Congratulations Salish Sea Stewards Class of 2017!

The Skagit County Marine Resources Committee is pleased to welcome the 34 new volunteers who recently completed the 2017 Salish Sea Stewards training program! Congratulations!! 

They are such an incredible group volunteers!  They have already contributed over 400 hours of volunteer services to help protect and restore Puget Sound.  We can't thank our volunteers enough.  We wouldn't be able to do our work without them.  THANK YOU!!!

The Salish Sea Stewards volunteer training is a program of the Skagit County Marine Resources Committee (MRC) in partnership with the Coastal Volunteer Partnership (CVP) program at Padilla Bay.  It provides 40 hours of dynamic classroom and field-based training to offer an entry point for citizens to learn and become involved in the restoration and conservation of Skagit County’s marine resources.  Participants are trained by local and regional experts and are expected to contribute at least 50 volunteer hours towards local marine projects.

This year’s training started March 7 through May 9, 2017. Classes were held every Tuesday, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Padilla Bay Reserve, 10441 Bayview-Edison Road, Mount Vernon.  Click here for the 2017 class schedule. For more information about Skagit MRC's Salish Sea Stewards program click here.

Check out the recent article about the Salish Sea Steward program posted in the Skagit Valley Herald and another article posted on the new online site called "Puget Sound Innovation Stories".

If you have any questions about the program, or would like to sign up for next year's training, contact Samantha Russell:  Email: srussell@padillabay.gov or by Phone (360) 428-1559.

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