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May 2016
Opening Day Boat Parade
Opening Day marks the start of the Seattle boating season. The Seattle Yacht Club sponsors a boat parade through the Montlake Cut. This year's theme is 'A Great Escape'. The parade can be viewed from the shoreline at Portage Bay and Montlake Cut or from vessels moored in the designated anchorage areas. For more information visit the Seattle Yacht Club website. The event will be preceded by the University of Washington's 30th Annual Windermere Cup Crew Regatta.
Find out more »First Aid at Sea, Port of Bellingham
Washington Sea Grant and the Port of Bellingham are co-sponsoring a U.S. Coast Guard-approved First Aid at Sea Workshop. Topics covered include patient assessment, CPR, hypothermia, immobilization, near drowning, shock and trauma, burns, fractures, and choking. Fee: $100 ($50 for active commercial fishermen). Pre-registration is required. To register or for more information, please contact Sarah Fisken, 206.543.1225, or sfisken@uw.edu.
Find out more »An Evening on the Elwha River
Join National Parks Conservation Association at Seattle's Town Hall for a night of science, salmon and adventure (not to mention talks about the largest river restoration project ever). An Evening on the Elwha will present a series of rapid-fire presentations by renowned experts from the field who will describe how this rich ecological system is coming back to life before our eyes. Presentations will cover salmon recovery, otters, sediment migration, estuary and coastal restoration, reservoir revegetation, a trip down the…
Find out more »Opening of Recreational Shrimping Season
Recreational spot shrimp fishing in Puget Sound will open Saturday, May 14. Visit WDFW’s recreational shrimp fishing website at http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfish/shrimp/ for the most up-to-date information or for marine area descriptions.
Find out more »Marine Resources Council Conference
The 2016 Pacific County Marine Science Conference will take place at the Pacific Coast Cranberry Research Foundation. Presentation topics include: Willapa National Wildlife Refuge – Restoration and invasive management The Columbia River Basin – Aquatic invasives, fishing incomes and tidal reconnection Climate change impacts on waters of the Pacific Northwest The event will close with a seafood feast featuring products from our local seafood industry and catered by The Cove Restaurant! The PC MRC strongly encourages local schools to bring their students, but due…
Find out more »State of the Oyster Study
State of the Oyster Study volunteers invite you to join them to look at bacterial contamination on privately owned beaches in Hood Canal and throughout Puget Sound. Samples will be tested for fecal coliform ($25 per test) and/or Vibrio parahaemolyticus ($30 per test). Results will be delivered by phone 10 days after test dates. On collection day, collect six large oysters, five+ inches shell length, or 24 clams and include the Collection Form with the samples. Samples may be dropped off at…
Find out more »Well Education and Testing
WET invites you to take a look at the health of your well and learn about keeping your drinking water safe. Washington State Department of Health recommends annual testing of individual wells for fecal coliform bacteria; testing your water is the best solution to identify possible contamination. WET provides homeowners with a local, inexpensive way to test their well water. COST: Coliform sample ($25.00); lead sample ($15.00) Samples and WET Collection Form should be dropped off at the following locations between noon…
Find out more »Talk: Tipping points and transformations in coupled human-ocean systems
The University of Washington IGERT Program on Ocean Change welcomes Dr. Anne Salomon, Associate Professor and Hakai Professor, School of Resource & Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University. Dr. Salomon will be giving a talk on her work titled "Tipping points and transformations in coupled human-ocean systems." Using three case studies, she will discuss key characteristics of coupled human–ocean systems, factors that confer their resilience and pathways that ease transformations when abrupt change occurs. The event will be in the School of…
Find out more »June 2016
First Aid at Sea Workshop – June 3
A safe and fun start to the boating season! Washington Sea Grant and the Port of Seattle Fishermen’s Terminal are co-sponsoring a Coast Guard-approved first aid at sea course. It will be held on Friday, June 3, in the Nordby Conference Room, Nordby Bldg., Fishermen's Terminal in Seattle. Topics covered include CPR, patient assessment, hypothermia, cold water, near-drowning, shock, trauma, burns, fractures, choking, immobilization and key contents for a complete first aid kits. Cost: $100 ($50 for commercial fishermen)
Find out more »Cascadia Rising 2016
Emergency Operations and Coordination Centers (EOC/ECCs) at all levels of government and the private sector will activate to conduct a simulated field response operation within their jurisdictions and with neighboring communities, state EOCs, FEMA, and major military commands. Conducting successful life-saving and life-sustaining response operations in the aftermath of a Cascadia Subduction Zone disaster will hinge on the effective coordination and integration of governments at all levels. One of the primary goals of Cascadia Rising is to train and test this whole community approach…
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