Impacts from the Summer 2021 Heatwave on Washington Shellfish
July 21, 2021
Dead butter clams. Photo: Ron Carr
The record-breaking heat that hit the Pacific Northwest from June 23 to 28, 2021, caused harm to many intertidal shellfish and invertebrate species on Washington beaches.
On many beaches, species such as cockles, varnish clams, butter clams, and nativ...
Washington Coastal Hazards Resilience Network Launches New and Improved Website
March 3, 2020
Seattle, WA — Washington Sea Grant and the Washington Department of Ecology, along with other partners, have collaborated to launch a new and improved website for the Coastal Hazards Resilience Network (CHRN). This website and associated interactive map offer users a way to learn ab...
Anti-Racism Resources
Anti-Racism Resources
June 8, 2020; Updated March 19, 2021
As said in our statement of solidarity with the Black community and our statement of solidarity with the AAPI community, as individuals and as an organization we are working to identify how we have participated in the systemic rac...
Spring 2017
Spring 2017
Crab Team Forges Ahead!
May 2nd, 2017
Traps are officially in the mud and 2017 sampling started with a bang. The captures of European green crab at Westcott Bay and Padilla Bay last year inspired tremendous support from many different stakeh...
Streams of Thought Film Festival
As part of Whatcom Water Week, Streams of Through Film Festival will feature four films at the Pickford Film Center:
Ebb and Flow: Sept. 16, 6:30-8:30pm
his film follows 93yr old Jerry (Eiichi) Yamashita’s recounting of the family history to his son Patrick, around a campfire on their shellfish ti...
Seabird Publications
Seabird Publications
Since 1994, Ed Melvin has focused on developing methods to reduce the bycatch of seabirds. The following list of publications reflects the scope of his work. In addition, Melvin has written numerous publications — including reports and working papers — on albatr...
Restoration Monitoring Program on the Elwha River
Ian Miller, Coastal Hazards Specialist
This program is designed to test a fundamental idea associated with the Elwha dam removals: that the input of a massive dose of new sediment from the Elwha River into marine waters will nourish beaches miles away. Monthly surveys of beach profiles and grain si...
Protocol in Focus: What is “live epifauna”?
September 8, 2016
One strength of the Crab Team protocol is that it enables us to confidently compare findings among different 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 l...
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...
2021 Volume 1
2021 Volume 1
Let the trapping begin!
June, 2021
This spring had a lot of us reflecting on what our lives were like a year ago. In June 2020, crabbers were in the mud, just as they are now, but how they got there in 2021 looked a lot different. While green c...
Congratulations, Washington Boaters!
Congratulations, Washington Boaters!
Twenty-fourteen was a record year for the Washington State Parks Clean Vessel Program and Washington Sea Group’s Pumpout Washington campaign. They helped boaters and marinas divert nearly 6.1 million gallons of onboard sewage from the...
Hood Canal Public Meeting on Septic Systems Updates
Hood Canal Group Seeks Fixes for Outdated Septic Systems
The Lower Hood Canal Watershed Coalition (LHCWC) will meet Monday, November 6 to discuss the need to replace cesspool and seepage pit-type septic systems in the area. These systems use outdated technology and provide minimal wastewater tr...
Ecosystem Health Research
Ecosystem Health
See all current research projects here.
Completed Projects
Akmajian, Adrianne, Principal Investigator
HAB Toxins in the Food Web
Researchers surveyed for algal toxins in fish species caught in tribal commercial fisheries to increase research and monitoring capacity within ...