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Educational Sites

- Voices of the Strait Video Voices of the Strait video project Chapter 1

-NW Environmental Video Channel Gateway site for environmental videos of the Salish Sea

-Regional Events The Puget Sound Partnership’s Event Calender. Lists *most* of the environmental educational events coming up

-The Cove One of the most important environmental documentaries ever created. If you value dolphins, then you must see this film.

A Sea Change Movie about ocean acidification the next looming crisis in our waters of Puget Sound, and elsewhere. A must see video.

Best Green Blogs Listing of hundreds of global blogs on Green subjects, both commercial and not for profit

Biomass study – WSU The definitive study on how much biomass really exists in our counties.

Boldt Decision – History Seattle Times article on the history of the Boldt Decision.

Carfree.com Imagining towns without cars!

Crab Pot Escape Cord Stop crab pot loss & crab kills! Use cotton cord!

Dead Zones – Eutrophic Map of Salish Sea Dead Zone tracking globally.

Derelict Gear Removal Project Learn about derelict gear & how to report it if you see it

Eleanor Stopps – In her Own Words The audio only interview with the great environmental activist, Eleanor Stopps

Feiro Marine Life Center Port Angeles’ Marine Center

Geoduck Study by UW Sea Grant 2012 Interim report of the long awaited Geoduck research by UW Washington Sea Grant

Jimmy Come-Lately Creek Restoration Video detaling the restoration of Jimmy Come-Lately Creek in Blyn.

MARE:Marine Affairs Research & Education Providing innovative services to coastal and marine resource managers worldwide

Marine ecosystems and management Bimonthly information service on marine ecosystem-based management

MPA News International News and Analysis on Marine Protected Areas

National Marine Fisheries overview of aquaculture on habitat From the Fisheries permitting process

Net Pen Lecture Audio Podcast of Dr. Lawrence Dill on Net Pen Aquaculture Concerns – Larry is a leader in sea lice research

Net Pen Lecture Video – Pt. 1 Dr. Dill’s presentation on video (includes slides)

Net Pen Lecture Video – Pt. 2 Dr. Larry Dill’s Net Pen Lecture Part 2

North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center NOPSC is a project based field science class. Also for High School Senior Culminating Projects

North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center Natural Resources To provide a program that provides hands-on, relevant natural resources research experience while meeting the needs of and building capacity within individual students and the North Olympic Peninsula region.

Olympic Park Institute Educational site @ Lake Crescent

openchannels.org OpenChannels is designed to become a comprehensive source for news, guidance, and community discussion on sustainable practices in ocean planning and management.

Orca Listening Posts – Orcasound.net Hydrophones to listen to our friends in the sea.

Peninsula College Environmental Education programs

Protection Island Story A very good one page overview of how Protection Island was saved.

PT Marine Science Center Educational site at Fort Worden. Check it out with kids!

PT Marine Science Center Blog Cute, they even stole our photo header!

Puget Sound Partnership – Project Atlas A great tool showing all the projects under way to support restoring the Salish Sea.

Return of the River – Elwha Project John Gussman’s web site of video & stills from the project

Roll call of the Lost Dick Goins description of stocks of wlld salmon declines over decades. By a long time expert fisherman.

Shore Stewards WSU program for beach protection

Shoreline Armoring on Puget Sound Workshop 2009 workshop on issues related to Shoreline Armouring

Sound IQ Very cool new site! Interactive Map of Island County

U.S. Government Energy Information Administration Want to know the CO2 stats? Here’s the place.

VIDEO – Protecting our shorelines Good 34 minute video on why & how to protect your shoreline

Water Footprint Network Understanding your water footprint

Watershed Links A listing of local watershed links. Good starting place.

Governmental Sites

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Non Governmental Organizations

-2013 Environmental Lobby Day Register now for Environmental Lobby Day 2013

Admiralty Audubon Local PT based Audubon Chapter

Brinnon Group Local group opposing Black Point resort

Coastal Watershed Institute “To promote long term, ecological, community based stewardship of marine and terrestrial ecosystems thru scientific research and local partnerships.”

