Sea Levels are Rising in Washington. What will the Shorelines of the Future be like?
July 22, 2022
A new report from the Washington Coastal Resilience Project evaluates the trade-offs between various strategies to manage the impacts of sea level rise
As sea levels continue to rise, coastal hazards such as flooding and erosion will become increasingly common. According to recent asse...
WSG News
WSG News
Calling all filmmakers: Entries sought for the Olympic Peninsula’s eighth annual River & Ocean Film Festival
April 17, 2024
Submit short films by April 22 for a screening at the Rainforest ...
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SHELLFISH AND CULTIVATION
Razor clams and eastern softshell clams abundant in Willapa Bay at Sealand, south of Oysterville (Jones 1894). 80 barrels of eastern oysters from New York, New Jersey, and Chesapeake Bay moved to Bay Center (Smith, 1895), specifically Palix Channel, over approximately 5...
CANCELLED: Bainbridge Island Birding Field Trip
Join naturalist George Gerdts aboard the “Admiral Pete” as he narrates a fascinating wildlife tour around Bainbridge Island. Expect to see an array of sea ducks, cormorants, alcids, rocky-shore sandpipers, Bald Eagles, marine mammals, and perhaps some early-spring migrants, not to leave ...
Friday Harbor Laboratories Open House
Meet scientists and students at the Labs and check out the research and teaching facilities. Saturday, May 16, 2015, 11am to 4pm.
Cost. Free.
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Fatigue Bites
January 3, 2018
Commerical fishermen, don’t sacrifice sleep to bring in a good catch. Fatigue increases your risk of vessel incident. For one man, fatigue cost nearly $70,000.
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Past Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowships
Past Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowships
Overview
The Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship offers a unique educational opportunity for soon-to-graduate or recently finished graduate students engaged in studies pertaining to ocean and coastal policy issues. This one-year, paid mar...
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...
2016 Washington Sea Grant-Funded Projects
December, 2016
Shoreline armoring removal: synthesis and assessment of restoration effectiveness in Puget Sound
Jeffrey Cordell, Jason Toft and Emily Howe, UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences; Megan Dethier, UW Friday Harbor Laboratories
Local officials, state resource managers and conscientio...
CANCELLED: Protection Island Sunset Birding Cruise
Join naturalist/birder George Gerdts for an exciting sunset cruise to Protection Island, a 400 acre National Wildlife Refuge off of Discovery Bay. Over 70% of the marine birds which nest in Puget Sound make Protection Island their breeding ground. Tufted Puffins and marine mammals are usually seen. ...
Green Shores Program
Nicole Faghin, Coastal Management Specialist
Each year Washington loses more of its natural shorelines to development and erosion-control structures such as bulkheads, seawalls and riprap. WSG is a partner in the development of Green Shores for Homes. Patterned after the U.S. Green Building Council...
Learn First Aid at Sea
Washington Sea Grant and the Port of Seattle Fishermen’s Terminal are co-sponsoring a Coast Guard-approved First Aid at Sea course. Topics covered include patient assessment, hypothermia, cold water, near-drowning, shock, trauma, burns, fractures, choking, immobilization, First Aid kits, and more....
Sea Safety & Survival Training Drill Instructor
Washington Sea Grant Program and Jefferson County Extension and are co-sponsoring a one day Coast Guard Approved Sea Safety and Survival Course (Drill Instructor) for commercial fishermen.
The workshop combines lecture and hands on experience with Safety & Survival Equipment required for fishing...