectively treat hypothermia, near drowning and other incidents while on the water. Washington Sea Grant and the Port of Seattle Fishermen’s Terminal are cosponsoring a Coast Guard-Approved First Aid at Sea workshop at Fishermen’s Terminal. Topics covered include: CPR Patient assessment Hypothermia and cold water response Near drowning Shock and trauma Burns and fractures Choking and patient immobilization First Aid kits. When: Thursday, January 16, 2020 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Where: Nordby Conference Room Nordby Building Fishermen’s…
Find out more »2020 MLK Kick-Off Cleanup
Looking for a great way to start off the New Year and honor Martin Luther King Jr. day? Join Puget Soundkeeper at the 2020 Kick-Off Cleanup on Monday, January 20th to pick up trash along the Ship Canal and Burke Gilman Trail! We’ll meet at the Puget Soundkeeper office and walk along the trails, collecting trash before it enters the water and becomes marine debris. As the event gets closer, an email will be sent out to all of the…
Find out more »Mussel Monitoring – Cage Retrieval
Puget Soundkeeper is looking for adventurous volunteers ready to spend an evening retrieving mussel cages around Puget Sound! Mussel Watch is a regional study coordinated by the Department of Fish and Wildlife that utilizes mussels to monitor water quality. In October, teams of volunteers throughout Puget Sound installed cages of mussels at a late night low tide. Now, we need volunteers to collect the mussels so their tissues can be analyzed for the accumulation of various pollutants. This project focuses…
Find out more »Lake Union Kayak Patrol
Puget Soundkeeper needs your help each week as we paddle through Lake Union and remove trash from the water while keeping an eye out for other pollution violations. Volunteers will be in double kayaks outfitted with trash bags, grabbers, and nets for scooping debris from the water. The team will paddle to a designated area of the lake and collect any visible trash to properly dispose of back on land. Check out our video to gain a sense of what our kayak patrol…
Find out more »Sound Water Stewards-Camano Speaker Series
Sound Water Stewards-Camano Speaker Series Presents: From Island to Tidal Marsh: The Leque Island Estuary Restoration Project with Loren Brokaw, Restoration Projects Coordinator for the WDFW Where did all that water come from that you now see as you cross the bridge connecting Camano Island to Stanwood? After removing the dike surrounding Leque Island on October 14, 2019, the first high tide entered the 250-acre area of Leque Island in 135+ years. This marked the beginning of the land transitioning back to…
Find out more »Microplastic Analysis
Puget Soundkeeper has collected water samples from over 45 sites in the Puget Sound watershed to look for the presence of microplastics. We document the extent of microplastic pollution in Puget Sound to help inform future policy proposals, technology solutions, and restoration efforts that protect our northwest waterways. We need volunteers who are willing to aid us in preparing and analyzing these water samples. Age minimum is 18. All equipment and training is provided. Shifts are for 2 hours and…
Find out more »Boat Patrol
Volunteer patrols form a central part of Puget Soundkeeper's effort to monitor pollution and prevent debris from reaching our waterways. While on patrol, we keep an eye out for abnormal discharges, oil slicks, and other emergent pollution. We also check for the application of best management practices by shoreline businesses. Along the way, volunteers will learn about the history of Seattle’s development and have the opportunity to view our waterways from a unique perspective. Volunteers will ride as passengers in…
Find out more »Lake Union Kayak Patrol
Puget Soundkeeper needs your help each week as we paddle through Lake Union and remove trash from the water while keeping an eye out for other pollution violations. Volunteers will be in double kayaks outfitted with trash bags, grabbers, and nets for scooping debris from the water. The team will paddle to a designated area of the lake and collect any visible trash to properly dispose of back on land. Check out our video to gain a sense of what our kayak patrol…
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, Carolina R. C. Doria, Associate Professor at the Federal University of Rodônia in Brazil, presents: Fish and fisheries in the Madeira River, Brazilian Amazon: Status and conservation challenges Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 4:30pm, with…
Find out more »Huxley Speaker Series
For Winter Quarter 2020, the Huxley College of Western Washington University is collaborating with the Salish Sea Institute for the Huxley Speaker Series, with a focus on the Salish Sea. The Series is free and open to the public. This week, Margot Hessing-Lewis, presents: From Coast to Coasts: Coordinated Research and Monitoring of Nearshore Habitats Hessing-Lewis is a marine scientist with the Hakai Institute in British Columbia. She is based at UBC, and conducts research across the BC coast.…
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