Times are approximate. Current Salish Sea Stewards volunteers
and the public are welcome to attend. Seating priority will be
given to 2018 Salish Sea Stewards class participants. All classes
are held at Padilla Bay Reserve (10441 Bayview Edison Road, Mount
Vernon) unless otherwise indicated.
Direct questions to Joan Drinkwin [email protected]
360-820-3323
Salish Sea Stewards Volunteer 2018 Training Speaker Schedule
Tuesdays 1:00-5:00pmMarch 20 – May 22, 2018
The Salish Sea Stewards program is sponsored by the Skagit
Marine Resources Committee and has been funded wholly or in part by
the United States Environmental Protection Agency via the Puget
Sound Partnership and the Northwest Straits Commission under
assistance agreement Grant
SEANWS-2017-SkCoPW-00002 to Skagit County
March 202:00 - History of Puget Sound Protection
Nan McKay, Northwest Straits Commission3:00 - Importance of
Citizen Science
Caroline Gibson, Northwest Straits Foundation4:00 - Salish Sea
Stewards and Skagit MRC
Morty Cohen, Skagit Marine Resources Committee
March 271:00 - Nearshore Birds of the NW Coast
Tim Manns, Skagit Audubon2:00 - History of Padilla Bay
Glenn Alexander, retired Padilla Bay Reserve3:00 - Intertidal
Monitoring
Jason Morgan, Northwest Straits Foundation
April 32:00 - Marine Debris and Plastics
Heather Trim, Zero Waste Washington3:00 - Skagit County Water
Quality
Rick Haley, Skagit County4:00 - Pollution Identification and
Correction Program
Karen DuBose, Skagit County
April 10 (Fidalgo Bay RV Resort)1:30 - Marine Mammal
Disentanglement
Casey Mclean, SR32:30 - Forage Fish,
Dayv Lowry, WA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife
April 18 (class time 9:00-3:00)9:00 - Climate Change
Betty Cartaret, Friends of Skagit Beaches11:00 - Ocean
Acidification
Brooke Love, Western Washington University3:00 - Eelgrass
Susan Wood, Padilla Bay Reserve3
April 24 (West Beach shelter, Deception Pass Park)1:15 - Coastal
Processes
Hugh Shipman, WA Department of Ecology2:15 - Nearshore
Restoration & Bowman Bay Restoration
Lisa Kaufman, Northwest Straits Foundation
May 11:15 - History of Deception Pass State Park
Jack Hartt, retired Washington State Parks2:00 - Anacortes Mill
History and Cleanup
Betty Carteret, Friends of Skagit Beaches3:00 - WA Dept. of
Natural Resources Aquatic Reserves
Erica Bleke, Washington Dept. of Natural Resources4:00 - Salish
Sea: The Importance of a Name
Bert Webber, Western Washington University
May 81:15 - Treaty rights, Shellfish, & Swinomish Tribe
Julie Barber, Swinomish Tribal Community2:00 - Green Crab
Monitoring
Emily Grason, University of WA Sea Grant Program3:00 - Olympia
Oyster & Abalone Restoration
Paul Dinnel, Skagit Marine Resources Committee4:00 - Kelp and
Kelp Monitoring
Lucas Hart, Northwest Straits Commission
May 151:15 - Clean Water Act Implementation
Kurt Baumgarten, WA Department of Ecology2:15 - State
Recreational and Commercial Fishing
Don Velasquez, WA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife3:30 - Derelict
Fishing Gear
Jason Morgan, Northwest Straits Foundation
May 22 (2018 training class culmination)1:30 - Healthy
Watersheds/Healthy Communities
Allison Studley, Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group
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