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Completing the First Year of a Collaborative Removal Effort at Drayton Harbor
December 23, 2020
One of the big successes this year was the launch of a local removal effort in Drayton Harbor. In spite of COVID, in spite of wildfire smoke, in spite of everything that 2020 had to throw at us, the collaborative management team was able to make great strides in trapping the Washin...
Padilla Bay: In It For The Long Haul
August 23, 2021
August 30 of this year will mark the fifth anniversary of the first confirmed detection of invasive European green crab along the inland shorelines of Washington which occurred on San Juan Island. Three weeks later, the region will hit the same milestone for the second confirmed dete...
Protocol in Focus: Is it a molt or a dead crab?
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 data. Protocol in Fo...
Seabird Bycatch – Longlines
Longlines
Longline fishing is a technique that uses hooks to catch species like sablefish, halibut and tuna. It involves deploying thousands of baited hooks spaced along a line behind the boat. There are two types of longline fisheries: pelagic longlines, in...
Washington Applied Sustainability Internship
Washington Applied Sustainability Internship
Application for 2024 Summer WASI program Opens: Monday, March 11
Application Deadline: Friday, April 19; 5:00pm Pacific Time
See “Information for Prospective Interns” below f...
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...
Restoring tradition, place and connection through a clam garden
From the Summer 2023 Sea Star
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community’s clam garden reclaims an ancient Indigenous practice on ancestral land
By Samantha Larson, WSG Science Writer
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and guests building the clam garden wall. Photo courtesy of the Northwest Indian ...
European Green Crab
Invasive European Green Crab
The European green crab (Carcinus maenas) is a small shore crab whose native distribution is in the northeast Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea, ranging along coasts from northern Africa to Norway and Iceland. The crab is an effective predator, adept at opening biva...
Beach Cleanup at the Maury Island Marine Park
Help protect the Maury Island marine park by picking up trash that has collected on the beach, particularly after the 4th of July holiday.
What to bring: Volunteers should dress in weather-appropriate attire, closed toed shoes, lunch, and a water bottle.
Provided: Tools and gloves are provided.
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Explore Your Local Beach: Bainbridge Island Ferry Terminal
Join local naturalists out on the beach to observe the unique creatures that call the intertidal zone home. You’ll learn about invertebrates, tides, shoreline geology, birds, and how to identify these things on the beach.
These 60-90 minute low tide beach explorations are suitable for all ages. Bo...
Molt Search Molt Blitz (Lopez Island)
Past Molt Search training in action (credit: Jess Newley)
Are you a beachwalker? A shell collector? Keep an eye out for invasive green crabs while you do by participating in “Molt Search“, a new early detection community science program by Washington Sea Grant & WSU Extension designed to he...
Sally Brownfield: People of the Water
November 27, 2019
Washington Sea Grant is a proud sponsor of We Are Puget Sound: Discovering & Recovering the Salish Sea, a new book by David L. Workman, Leonard Forsman, Mindy Roberts and Brian J. Cantwell from Braided River (an imprint of Mountaineers Books). The following profile is an excerp...
Where the Water Begins: Vashon Island
Join for a free workshop & beach walk developed for property owners along the marine shorelines of King County. The workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to learn about the ecological, geological and vegetation management issues associated with owning property along the beach or...
Widening the Search for European Green Crab in the Strait of Juan de Fuca
July 20, 2017
Trapping to remove invasive European green crab from Dungeness Spit National Wildlife Refuge is in its 15th week since the initial discovery of four individuals during April of this year. As of last Friday, partners with US Fish and Wildlife Service (UWFWS) and Washington Department of...
A Summer Boat Ride on a Mobile Sewer
From the autumn 2019 Sea Star print newsletter
By Brittany Hoedemaker, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Katie Wixom and Roger
Ever dream of slipping out of your dark, air-conditioned office for an afternoon boat ride under the warm mid-summer sun? We did. Our summer daydreams became a reality when ...