Dungeness River Audubon Center Educational site on the river. Check it out with kids!

Fred Felleman's Blog Fred is the “man” when it comes to oil spill prevention. Check his thoughts out.

Georgia Straits Alliance Canadian NGO working on protecting the Straits

Greenfleet Monitoring Expeditions Monitoring of Puget Sound Estuaries

Jefferson Land Trust Folks working to protect critical openspace

League of Women Voters – Clallam County a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

League of Women Voters – Jefferson County The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

Local 2020 Think local, act local

Local Food Access Network North Peninsula local food org with an emphasis on developing and supporting increased and sustainable capacity for production, distribution, and consumption locally.

North Olympic Land Trust

North Olympic Lead Entity We bring local stakeholder groups together to coordinate salmon recovery efforts across the North Olympic Peninsula. from Blyn to Cape Flattery.

North Olympic Salmon Coalition The mission of the North Olympic Salmon Coalition is to restore, enhance, and protect habitat of North Olympic Peninsula wild salmon stocks and to promote community volunteerism, understanding, cooperation and stewardship of these resources.

Olympic Environmental Council The Olympic Environmental Council works on issues related to the environment and health that affect our North Olympic Peninsula communities.

Olympic Forest Coalition Protecting and restoring our Olympic forest and aquatic ecosystems

Olympic Park Associates If you share with us a passion for Olympic National Park, a concern for the Park’s future, and a vision that Olympic National Park should always be a wild and natural place, we invite you to join Olympic Park Associates.

OrcaNetwork Follow the whales online!

Puget Sound Restoration Fund Achieving on-the-ground restoration of habitat and native species in Puget Sound by focusing on action not politics

Save Our Salmon Coalition Coalition of citizen and industry groups working to save wild salmon

Save Pulali Pulali Point is on Hood Canal at Dabob Bay

Seal Sitters Group trained by NOAA to help protect seals & pups in Western Washington

Sierra Club – North Olympic Chapter This is a new chapter recently formed.

Washington Environmental Council WEC has been working for a couple of decades on environmental activism. A great group of people actually getting things done.

Whale Trail Signs along the way to take you to great whale viewing locations

Wild Fish Conservancy Wild Fish Conservancy seeks to improve conditions for all of the Northwest’s wild fish

Island drought imperils salmon-spawning grounds

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Al B.

Rivers and streams throughout Vancouver Island are drying to trickles after a two-month drought and fears are growing that salmon will not be able to reach spawning grounds. Andrew Thomson, federal Fisheries and Oceans south coast area director, said his department, helped by volunteers, salmon enhancement societies and First Nations, are searching for ways to help the fish if rain doesn’t fall.

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Island+drought+imperils+salmon+spawning+grounds/7354934/story.html

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BC Sockeye Season Likely to Close Again this Year – CBC

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Al B.

Just yesterday I heard the well worn argument by an opponent of environmental protections saying in a public meeting that the record return of BC Sockeye in 2010 was proof that scientists didn’t know what they were talking about. Well, it was a short lived record year.

British Columbia’s lucrative commercial and recreational sockeye salmon fishery is not likely to open this year, as Fisheries and Oceans Canada says there are simply not enough fish coming back.

Although there has been enough returning fish to fill the spawning grounds and open an aboriginal fishery, numbers have actually started to decrease.

In order for a commercial fishery to operate, the number of summer run sockeye salmon would have had to be roughly double last week’s count.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/08/15/bc-sockeye-salmon-fishery.html

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Another 300k fish culled in BC after virus hits another fish farm

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Al B.

Yet another fish farm in BC has been infected. This one near Jervis Inlet.

http://www.theprovince.com/health/company+kill+Atlantic+salmon+after+virus+outbreak/7064123/story.html

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BC Tribe bringing lawsuit against fish farm – Vancouver Sun

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Al B.

