Protocol in Focus: How do we steward Crab Team sites?
In addition to creating a scientifically robust sampling scheme, and one that is sensitive to finding green crab when they are rare, Crab Team also put a great deal of thought and guidance into the protocol with the goal of being good stewards of Washington’s shorelines. Even though our goal ...
NOAA Live! Webinar – It’s Not Easy Being Shelled: the Ocean Acidification Blues
The NOAA Live! Webinars are a collaboration between NOAA’s Regional Collaboration Network and Woods Hole Sea Grant at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Each interactive webinar features a different NOAA expert/topic and a moderated question and answers session throughout so th...
How Your Sunscreen Harms Water Quality
August 20, 2019
The products we use on our skin, hair, and nails can cause harm to the animals and people that depend on healthy local waters.
While you’re washing away the lingering sunscreen from the last beach day of summer, you’re probably reminiscing about carefree time with family and frie...
The Mountain-Moving “Mosquito” of Ocean Acidification
The Mountain-Moving “Mosquito” of Ocean Acidification
Washington Sea Grant’s Meg Chadsey proves the power of one to mobilize action on a very big issue.
The Journal of Irreproducible Results once published a paper calculating how quickly the Pacific and Atlantic coasts ...
Online Cocktails & Fishtales
Harbor WildWatch and Pierce Conservation District will present LIVE on Facebook about Puget Sound nearshore processes, including  beach formation and erosion, and how human development influences the complex processes that build and erode beaches, impacting habitats and ecosystems. This emerging sc...
Elementary Discovery Days Online
First through Fifth grade scientists learn more about the wonders of science through engaging STEM activities on Tuesdays from 10-11 a.m, hosted by the SEA Discovery Center. Check out the weekly topics:
June 23, 2020:Â Curious About Crabs
June 30, 2020:Â Tree Structures and Functions
July 7, 2020:Â ...
Free Online Crabbing Workshop
Want to learn more about crabbing in the Puget Sound? Need advice on how to set up your gear so you can catch more crab?
Join the Northwest Straits Foundation and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for a live virtual workshop! The program is free, but registration is required. The ...
Preschool-Kindergarten Science Club Online
Enjoy story time, discovery activities, and making crafts on Thursdays 10 – 10:30 a.m. with SEA Discovery Center. Register for all or any of the following courses:
June 25, 2020: ABCs of the Intertidal Zone
July 2, 2020: B is for Birds
July 9, 2020:Â C is for Crabs
July 16, 2020:Â D is for Di...
Online Cocktails & Fishtales
Join Harbor WildWatch on Facebook LIVE to learn about Washington’s only native oyster and if it is making a come-back in the south Puget Sound. Dr. Mike Behrens, professor at Pacific Lutheran University and Harbor WildWatch’s Science Advisor, will present about our findings regarding Pac...
Middle School STEM Club Online
Middle School students join Western Washington University’s SEA Discovery Center to face an engineering design challenge, solve a problem, or conduct experiments around something STEM every week on Wednesdays from 10 – 11 a.m. The weekly topics include:
June 24, 2020:Â Kitchen Science
Ju...
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...
Online STEM Workshop
Join Harbor WildWatch’s Science Specialist Stena for an interactive, Facebook LIVE lesson about the rock cycle. Gather up the supplies below beforehand, and tune in at 2 p.m. on Harbor WildWatch’s main Facebook page. Interaction highly encouraged!
Supplies:
Starbursts (or other taffy l...
Online Class: How to Identify Seabirds of Puget Sound
In this class offered by the Seattle Audubon Society, you will discover how to separate a Rhinoceros Auklet from a Pigeon Guillemot, a Double-crested Cormorant from a Brandt’s Cormorant, a Horned Grebe from a Red-necked Grebe, and a Common Loon from a Pacific Loon. We will also discuss diving duck...