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October 2020
Beach Clean-up at Picnic Point Park
Join WSU Extension in a beach clean-up at Picnic Point Park! Meet in the parking lot. Bring heavy garden or work gloves, an old 5-gallon bucket and pickers if you have them. If not, we can provide them for you. Remember to dress for the weather and the soggy shoreline. Most trash is above the wrack line, so you shouldn’t be in the water. However, beaches do have fresh water streams that may need to be crossed.
Find out more »Bellingham Dockside Market
Bellingham SeaFeast is joining forces with local fishermen, the Port of Bellingham, and the Working Waterfront Coalition of Whatcom County to launch the Bellingham Dockside Market.Bellingham Dockside Market will serve as the hub for local fishermen in and out of Squalicum Harbor to sell their catch directly to you! Starting this Saturday, October 17th at 10am, you'll be able to follow signs into Squalicum Harbor to buy seafood directly from the hardworking fishermen who catch it. Sales will run until around 3pm, but…
Find out more »Nature & Health Conference 2020
Learn about the latest research and practices in the Nature & Health field! Nature & Health is proud to announce their fourth annual symposium hosted at the University of Washington. This year they have grown into a multi-day scientific conference that will focus on how they work across communities and disciplines. Check the Nature & Health conference webpage for more details. When: Monday, October 19--Wednesday, October 21, 2020 Where: Alder Hall, 1315 NE Campus Pkwy Seattle, WA 98105
Find out more »Groundfish Seminar Series
Join the Alaska Fisheries Science Center in their virtual 2020 Groundfish Seminar Series! You'll hear from local and international scientists who are on the cutting-edge of groundfish research. This week, Milton Love, UC Santa Barbara, will present What we did on our fall vacations - Submersible research on the fishes of southern California oil/gas platforms. Click here for registration information and the full speaker roster. The series happens every Tuesday @ 10am PT from October 6 to December 15.
Find out more »Environmental Justice Training Webinar
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s next State EJ Training Webinar session will focus on “Incorporating Equity in Disaster Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Programs.” In light of current severe weather events both proliferating and intensifying, this webinar is extremely relevant and timely. It will feature presentations from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on social vulnerability assessment, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs on the state’s equity investments in its climate adaptation programs, and the North Carolina Department…
Find out more »Online: Who was Chief Seattle?
Join Humanities Washington for an online Speaker Bureau event entitled: Who Was Chief Seattle? Chief Seattle wrote nothing down during his life, yet his words—both real and imagined—are known throughout the world. The result is a man made up of both historical and fictional aspects, from which conflicting messages can be gleaned. David M. Buerge, a biographer and a historian to the Duwamish Tribe, Seattle’s mother’s people, spent more than 20 years exploring the man from a variety of sources…
Find out more »Digital Cocktails & Fishtales – Orca Behavior
Cocktails & Fishtales is Harbor WildWatch's science-social series. Held monthly, these programs feature a scientist, researcher, or environmental artist on an ecological topic. *Due to the pandemic, this presentation will take place on Facebook Live Monika Wieland Shields, Co-Founder and President of Orca Behavior Institute on San Juan Island, will be presenting about the complex behaviors of Puget Sound orcas. She’s observed the Southern Residents since 2000, becoming known locally for her whale photography and blog, Orca Watcher. In addition to being interested in…
Find out more »National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series
Tune into the National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series: Giant Seabass - Kings of the Kelp Forest. Giant Seabass are a species of large fish that live in the cool waters off the coast of California. This fish is the top predator of the kelp forest but the population has been low because of overfishing. Thanks to government protections in California, Giant Seabass are beginning to return to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and NOAA is working with other groups…
Find out more »Speaker Series: Natural Environments and Emerging Contaminants
The Huxley Speaker Series is hosted by Huxley College of the Environment at Western Washington University. On October 22, Dr. Manuel Montaño, an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Sciences department at Western Washington University will present: Studying the Natural Environment and Emerging Contaminants One Nanoparticle at a Time. Learn more here!
Find out more »Online Class: How to Identify Seabirds of Puget Sound
In this class offered by the Seattle Audubon Society, you will discover how to separate a Rhinoceros Auklet from a Pigeon Guillemot, a Double-crested Cormorant from a Brandt’s Cormorant, a Horned Grebe from a Red-necked Grebe, and a Common Loon from a Pacific Loon. We will also discuss diving ducks (including mergansers, scoters and goldeneye) and gulls. We will examine photos of the species mentioned above (and more), and discuss the flight characteristics, field marks and behavioral differences that can…
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