Panel: Climate Change and Culturally-Important Foods, Resources and Places in the Salish Ecosystem
WSG’s Social Scientist Melissa Poe will lead a panel at the 2016 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference discussing anticipated impacts from climate-related changes to the foods, ecosystems and places important to coastal indigenous communities.
Climate-related changes such as sea level rise, warming ...
Green Crabs Have Arrived in Puget Sound: Are They Here to Stay?
Green Crabs Have Arrived in Puget Sound: Are They Here to Stay?
Washington Sea Grant’s monitoring program works to prevent invasive green crabs from establishing populations in Puget Sound
By Jasmine Prat, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Puget Sound shorelines are teem...
Sustainable Seafood Recipes: Marinated Tuna Rice Bowls
August 4th, 2022
By Olivia Horwedel, WSG Science Communications Fellow
This summer, Washington Sea Grant is hosting a sustainable seafood recipe series. This series will emphasize sustainable seafood recipes that celebrate a diverse range of cultures from around the globe. Additionally, this s...
Wooden Boat Festival
Port Townsend’s Wooden Boat Festival is the most education-packed and beautifully located wooden boat event in the world. Featuring more than 300 wooden vessels, hundreds of indoor and outdoor presentations and demonstrations, a who’s who of wooden boat experts and thousands of wooden bo...
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...
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LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Bush Act and Callow Act. Dredging of oysters from natural beds prohibited; no harvest of natural beds between June 15-October 31. Prior occupancy given right to purchase. An Act to Protect Eastern Oysters on state lands for 5 years (to allow introduction success/establishment...
Sound Waters University 2024
Sound Waters University is the largest educational and outreach event and the largest annual fundraiser of Sound Water Stewards of Island County, Washington.
Featuring classes on the health of our seas, the impact of climate change, whales, salmon habitat, sea stars, and more, this year’s Soun...
Friday Harbor Labs – Open House
This free public event offers a splendid opportunity to meet scientists and students at the Labs and to check out the research and teaching facilities. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Labs will be open for self-guided tours. Visitors will be given a schedule of Open House events. Also available will be ...
WSG Response to COVID-19
Updated September 20, 2021
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to impact all aspects of society, Washington Sea Grant (WSG) has been mobilizing its resources to support communities and stakeholders across the state:
USDA Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program
The Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS...
Squid-A-Rama
Free to the public features art and science activities for all. Art exibition hosted by Des Moines students, live squid and more in the aquaruim, scuba divers in the puget sound, videos , coffee & hot chocolate. Saltys’s Chowder will be available for purchase
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Washington’s Clean Boating Program Wins $2.5 Million in Federal Funding for Waste Pumpout
August 9, 2017
Two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grants will mean less pollution in Washington State Waters.
Boater sewage is a source of pollution into Washington State waters that can contaminate shellfish beds or spread waterborne diseases at popular swimming beaches. To keep this pollution at b...
We Are Puget Sound with Town Hall
Town Hall Seattle and Braided River present an evening celebrating a new multimedia book and campaign “We Are Puget Sound: Discovering and Recovering the Salish Sea” to protect and restore Puget Sound.
Puget Sound is a magnificent and intricate estuary, supporting an abundance of residen...
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Legislative actions
An Act for the Appraising andDisposing of the Tide and Shore Lands Belonging to the State of Washington, also known as the “Act of March 26, 1890” or “The Tide Land Bill” (Crawford, 1890). This act states any person who, prior to the passage of the act, has plante...