2019 Fidalgo Bay Day!

Our 16th annual Fidalgo Bay Day event was held Saturday August 24, 2019 (11:00am - 3:00PM) at the Samish Indian Nation's beautiful Fidalgo Bay Resort in Anacortes.

This year's event featured a virtual reality diving experience with Diver Laura's "Virtual Salish See and Beyond".  It was such a huge hit we hope to bring it back again next year. Some of the other event highlights included our popular beach seining activity hosted by Jason Morgan with the Northwest Straits Foundation and Dan Pentilla. It was a great opportunity to see lots of sea creatures up close! The Friends of Skagit Beaches once again sponsored the Discovery Passport Activity.  What a fun way to learn about the marine environment, win cool prizes, and learn about all of the different organizations in our community and what they are doing to protect our marine resources.  There were also lots of fun games, face painting, and kid friendly craft tables, tasty complimentary samples of fresh local seafood, and a delicious no-host BBQ Salmon offered by the Samish Indian Nation. 

We are extremely grateful to Jay Lind for chairing this year's event, the Samish Indian Nation for their facility and providing a warm welcome, the 50 volunteers who contributed many long hours, and the 30 participating organizations and businesses. This event wouldnt happen without all of you!!

A big 'Thank You' goes out to the following participating organizations who hosted educational displays and fun activities for the kids and adults alike: Mount Vernon High School Key Club; Fidalgo Bay Aquatic Reserve Citizens' Stewardship Committee; Northwest straits Commission; Northwest Straits Fondation; Orca Network; Port of Anacortes; City of Anacortes; Padilla Bay NERR; Pacific Mammal Research; Salish Sea Biological; Salish Sea Stewards; Samish Indian Nation; Skagit County Health Department; Skagit County Public Works; Skagit Land Trust; Skagit Conservation District; WA Dept of Natural Resources Aquatics Reserves Division; WA Dept of Ecology; New Pilgrim Ministry; Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center; Guardians of the Salish Sea; Diver Laura James; and the Swinomish Tribe.

 We would also like to thank the following local businesses and organizations who generously contributed to this year's event: Adrift Restaurant for providing tasty complimentary seafood chowder; Taylor Shellfish for providing scrumptions oysters and mussels; Gere-A-Deli for providing amaing brownies; and the Anacortes Boys and Girls Club for loaning their popcorn machine.

Fidalgo Bay Day has been funded in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Assistance Agreement [CE-o1J31901] and the Puget Sound Partnership.

 

For more information about past events click here.