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September 2017
Nisqually Watershed Festival
The Watershed Festival is an annual celebration featuring art, discovery, music and family fun. This year’s festival will include a number of displays from local organizations, walking tours, the Insect Extravaganza, a salmon barbecue and other great coffee and food options. For decades, WEC has been working with the local groups and the Nisqually Indian Tribe to protect the watershed from development and pollution. From preventing a port from being built along the shoreline to restoring the salmon habitat to protecting…
Find out more »October 2017
Seattle Mayoral Forum on Arts and the Environment
Do you care about arts and the environment? Do you love music and public spaces? Join us to hear Jenny Durkan and Cary Moon tell us how they will ensure Seattle is a healthy, culturally vibrant, and truly livable city for all residents. Moderators: Florangela Davila of Crosscut Brady Piñero Walkinshaw of Grist This is a free event. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. RSVPing to the Facebook event does not guarantee admission—capacity is limited and attendees should arrive early to…
Find out more »Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival 2017
Join the fun at CrabFest, one of the most acclaimed food festivals in the country. On the Olympic Peninsula in Port Angeles, WA Embrace Your Inner Crab! Join us October 6-8, 2017 for the 16th Annual Festival CRABFEST FREE ADMISSION!
Find out more »OysterFest
Oysters, microbrews, live music and so much more come together for two days every year on the first weekend in October. Hosted by the Shelton Skookum Rotary Club Foundation and attended by thousands, OysterFest is home to the West Coast Oyster Shucking Championships and is Washington State’s official seafood festival. The festival also features a popular cook-off, hands-on water quality exhibits, and is itself a giant a food pavilion with nearly 100 unique items on the menu. Your culinary adventure…
Find out more »OysterFest
Oysters, wines, microbrews, live music and so much more come together for two days every year on the first weekend in October. Hosted by the Shelton Skookum Rotary Club Foundation and attended by thousands, OysterFest is home to the West Coast Oyster Shucking Championships and is Washington State’s official seafood festival. The festival also features a popular cook-off, hands-on water quality exhibits, and is itself a giant a food pavilion with nearly 100 unique items on the menu: BBQ oysters,…
Find out more »The Sonic World of the Amazonian Pink Dolphin
David Bonnett, Citizen Scientist The Fort Worden Chapel Admission: $5 (students, teachers FREE) Mr Bonnett will present his most recent finding of his acoustical research with Amazonian Pink Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) including how ecosystem changes in the Amazon are impacting this species and how this research relates to our local species of Cetacea. His research grows from decades of underwater acoustical research and designing ultra-quiet vessels. This is the first installment of The Future of Oceans lecture series. This event…
Find out more »Stories of Our Watershed – An environmental film event
LLTK's "In Our Hands" anniversary video was selected to be shown with a number of other great short films that celebrate our beautiful watersheds. Hope to see you there! Official description: Join River Restoration Northwest (RRNW) for a night that celebrates our watersheds through film! Our fourth annual ‘Stories of Our Watersheds” film event will feature a series of short films that celebrate the different ways we experience, sustain, and celebrate our river systems. The films selected for this event…
Find out more »Patrons of Discovery Breakfast 2017
Join us for Salish Sea Expeditions’ 9th Annual Patrons of Discovery Breakfast. Salish is proud to welcome Washington State Senator Christine Rolfes (23rd District) and Washington State Representative Gael Tarleton (36th District) as our keynote speakers, in conversation with our Master of Ceremonies Bob Donegan, President of Ivar’s. Where: Bell Harbor International Conference Center 2211 Alaskan Way, Pier 66, Seattle This inspirational hour-long event will showcase the importance of hands-on learning on the Salish Sea, one of our region’s most treasured…
Find out more »The Killer Whale Who Changed the World
The Killer Whale Who Changed the World Journalist, filmmaker, playwright, and author Mark Leiren-Young shares the fascinating and heartbreaking account of Moby Doll, the first publicly exhibited captive killer whale―a story that forever changed the way we see orcas and sparked the movement to save them. Leiren-Young will share rare film footage of Moby Doll and other orcas, and discuss how the capture of Moby Doll led to the captivity and exhibition of other whales including Namu at the Seattle…
Find out more »Talk: European green crab – Fidalgo Shoreline Academy
Crab Team Program Coordinator Emily Grason will be speaking about the ongoing efforts to monitor and combat invasion of Washington's Salish Sea by European green crab. This globally-damaging species has been on the outer coast of Washington since 1998, but was only recently detected in small numbers at a few sites in inland Washington waters. Given the small numbers and low impacts observed in Washington State to date, you might wonder why there is still concern. This talk will address…
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