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  Sign up to receive the 2026 WSG calendar

  December 19, 2020 It’s almost the new year, and our beautiful 2026 Washington Sea Grant calendar is here! If you would like to receive a calendar, please fill out this f...

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  Shake out! Don’t freak out! Reflections from a WSG fellow on the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe Great ShakeOut Drill

  December 19, 2025 By Madeleine Lucas, WSG Coastal Resilience Fellow Maddy Lucas took a break from distributing tsunami information to practice her “Drop, Cover, and Hold”...

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  New study outlines the site selection process for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community’s groundbreaking clam garden

  December 15, 2025 Many helping hands lay the foundation for the Swinomish Tribe’s clam garden in August 2022. In August 2022, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community laid...

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  First detection of highly invasive European green crab in Skagit Bay

  A participant from the Molt Search program made the important discovery November 25, 2025 One of the European green crabs captured in Skagit Bay. Photo courtesy of the Swinomi...

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  Join WSG for king tide viewing parties in South Bend December 5 and Olympia December 9

  November 19, 2025 A king tides viewing party led by WSG coastal policy specialist Bridget Trosin King tides are the annual extreme-high tides that occur whenever the moon is c...

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  Floodplains to foodwebs

  WSG-funded researchers investigate estuary restoration through the eyes of juvenile salmon November 10, 2025 By Mel Lemke, WSG Science Communications Fellow Hatching from thei...

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  First king tides of the season reach Washington shores this week

  October 30, 2025 Storm damage in Port Townsend, Washington, 2016. The first series of king tides, the highest high tides of the year, is set to reach Washington shores Novembe...

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  Discover West Coast Seafood one bite at a time

  A new website produced by California, Oregon and Washington Sea Grants serves as a one-stop shop to learn about West Coast Seafood October 28, 2025 By Mina Orlic, California S...

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  Economic convergence in coastal Washington: How COVID-19 changed regional unemployment

  October 13, 2025 By Kevin Decker, WSG Coastal Economist For a long time, Washington’s rural coastal counties – such as Grays Harbor, Pacific, and Wahkiakum counties – ha...

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  WSG Puget Sound Science Research Fellowship launches with two new fellows

  October 7, 2025 Congratulations to our new WSG Puget Sound Science Research Fellows! We are excited to announce that Gabe Diephuis and Isaac Olson have been awarded the new WS...