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June 2024
Molt Search on-beach Practice (Island County)
Washington Sea Grant and Washington State University Extension have teamed up to launch a new volunteer-based early detection program to complement the existing Crab Team monitoring network. This event includes an hour and a half long workshop where you will learn how to identify crab molts, where and how to conduct a timed Molt Search survey, how report your findings using the MyCoast mobile app, and optionally how to collect additional data on Dungeness crab molts. This free on-beach practice…
Find out more »Molt Search Volunteer Training (San Juan County)
Washington Sea Grant and Washington State University Extension have teamed up to launch a new volunteer-based early detection program to complement the existing Crab Team monitoring network. This event includes an hour and a half long workshop where you will learn how to identify crab molts, where and how to conduct a 20-minute Molt Search survey, how report your findings using the MyCoast mobile app, and optionally how to collect additional data on Dungeness crab molts. Sign me up! If you…
Find out more »Point Ruston Cleanup, Public Access, and Shoreline Development Workshop
The Shoreline & Coastal Planners Group is offering an all-day workshop on the Point Ruston development, including smelter history and cleanup, public access amenities, shoreline permitting, sea level rise considerations, a walking tour, and more. Participants will: Learn about the history of the Asarco smelter and cleanup efforts. Understand how the Point Ruston redevelopment balanced the cleanup with development and public access. Hear from staff at local and state government agencies involved in the planning and permitting of Point Ruston…
Find out more »July 2024
Heaven on the Half Shell lecture
Get to know the Pacific Northwest’s most beloved bivalve: the oyster. Author David George Gordon discusses three species—the Olympia, Eastern, and Pacific oysters—along with the people who have cultivated these delicacies for many generations. This is an in-person event hosted by the Heron's Key. Learn more here: https://www.humanities.org/event/in-person-heaven-on-the-half-shell-washington-states-oyster-odyssey-5/
Find out more »Heaven on the Half Shell lecture
Get to know the Pacific Northwest’s most beloved bivalve: the oyster. Author David George Gordon discusses three species—the Olympia, Eastern, and Pacific oysters—along with the people who have cultivated these delicacies for many generations. This is an in-person event hosted by the Enumclaw Plateau Historical Society Museum. Learn more here: https://www.humanities.org/event/in-person-heaven-on-the-half-shell-washington-states-oyster-odyssey-2/
Find out more »Rosmond Evening Talk: ‘Can the Ocean Solve Our Carbon Problem? A Survey of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Strategies.’
Olympic Natural Resources Center Rosmond Evening Talk Series July 24, 2024 at 7 PM Join us either in-person in the Hemlock Forest Room, 1455 S. Forks Ave, Forks, WA or via Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/3834334539 Can the Ocean Solve Our Carbon Problem? A Survey of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Strategies Presented by: Meg Chadsey from Washington Sea Grant Evidence of climate change is all around us. Rising seas, forest fires and impacts to fisheries are just some of the effects coastal residents…
Find out more »Film Festival at Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Come celebrate 30 years of ocean protection with Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary at an ocean-themed fun filled event! Find out how you and ocean are interconnected every day! Be inspired by sanctuary selected and River and Ocean Film Festival co-hosted films showcasing our ocean and the Olympic Peninsula! Participate in family focused fun through hands-on activities and information sharing with marine and environmental experts! Getting to Know your Sanctuary Friday, July 26: 5pm - 9pm Talk with staff in…
Find out more »August 2024
Virtual workshop: CoSMoS Coastal Groundwater Hazards with Rising Seas in Puget Sound
From the Shoreline & Coastal Planners Group, a collaborative project of Washington Sea Grant and the Washington State Department of Ecology: As sea levels rise, the shallow groundwater table in coastal communities will also rise. This slow but chronic threat can flood communities from below, damaging buried infrastructure, flooding below-grade structures, reducing storm sewer capacity, liberating pollutants, compromising foundations, and emerging above ground as an urban flood hazard that can amplify overland storm flooding. As communities develop climate adaptation plans to…
Find out more »Tide Talk: Mud! Engineered by Life at the Tokeland Hotel and Restaurant
Tide Talk: Mud! Engineered by Life Presented by Professor Jennifer Ruesink (Biology, University of Washington) Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay have mudflats that stretch literally for miles. But these habitats are more than just muddy and flat: they have amazing creatures living in them. Join us to hear about these mudflat-shaping species, which scientists call “ecosystem engineers,” and how mudflat ecologists study them. Learn how fast eelgrass grows, how much sediment gets turned over by burrowing shrimp, and the filtration…
Find out more »River & Ocean Film Festival Photo Contest
Calling all photographers! Enter your work in a photo contest being held by the River & Ocean Film Festival. The winning photo will be featured on the poster promoting this year's festival. Contest guidelines: - Photos should feature riverine, coastal, or ocean scenes/wildlife and/or present social and cultural connections to the Washington coast. - Limit of five photo entries per person. - For multiple entries, please use a consistent naming convention; e.g., file name "mcgreal_01" for the first photo submission.…
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