About WSG

June 20, 2025

Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to welcome two new staff this summer: Jubilee Cho is the new graphic designer, and Kaitlyn Kowaleski is a new postdoctoral scholar.

In Jubilee’s role, she works across several creative mediums in print, web, digital and experiential to promote WSG communications, outreach and campaigns.

Jubilee earned her double degree from ...

May 15, 2025

Mel Lemke is a self-proclaimed creepy-crawly-enthusiast who loves the deep sea. Hailing from the mountains of Colorado, Mel has always had an awe and appreciation for the complexity of marine systems, leading her to complete her B.S. in marine biology from the University of Oregon in 2021. During her undergraduate education, she ...

May 12, 2025

We are happy to announce that Dr. Nicole Naar, WSG social science and education specialist, was selected to receive the UW College of the Environment’s 2025 Outstanding Community Impact Award. This award recognizes stakeholder engagement that stimulates, inspires and drives interactive uses of environmental science and information to impact the broader community. The Awards Committee was impressed with the way Nicole exemplifies the spirit of this award by engaging with diverse constituents to convey complex information ...

March 13, 2025

Dear Partners and Friends of Washington Sea Grant:

For more than 50 years, Washington Sea Grant has served the State of Washington, the Pacific Northwest, and the nation by funding marine research, providing technical assistance, and working with communities, managers, businesses, educators, and the public to advance regional understanding and sustainable use of ocean and coastal resources. WSG’s work in 2018-2023 brought more than $190 million in services and economic benefits to the state. As a non-partisan state-federal partnership, ...

February 25, 2025

Luciana Calle was born and raised in the Midwest yet has been living in Washington for 8 years. Her awe for the Pacific Northwest and her fascination with the environment led her to pursue environmental science and resource management, which she currently studies as an undergraduate at the University of Washington. She also took an interest in climate change early ...

January 30, 2025

We are sad to share the news of the passing of former Washington Sea Grant (WSG) science writer Eric Scigliano, who died in a diving accident in the Galápagos Islands last week. He was 71.

In addition to serving on the WSG communications team from 2013–2017, Scigliano wrote on wide-ranging topics from the environment, art ...

December 19, 2024

Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is honored to present the artwork of Alfredo Arreguín in our 2025 calendar.

The bright colors, detailed patterns and natural imagery of Alfredo Arreguín’s paintings made him one of the preeminent artists of our time. Born in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, Arreguín emigrated to Seattle in 1956 and ...

December 9, 2024

By Maddie Gard, WSG Science Communication Fellow

This fall, we are thrilled to welcome five student assistants, Dana Grant, Emma Klessig, Isaac Olson, Jane Wybenga, and Maya Ades to the Washington Sea Grant (WSG) team. WSG relies on support from student assistants and has selected these five remarkable University of Washington (UW) graduate students to join our various program areas. Student assistant positions offer first-hand experience supporting projects directly connected to WSG’s mission and values. Get to ...

November 26, 2024

By Maddie Gard, WSG Science Communication Fellow

SOUTH BEND – Last month, Washington Sea Grant (WSG) staff participated in an official ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of Bendiksen Landing, a historic building that has been redeveloped from an aging seafood production facility to include the new WSG South Bend Office. This new office space will deepen WSG’s work to serve communities along Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor, focused on issues such as coastal resilience ...

November 26, 2024

My name is Madison (Maddie) Gard and I feel eager to serve as Washington Sea Grant’s science communications fellow this fall and winter. I originally grew up in the Sonoran Desert of Tucson, Arizona, with much of my childhood spent hiking and playing outdoors. My fascination with marine ...