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October 2017
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 »Youth Ocean Conservation Summit
Care about the ocean? Then join our Summit and learn how to protect it. The Youth Ocean Conservation Summit - hosted for the first time at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium - is a collaboration with Seattle Aquarium to help and inspire Puget Sound youth to take action about the ocean. Students in grades 7-12 with an interest in conservation, environmental science, or marine science will learn from local experts and work with their fellow youth to develop the skills necessary to plan and…
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 »Northwest Climate Conference
The NW Climate Conference annually brings together more than 300 researchers and practitioners from around the region to discuss scientific findings, challenges, and solutions related to the impacts of climate on people, natural resources, and infrastructure in the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada. The conference aims to stimulate a place-based and cross-disciplinary exchange of information about emerging climate, climate impacts, and climate adaptation science and practice in the Northwest. The conference also provides a forum for the presentation of…
Find out more »SeaChange with Brian Skerry
Join us at our fifth annual fundraising breakfast benefiting conservation and research. When: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 Registration: 7:30am Program: 8–9am Where: Sheraton Seattle Hotel 1400 6th Avenue, Seattle Brian Skerry—internationally recognized National Geographic magazine photographer—will share his gripping portrait of the ocean as a place of beauty and mystery, a place in trouble and ultimately, a place of hope that will rebound with the proper attention and care. This is a fundraising breakfast. We ask guests to consider a…
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 »2017 NOAA Groundfish Seminar Series: Kresimir Williams, MACE
Kresimir Williams from the Midwater Assessment and Conservation Engineering Program (MACE) will be speaking about creating an AFSC survey for groundfish in untrawlable habitat. WebEx connections and access to NOAA Sand Point by previous arrangement. Seminars are held in RACE Room 2079, Building 4, 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA, Tuesdays 10 am. For more information contact Mark.Zimmermann@noaa.gov Gfish2017SeminarPoster
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