Winter Lecture Series 2021 - Online!

Four online lectures highlighting the fascinating life in and around shoreline and marine ecosystems of the Salish Sea. All Lectures will be presented on Zoom at 7 pm. The lecture zoom link for each lecture will be listed below. There is no registration for this presentation - just log on at the time indicated.

A note from your lecture volunteers: If you are unable to get on the live zoom presentation due to a high volume of participants, we apologize ahead of time and will make the video of the lecture available within a week of the lecture. 

Friday, January 15, 2021 - Seals and Sea Lions: Pinnipeds of the Salish Sea 
with Dr. Cindy Elliser, research director,  Pacific Mammal Research

Here is the presentation information for this lecture -
Join Zoom Meeting at 7pm:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81775679218?pwd=T3ZvcVgxZk5KdFUzbzVzaEloUjBNdz09
Meeting ID: 817 7567 9218
Passcode: CINDY

Friday, February 19, 2021 

Long Live the Kings – From Science to Action, Advancing Salmon Recovery in the Northwest
with Jacques White, Ph.D, Executive Director of Long Live the Kings

Friday, March 19, 2021 

Introducing the Asian Giant Hornet
with Cassie Cichorz – WSDA, Asian giant hornet outreach and education specialist

Friday, April 16, 2021 

Deep Sea Volcanoes:  A Fiber-optic Look at Eruptions, Hot Springs & Life Forms with Dr. Deborah Kelley, Professor, School of Oceanography, Univ. of WA

For more information - go to our Lecture Series page

Friends is awarded Rose Foundation Grant for new Citizen Science Project: Stormwater Pollution Monitoring

Partnering with the City of Anacortes and the Samish Department of Natural Resources, Friends is working to bring this new citizen science project to Fidalgo Island.

Find out more here: Stormwater Monitoring Project

Want to Join us as a citizen-science volunteer? Email stormwater@skagitbeaches.org

Pictured are Diane Hennebert, Tim Gohrke, and Wayne Huseby. Diane is the stormwater manager for the City of Anacortes. She is our partner contact at the City of Anacortes and the primary recipient of data for our Friends of Skagit Beaches Stormwater monitoring project. Diane has worked in other city stormwater departments and finds the partnership with Friends of Skagit Beaches unique in terms of the monitoring data that will be gathered year round.