Another British Columbia First Nation attack on the fish farming industry. This in particular, should be a warning here for the people seeking to build fish farms.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/First+Nation+close+fish+farms+reach+Canadian+Supreme+Court/7060492/story.html

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BC Coast Guard Union Voices Concerns over Oil Shipments

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Al B.

The battle for protection of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the BC Coast goes on north of the border. The BC union of Coast Guard workers came out yesterday against Canadian Government proposals to slash the vessel monitoring stations along the coast. Additionally, they are looking to ease vessel call in rules as they approach the Strait. As stated in this column in earlier entries, our government and tribes ought to be protesting loudly to the Canadians about this issue. In a few years it will be too late.

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Jack+Knox+column+Pipeline+talk+skips+from+show+money/6992496/story.html

Filed under: Canada, Government, Oil Spills, Threats | Tagged: british columbia, canada, Coast Guard, oil spill, pipeline | Leave a Comment »

Spectacular film of Orcas chasing Dolphins

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Al B.

Thanks to Jules for sharing this with us. An amazing film of orcas hunting dolphins at Hyacinthe Bay BC (north of Nanaimo). And thanks to Grind TV for getting it up online!

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/33983/pacific+white-sided+dolphins+take+flight+to+evade+killer+whales/

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Local Events (New!)

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April 28th - 12:45 PM
Out of the Mist - Olympic Stories
Produced and directed by Robert and Kathy Chrestense, this film is a homage to the Olympic Wilderness.

Join the filmmakers for a pre-screening talk and stay for a post show update on the
status of the Wild Olympics legislation to expand and protect Olympic wilderness.

Sponsored by the Sierra Club, Olympic Park Associates, Olympic Forest Coalition, and Olympic Audubon. Contact Peter Guerrero of the North Olympic Group for further information, 510-421-1071.
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Lecture: May 24, Friday: 6-9 pm, slide presentation and discussion, book review. Location:Sequim Library Meeting Room.

Vegetables from the Sea; An “Edible Seaweed” evening lecture
and harvest field trip - Presented by Mac Smith

The Pacific Coast and inland waters of Washington State abound with marine algae. There are hundreds of these seaweeds or "sea vegetables" found throughout the tidal zones of the numerous seashore habitats of this area. Learn the natural history of many of these seaweeds as well as historical, aboriginal and current uses for food, technology and medicine. The slide show lecture and talk will cover basic seaweed biology, and how to find, collect, preserve and cook with seaweeds. You will also learn how to prepare special sea vegetable dishes to enjoy as snacks, soups, salads, stir-fries, and dessert.

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Field Trip: May 25, Saturday, meet at 8:00 am at Freshwater Bay for low tide exploration and gathering (about 40 minute drive from Sequim, about 15 miles west of Port Angeles on HWY 112). Carpooling will be arranged at lecture or by contacting instructor.

Cost: $40.00/lecture and field trip; OR $20.oo/each event (indicate choices below)
Class size is limited; please register early. Additional class details (locations, etc.) will be provided as class dates get closer.

Questions? macs100@live.com
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Ongoing: PT Marine Science Center - Learning from Orcas - The Story of Hope"

The Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTMSC) is thrilled to announce the opening of a new exhibit, "Learning from Orcas—The Story of Hope," which will be the centerpiece in the Natural History Exhibit in Fort Worden State Park.

The exhibit opens Saturday, September 29th at noon. Admission is free to the public on Saturday and Sunday of that weekend, and open from noon to 4 p.m

The new exhibit tells a story that started in 2002 when a transient orca called CA 189—later named Hope by PTMSC students—beached herself and died in the Dungeness Spit area. Her story continues to the present day through the work of scientists, community members and PTMSC staff and volunteers. Hope’s skeleton has been articulated and will be hanging in the Natural History Exhibit.

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