Vessel Turn-In Recycling Day- San Juan County
April 1, 2024
Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group Education Program Volunteer Training
February 13, 2024Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group
Education Program Volunteer Training
February 13th
Sign up here
Green Crab Molt Workshop
February 7, 2024
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Padilla Bay Planting Parties
January 30, 2024Padilla Bay Planting Parties
Planting parties will focus on installing native trees and shrubs in some of the uplands at the reserve. With our new native plant nursery, we are working to restore our uplands to a mix of mature forest and native coastal prairie. We’re also holding drop-in stewardship work parties on the last Tuesdays of the upcoming months (except December). These work parties could involve a variety of tasks related to planting and invasive species removal.
Planting Work Parties:
Jan 15th (MLK day), 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Feb 3rd, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
March 2nd, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Drop-in Stewardship Work Parties:
Jan 30th, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Feb 27th, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
RSVPs are appreciated so that we can plan for the right amount of people. Use this form and contact Spencer at sjohnson@padillabay.gov if you are a new volunteer. Department of Ecology requires that volunteers be 18 years or older.
Hope you can join for some fun hands-on restoration work this winter! Please send any questions to Spencer at sjohnson@padillabay.gov.
Padilla Bay Newsletter and Events
Subscribe to the the Padilla Bay Reserve newsletter here to get information on all events happening
Or visit the events page here
There are many classes for all ages coming up!
Storming the Sound
January 25, 2024| Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve |
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Storming the Sound, our regional environmental education conference will be in-person at Maple Hall in LaConner. We're all set for our 25th Storming the Sound conference! Now we just need you to join us. The agenda is posted at Storming the Sound's website. Our keynote speaker is Lindsay Huettman: Cultivating Resilience with Ecological Grief and Loss for Outdoor Educators. Here's a taste of this year's session topics: Coastal Flooding in My Neighborhood: Engaging High Schoolers with Local Data; Molt Search Program- A novel community based program to fight the European Green Crab invasion; Data as Abstract Art; In the Field: Hands-on Place-Based Learning for K-10 Students; Pathways to Green Jobs: Paid High School Internships; Virtual Reality/ 360 learning in the Classroom; Exploring Ways of Knowing; Music for Environmental Education -- and much, much more! |
Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group Day of Service
January 15, 2024 Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group
Day of Service
Join Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group on Monday, January 15th at Little Carey’s Slough near Hamilton, WA from 10am-1pm!
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a designated AmeriCorps Day of Service, so our two WSC members Connor and Clare will be in attendance helping plant trees! Per the AmeriCorps website: “Join us this MLK Day as we come together to build a Beloved Community through unity, service, and transformation. Let’s honor Dr. King’s legacy by working toward a more just and equitable society, where everyone is valued and respected, regardless of their race, ability, religion, or background. By participating in service projects, we can bridge divides, heal wounds, and create lasting change that will benefit our communities for years to come.”
The site doesn’t really have a proper address, so to find it, just enter 48°31’48.3″N 121°59’15.7″W into your navigation app/Google and it will direct you to a site off Walders Rd. Parking will be off Walders as well. Follow posted signage for directions to the site! It is about a 100yd walk from the parking area to the planting site, with quite muddy and uneven terrain on the way.
We will provide gloves, tools, and light snacks. Dress for the weather, we recommend lots of layers and some boots you don’t mind getting dirty!
Registration here
Site Stewardship at Bowman Bay
August 31, 2023
Virtual Crab Molt Search Training
August 23, 2023MOLT SEARCH VIRTUAL TRAINING
When: August 23 from 11am to 1pm
Where: Zoom
What: Free public training
To Register: https://bit.ly/VirtualMoltSearch
WSU Extension and Washington Sea Grant are inviting the public to assist in “Molt Search”, a new citizen science initiative to help combat the growing concern of the invasive European green crab. According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the European green crab is one of the world’s worst invasive species and it threatens the overall health of Washington’s marine waters. Washington Sea Grant’s Crab Team currently supports the WDFW-led coalition of co-managers, tribes and partners by monitoring for European green crab at about 60 Salish Sea sites, but these only cover a small fraction of the suitable nearshore habitat for this animal. Molt Search will enable the public to take action to protect marine waters by teaching volunteers how to conduct a 20-minute survey for crab molts and how to report their findings using a mobile app.
WSU Extension will be hosting a virtual training on August 23. For more information about the upcoming training workshops go to https://wsg.washington.edu/event/molt-search-volunteer-training-zoom/ or email clniles@wsu.edu, or jonathan.w.robinson@wsu.edu
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Additional references:
Cheryl Lovato Niles, WSU Extension Water Resources Educator, clniles@wsu.edu, 360-778-5812
Jonathan Robinson, WSU Extension Beach Watchers Program Coordinator, jonathan.w.robinson@wsu.edu, 541-220-7812
https://wsg.washington.edu/crabteam/moltsearch/
Virtual Crabber Workshop
June 23, 2023
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Friends of the Forest-Anacortes Volunteer Opportunities
June 20, 2023
Friends of the Forest- Anacortes
Dedicated to protecting and teaching about the Anacortes Community Forest Lands- check out their calendar for programs and volunteer opportunities!
Friday, 6/9 (10:00am-12:00pm): Community Science: Wetland Monitoring- more info and sign up here
Tuesday, 6/13 (10:00am-12:00pm): Community Science: Macroinvertebrates- more info and sign up here
