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February 2020
Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries
The Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries is a free and public symposium featuring internationally recognized experts and sponsored by Tanya Bevan, friends of Don Bevan, UW SAFS, Washington Sea Grant, and NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center and Northwest Fisheries Science Center. This week, Karen Kidd, Professor and Jarislowsky Chair in Environment and Health, Department of Biological and School of Geography and Earth Science at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, presents: Pharmaceuticals in the environment: What happens when fish are…
Find out more »Richmond Beach Saltwater Park Birding Field Trip
Join Seattle Audubon for a leisurely walk about the Richmond Beach Saltwater Park. We will first walk the main paths and steps in this very scenic park. Then, we’ll return to our cars, grab our spotting scopes, and walk the short distance to the beach for some seabird watching overlooking the Puget Sound. The weather is usually cooler on the beach, so wear layers and rain gear, if necessary. Bring binoculars, of course, and a scope, if you have one. (We will…
Find out more »Skagit and Samish Flats Birding Field Trip
Join Seattle Audubon for a birding excursion to the Skagit and Samish flats, which offer some of the best winter raptor and waterfowl viewing in the state. Expect to see Red-tailed and Rough-legged Hawks, Northern Harriers, Trumpeter Swans, Snow Geese, Bald Eagles. We’ll look for Short-eared Owls, Tundra Swans, wintering shorebirds, and with luck we’ll find a falcon or two. Hunting season is over in February, so it’s a great time to look for ducks, including concentrations of Eurasian Wigeon.…
Find out more »National Invasive Species Awareness Week
National Invasive Species Awareness Week is a nationwide event occurring in the spring to raise awareness of the threat of invasive species are and what people can do to prevent their spread. Representatives from local, state, and regional organizations gather in Washington, D.C. in late February to discuss policies and changes that can be made to prevent and manage invasive species. A series of educational and advocacy events are planned online and in local communities. In the late spring, local…
Find out more »Green – Duwamish Watershed 2020 Symposium
The theme of the 3rd biennial Green-Duwamish Watershed Symposium is "Climate Change Resiliency: engage, innovate and change." The symposium is a one-day event, giving exposure and promoting the broad and diverse work being done throughout the watershed and the opportunity to network with individuals across fields (technical and non-technical), locations, cultures, organizations and settings. All the presentations are given in one large room, thus enabling everyone attending exposure to topics and individuals not within their normal purview. The forum…
Find out more »Monday Meander
Join Wild Whatcom for a meander through Lake Padden Park! Ready to search for spring? Maybe we'll smell it in a cascade of tiny flowers of an Indian plum shrub or spot it in coppery lightning bolts of salmonberry branches. If you're curious about our local flora and fauna and would like to taste a licorice fern, this outing is for you. Come dressed for the weather and prepared for a meandering pace, and bring your adventurous spirit. We will…
Find out more »Marine Weather Workshop in Poulsbo
Learn to read the weather before you head out on the water. Washington Sea Grant and the Port of Poulsbo are cosponsoring a Marine Weather Workshop. Topics to be covered include: The relationships of atmospheric pressure and wind Determining the path and speed of squalls The strong wind systems found in the Northwest and how to avoid them The key features of low pressure systems How 500mb wind patterns can help you find “weather windows” for safe passages How pressure…
Find out more »Wild Seafood Exchange
Wild Seafood Exchange is a one day conference aimed at the independent commercial fisherperson who wants to learn about marketing and direct marketing to restaurants, retailers, brokers and seafood buyers. Hear from restaurants and retailers, brokers and seafood buyers about what they need from you. Hear from your colleagues about their business through small business case studies. Learn about funding sources for business operations, new equipment, vessel reposers and new construction. State and federal sources, as well as private lending will…
Find out more »Webinar: Integrating Climate Change into Hazard Mitigation Planning
The National Adaptation Webinar Series presents: "A Match Made in Heaven? Integrating Climate Change into Hazard Mitigation Planning." The field of emergency management has been helping communities assess, plan for, and respond to extreme weather events and other disasters for decades. However, the approaches developed to help communities assess the risk and the potential impacts of extreme weather events have rarely been updated to include climate change. While requirements at the local level vary state by state, there is an…
Find out more »Coastal Cafe Podcast
Washington Sea Grant, in partnership with KPTZ 91.9 FM in Port Townsend, WA, produces Coastal Cafe, a science-based radio program focusing on regional marine science news. Coastal Cafe brings the latest in marine science information directly to coastal communities in Washington State. Hosts Aaron Barnett and MaryAnn Wagner explore science with researchers, policy experts and people who live and work on the coast about issues impacting Washington State coastal communities and the natural environment. This week’s program is: Salmon Boundaries. …
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