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September 2024
Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival
Welcome to the largest wooden boat festival in North America, the place where kids and adults alike experience the magic of getting on the water, the beauty of wooden boats, and the richness of our maritime culture. Learn from the experts, swap stories with fellow wooden boat aficionados, and bring your family for a weekend they'll never forget. With so many different ways to adventure out on the water, there's no better opportunity to experience our Victorian seaport from the…
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 San Juan Island Library. Learn more here: https://www.griffinbaybook.com/event/2024-09-11/david-george-gordon-reads-heaven-half-shell
Find out more »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 »Molt Search Training (Thurston County)
Past Molt Search training in action (credit: Jess Newley) Are you a beachwalker? A shell collector? Keep an eye out for invasive green crabs while you do by participating in “Molt Search“, a new early detection community science program by Washington Sea Grant & WSU Extension designed to help managers direct resources to undersearched or green crab detected beaches. It’s a systematic beach walk, where you spend 20 person-minutes collecting and identifying all crab molts you find and submit that…
Find out more »Discover Ilwaco Seafood Dock Tour
Learn how local seafood is caught and how to buy it fresh! Join Oregon Sea Grant experts and FishHer Columbia Pacific CommUNITY Alliance on a guided walk along Ilwaco's commercial docks. Learn about Ilwaco's vibrant commercial fishing industry and the delicious, nutritious, and sustainable seafood they bring back to the dock. Check out different vessels and fishing gear to learn how seafood is harvested in Ilwaco. We might even meet a fisherman or two along the way! What to expect:…
Find out more »Fishermen’s Fall Festival
Fishermen’s Fall Festival is a free event organized by a group of people and organizations to raise money for Seattle Fishermen’s Memorial; a non-profit organization dedicated to providing essential services to fishermen and their families while also honoring those lives lost at sea. An all-volunteer committee organizes this event that also educates the public about Fishermen’s Terminal and the North Pacific Fishing Fleet, and celebrates the commercial seafood industry at the heart of Seattle’s history. Attendees can expect a variety…
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 Bainbridge Public Library. Learn more here: https://www.humanities.org/event/in-person-heaven-on-the-half-shell-washington-states-oyster-odyssey-11/
Find out more »October 2024
Bellingham Bay Cleanup, Public Access, and Shoreline Development Workshop
The Shoreline & Coastal Planners Group is offering an all-day workshop and walking tour on the cleanup and redevelopment of Bellingham Bay, focusing on the work of the Bellingham Bay Action Team (BBAT). This workshop will highlight Bellingham Bay history and cleanup efforts, nearshore habitat improvements, public access amenities, shoreline permitting, sea level rise considerations, and partnerships across agencies through presentations and site visits. Participants will: Learn about the history of industrial development in Bellingham Bay and cleanup efforts coordinated…
Find out more »Bellingham SeaFeast
Bellingham SeaFeast is a FREE two-day celebration on the shores of Squalicum Harbor dedicated to honoring our rich maritime culture, showcasing our thriving working waterfront, promoting the enjoyment and conservation of our precious water resources, celebrating the vitality of our commercial fishing and seafood industries, and indulging in the diverse culinary bounty that characterizes our corner of the Pacific Northwest. Learn more here.
Find out more »OysterFest
42 years fresh! It’s not just great food, beers, wines, and live music. Throughout the festival, exhibits demonstrate how important water quality is to our communities as agency displays offer free activities and information. This and more has made the West Coast Oyster Shucking Championship and Washington State Seafood Festival a much anticipated family event. The West Coast Oyster Shucking Championship and Washington State Seafood Festival (OysterFest) is hosted and presented by the Skookum Rotary Club. Each year members and…
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