February 3, 2025
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to announce that Erick Dowell, a recent graduate of the University of Washington’s School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, has been selected as the 2025 WSG Keystone Fellow. Erick will be working with host Puget Sound Restoration Fund.
The WSG Keystone Fellowship seeks to build pathways into marine science, policy and related industry careers for individuals from ...
Read MoreSeptember 11, 2024
Forks, WA – The River & Ocean Film Festival returns October 18, 2024 to celebrate the freshwater and marine environments of the west side of the Olympic Peninsula — and the people who love them. Audiences will enjoy film explorations of Olympic Peninsula rivers and shores and learn about the issues facing its habitats and human communities.
After running annually ...
Read MoreAugust 22, 2024
We are pleased to announce that recent graduates Elise Adams, Jessica Clemens, Nika Hoffman, Heeju Jung, Jess Lechtenberg, Allison Morgan, Courtney Murphy, Rondi Nordal, Katalin Plummer and Jack Winterhalter have been awarded the Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship for 2024–2025. This fellowship places highly motivated, qualified individuals with marine and coastal host offices throughout Washington, providing fellows with a unique perspective on building marine policy and allowing them to share ...
Read MoreAugust 15, 2024
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to announce that Jezella Peraza, a recent graduate of the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, has been selected as the 2024 WSG Keystone Fellow. Jezella began working with host Seattle Aquarium August 1.
The WSG Keystone Fellowship seeks to build pathways into marine science, policy and related industry ...
Read MoreOctober 24, 2023
We are pleased to announce that recent graduates Catalina Burch, Hannah King, Noah Linck, Katie Love, Ellie Mason, Andrea Richter-Sanchez and Hannah Tennent have been awarded the Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship for 2023–2024. This fellowship places highly motivated, qualified individuals with marine and coastal host offices throughout Washington, providing fellows with a unique perspective on building marine policy and allowing them to share their academic expertise with the host ...
Read MoreSeptember 28, 2023
We are pleased to announce that three recent graduate students from universities in Washington and Idaho — Jillian Everly, Devon Lombard-Henley and Leslie (To-Nhu) Nguyen — were selected as finalists for the 2024 class of the prestigious John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program.
Since 1979, the National Sea Grant College Program has provided one-year fellowships working within federal government offices in Washington, D.C. to over 1,600 early-career professionals. Legislative fellows typically spend their time ...
Read MoreSeptember 18, 2023
By Katalin Plummer, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Summertime in the Seattle area is nothing like the eastern Oregon summers of my childhood. To me, summer means day after stifling day with temperatures of over 100°F across the desert steppes, but with Puget Sound moderating the temperature, getting outside here for summer fun is easy. ...
Read MoreAugust 15, 2023
We are pleased to announce that two University of Washington (UW) graduate students, Zoe Rand and Anna Simeon, have been selected for the 2023 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship in population and ecosystem dynamics.
Since 1999, the NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship program has trained the next generation of specialized experts in fisheries management. The program addresses the critical need for future fisheries scientists with expertise in stock ...
Read MoreMay 16, 2023
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to announce that University of Washington and Western Washington University graduate Jackelyn Garcia has been selected as the 2023–2024 WSG Keystone Fellow. Through the fellowship, she will spend the year working at the Puget Sound Partnership and Washington Conservation Action. She will ...
May 11, 2023
At the dawn of each spring, the Makah Tribe blesses its fleet in Neah Bay to support tribal fishermen and their families. They convene at the Makah Marina to pray in their language.
The intention behind the ceremony is to cast a safe fishing season for those going out to an unpredictable and merciless sea. To further empower fishermen, the Tribe collaborates with Washington ...
Read MoreOctober 4, 2022
Washington Sea Grant is excited to announce that Ashley Townes has been selected as the 2022–2023 WSG Keystone Fellow. Through the fellowship, she will spend the year working at the Port of Seattle. Launched in 2019, the WSG Keystone Fellowship seeks to build pathways into marine science, policy and related industry careers for individuals who are historically underrepresented in those fields. This paid fellowship offers a unique educational opportunity by matching highly motivated and qualified individuals with host offices ...
Read MoreSeptember 28, 2022
We are pleased to announce that recent graduates Grace Adams, Abigail Ames, Monea Kerr, Kathryn Loy, Jenna Rolf, Harshitha Sai Viswanathan and Olivia Zimmerman have been awarded the Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship for 2022–2023. This fellowship places highly motivated, qualified individuals with marine and coastal host offices throughout Washington, providing fellows with a unique perspective on building marine policy and allowing them to share their academic expertise with the host offices.
This ...
Read MoreBy Ashli Blow, WSG Science Communications Specialist
When Puget Sound receded during an extreme low tide in June, Maile Sullivan, Washington Sea Grant education specialist, and a team from ...
August 23, 2022
We are pleased to announce that Kristin Privitera-Johnson (she/her), a doctoral student at the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (UW SAFS), is one of eight fellows selected for the 2022 National Marine Fisheries Service-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Program.
Kristin is originally from California, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in marine ...
