Meet Katalin Plummer, Graduate Science Communications Fellow
June 15, 2023
Growing up in eastern Oregon, I always felt like a fish out of water. I had always believed my soul wasn’t made to live with unbearably hot summers and 10% humidity. I was eager to trade my small hometown for something bigger and greener—a tale as old as time. When it came time for...
Protocol In Focus: Why do we use mackerel as bait?
September 10, 2018
One strength of the Crab Team protocol is that it enables us to confidently compare findings among sites, and track changes over time – even if different people are doing the sampling. With sampling on this scale, even the small steps can be important to what we learn from the d...
Kelp in the Kitchen: Cochayuyo Chocolates
February 18, 2020
By Bobbie Buzzell, WSG Science Communications FellowÂ
Ready to try something really off the beaten path with kelp? If you’ve been following our kelp recipe blogs, you may have noticed an Asian theme with previous posts. But there are indeed other cultures that have incorp...
Well Education and Testing
Keep Your Well Well in 2015
WET invites you to take a look at the health of your well and learn about keeping your drinking water safe. WET provides homeowners with a local, inexpensive way to test their well water, as well as rivers, reservoirs, and swimming pools.
Cost: $20 per test for coliform
F...
Well Education and Testing
Keep Your Well Well in 2015
WET invites you to take a look at the health of your well and learn about keeping your drinking water safe. WET provides homeowners with a local, inexpensive way to test their well water, as well as rivers, reservoirs, and swimming pools. Note: In addition to June, you c...
What is the State of Your Oyster?
State of the Oyster Study volunteers invite you to join them to look at bacterial contamination on privately owned beaches in Hood Canal and throughout Puget Sound. Note: In addition to June, you can submit samples on July 5 and August 2.
Cost: $25 per test for coliform; $30 per test for Vibrio pa...
WSG in the News 2015
WSG in the News 2015
December 2015
King Tides coming to the region
Skagit Valley Herald, December 26
Tracking a voracious invasive predator
Port Townsend Leader, December 9
Gear not geoducks impact ecosystem
College of the Environment, December 4
Cousteau’s acid apocalypse to feature Was...
Protocol in Focus: What Happens to My Data?
November 21, 2017
One strength of the Crab Team protocol is that it enables us to confidently compare findings among sites, and track changes over time – even if different people are doing the sampling. With sampling on this scale, even the small steps can be important to what we learn from the da...
What is the State of Your Oyster?
State of the Oyster Study volunteers invite you to join them to look at bacterial contamination on privately owned beaches in Hood Canal and throughout Puget Sound.
Cost: $25 per test for coliform; $30 per test for Vibrio parahaemolyticus
For each day, samples must be dropped no later than 2:30 p....
The River That Made Seattle
Join author BJ Cummings as she launches her new book The River That Made Seattle: A Human and Natural History.
Following her reading, BJ will be joined by Ken Workman, the Great-Great-Great Grandson of Chief Seattle and Louise Jones-Brown, a 6th generation descendant of pioneer settler Jacob Maple,...
Hama Hama Oyster Rama
Hama Hama Oyster Rama
Head on out to Hood Canal for the 4th Hama Hama Oyster Rama to benefit the Hood Canal School Education Foundation. Events include sampling different kinds of oysters and talks on topics ranging from species to seasonality.
Contact the Hama Hama store at 888.877.5844 for fur...
Self-Guided Field Trip: Seattle’s Fishermen’s Terminal
Self-Guided Field Trip: Seattle’s Fishermen’s Terminal
Sea safety and seabird saving.
Walking Tour: Visit the heart of Seattle’s fishing industry: Fishermen’s Terminal. Park in the lot and start your tour at the Fishermen’s Memorial. From there, stroll down to the d...
Keta Project
Keta Project
Keta Project
This study will examine consumer attitudes toward salmon consumption and sustainable fishing in the Pacific Northwest.
Principal Investigator
Stan Goto, Western Washington University
Project
Seafood retailers in the Pacific Northwest ...
CANCELLED: Lake Union Kayak Patrol
Puget Soundkeeper needs your help each week as they paddle through Lake Union and remove trash from the water while keeping an eye out for other pollution violations. Volunteers will be in double kayaks outfitted with trash bags, grabbers, and nets for scooping debris from the water. The team will p...
Elder Memories, Ancient DNA and the Fate of the Herring
Elder Memories, Ancient DNA and the Fate of the Herring
WSG researcher Lorenz Hauser leads a binational, multidisciplinary investigation into the decline of the North Pacific’s little big fish.
Conservation is a never-ending battle against collective amnesia. As living...