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...
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 ...
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...
1890
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...
1895
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...
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...
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...
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Teachers
Teachers
Transportation
Transportation is not provided or funded. Each school must make their own transportation arrangements to the event.
Chaperones
At least 2 chaperones per 10 students are required. Chaperones are responsible for keeping students focused on the topic being presented ...
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Kids’ Day FAQ
What day and time is the event?
The Friday preceding the festival. Two sessions are offered, 9–11:30 AM and 12–2:30 PM.
What is the cost to attend Kids’ Day at OysterFest?
This is a free event, so no fees required!
Where is the Port of Shelton Fairground?
The Fairground is ...
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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...
Crab Team at the Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
May 31, 2022
The second all-virtual Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (April 26-28) offered everyone with an interest or involvement in the inland waters shared by Washington and British Columbia the chance to connect over a huge range of topics, impacts of last summer’s heat dome, southern resi...
Hanging by a Thread
Hanging by a Thread
Biologist Emily Carrington probes the secrets of the humble mussel’s powerful attachment, and how mussels will fare as sea chemistry changes.
By Elizabeth Cooney, WSG Communications Fellow
Carrington and Laura Newcomb, heading for the water.
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