Rules of Road & Aids to Navigation – Virtual Class
Lights, sounds, right of way: know the rules!
Who has right of way? Where’s the channel? By the end of this class, you’ll understand the maneuvering rules, lights, sound signals, and buoys that allow us to navigate safely around hazards and other vessels. This class is offered via Zoom by the N...
Nature & Health Speaks – Online Lecture
In 2019, GirlTrek, Washington Trails Association, and the USDA Forest Service’s PNW Research Station came together to learn about mutual interests in trails, health, and inclusive outdoor spaces, with an interest in getting more people outside enjoying the benefits of time in nature. They’ll...
WASI Case Studies
Washington Applied Sustainability Internship Program
The Washington Applied Sustainability Internship (WASI) program is a summer internship program designed to link dedicated engineering, chemistry, sustainability and environmental sciences students with business and industry...
Charts & Dead Reckoning – Virtual Class
Navigation without a GPS! You’ll learn to use latitude, longitude, compass bearings, transits, and your paper charts to know where you are. This is an introduction to the traditional art of dead reckoning. This class is offered via Zoom by the Northwest Maritime Center.
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Story of Simon the Salmon
Seagrass Wars: The Spots Awaken
Seagrass is under attack! Hit ‘play’ to learn more, then take the ‘Sequel Challenge’ (to the right→)
Oysters and Seagrass—Guardians of the Sea!
Oysters—Nature’s vacuum cleaners ...
WSG Seaweed Office Hours
Drop-in office hours for all your seaweed information needs!
How to participate:
Zoom meeting link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/96836051377?pwd=dGJWc0RuRm9ZTFArbzQ2aGFacWRBZz09
Join at any point during the one-hour window (no RSVP required)
Attendees will be served in order of arrival
Please stay ...
Washington State Online Marine Learning Resources
April 9, 2020
Credit: Slide Gurtiza
Washington Sea Grant supports online learning during the COVID-19 outbreak with a compilation of marine-related education resources created in Washington State. We will be adding more resources as we find them, so check back regularly – and lets keep lear...
Unique Washington
Our Unique Northwest
Washingtonians have a deep, passionate relationship with their state’s rich coastal ecology and matchless marine resources. Geology, climate, ocean currents, biological evolution, human history, and social adaptation converge to create a physical, cultural, and economic s...
Earth Day Talk: Gaia Has a Fever
In honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Dr. Jennifer Thomson will give a talk untangling the history of oil corporations, climate justice, and environmental governance. Beginning with physicist James Lovelock’s Gaia hypothesis, she’ll discuss the involvement of oil corporations in...
WSG Seaweed Office Hours
Drop-in office hours for all your seaweed information needs!
How to participate:
Zoom meeting link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/96836051377?pwd=dGJWc0RuRm9ZTFArbzQ2aGFacWRBZz09
Join at any point during the one-hour window (no RSVP required)
Attendees will be served in order of arrival
Please stay ...
Seaweed Farming Introductory Workshop
Hosted by Washington Sea Grant, in partnership with the Puget Sound Restoration Fund, Hood Canal Mariculture and the NOAA WDVA Veterans Conservation Corps Internship Program, this online workshop will provide participants with an overview of seaweed farming in Washington State.
Topics to be cove...
WSG Seaweed Office Hours
Drop-in office hours for all your seaweed information needs!
How to participate:
Zoom meeting link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/96836051377?pwd=dGJWc0RuRm9ZTFArbzQ2aGFacWRBZz09
Join at any point during the one-hour window (no RSVP required)
Attendees will be served in order of arrival
Please stay ...
Rules of Road & Aids to Navigation – Virtual Class
Lights, sounds, right of way: know the rules!
Who has right of way? Where’s the channel? By the end of this class, you’ll understand the maneuvering rules, lights, sound signals, and buoys that allow us to navigate safely around hazards and other vessels. This class is offered via Zoom by the No...
Kelp Aquaculture
Kelp Aquaculture
Interest in macroalgae aquaculture is growing. Kelp and other seaweeds can be grown for food, animal feed, organic fertilizer, biofuels and other sustainable products. In Washington State, kelp aquaculture grew out of ocean acidification (OA) research. Because macroalgae ab...
2021 Volume 1
2021 Volume 1
Let the trapping begin!
June, 2021
This spring had a lot of us reflecting on what our lives were like a year ago. In June 2020, crabbers were in the mud, just as they are now, but how they got there in 2021 looked a lot different. While green c...