Beach Watchers seminars start with ‘Spices of Puget Sound’ Jan. 16
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January 04, 2009 - 12:00 PM

The Skagit County Washington State University Beach Watchers seminar series kicks off at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16 with “The Spices of Puget Sound” at the Anacortes Public Library.

The 2009 winter lecture series continues every third Friday of the month through March 20. Spring lectures will follow in April.

January’s lecture will be presented by associate professor Rick Keil and research assistant Brittany Kimball from the University of Washington School of Oceanography.

• Feb. 20: “Glass sponge reefs, methane bubble plumes and massive krill swarms: There’s more than you ever thought happening on our own doorsteps” by professor Paul Johnson, UW School of Oceanography.

• March 20: “Puget Sound Partnership: What’s happening and what it means for Skagit County” by Steve Sakuma of Sakuma Brothers Farms and the Puget Sound Partnership Leadership Council.

• April 17: “Sea Level Rise in the Pacific Northwest and Impacts in Skagit County” by global warming specialist Patty Glick of the National Wildlife Federation.

• April 22: “The Impacts of Plastic in the Marine Environment” by Jen Kingfisher of the Port Townsend Marine Science Center.

The lecture series was created by Beach Watcher volunteers who earn 100 education hours in marine life, environmental processes and geology in exchange for 100 volunteer service hours to the community through education, research, restoration and personal stewardship.

All lectures begin at 7 p.m., are free to the public and open to all ages. This series is co-sponsored by Friends of Skagit Beaches.






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