WSG receives $1.59 million to boost Puget Sound habitat
The two WSG-led projects selected for funding will focus on sea level rise vulnerability and managing invasive European green crab
Two projects led by Washington Sea Grant (WSG) will receive a total of $1.59 million through the Puget Sound National Estuary Program’s Habitat Strategic Initiative, a partnership between Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Washington Department of Natural Resources.
New staff: Sydney Fishman
We are thrilled to welcome Sydney Fishman as a coastal management specialist at Washington Sea Grant.
In this role, Sydney helps shoreline and coastal decision-makers find solutions to their complex management issues.
New staff: WSG welcomes Lisa Watkins
We are thrilled to welcome Lisa Watkins as the new community science specialist for the Crab Team at Washington Sea Grant.
Lisa coordinates WSG Crab Team’s volunteer monitoring network, which collects detection data on the invasive European green crab across Washington’s Coastal and Puget Sound regions.
Meet Olivia Horwedel, Indigenous Aquaculture Network Communications Fellow
My name is Olivia Horwedel and I am so grateful for the opportunity to be the Communications Fellow for the Cross-Pacific Indigenous Aquaculture Collaborative Network. I grew up in Michigan and spent the majority of my childhood outdoors exploring the rivers, lakes and streams of my home state.
Read moreHealing and connection through the songs of Khu.éex’
This Native American Heritage Month, we’re honored to share music from the Seattle-based Indigenous band
The Tlingit, Haida and Blackfoot languages are all endangered, according to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
Meet Andrea Richter-Sanchez, WSG Science Communication Fellow
My name is Andrea Richter-Sanchez and I am thrilled for the opportunity to be Washington Sea Grant’s science communication fellow for the fall and winter of 2022-2023. I am originally from Venezuela and grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Read moreUW Graduate Student Selected as 2022–2023 WSG Keystone Fellow
Washington Sea Grant is excited to announce that Ashley Townes has been selected as the 2022–2023 WSG Keystone Fellow. Through the fellowship, she will spend the year working at the Port of Seattle.
Read moreSeven Recent Graduates Selected for the 2022–2023 WSG Hershman Fellowship
Congratulations to our new WSG Hershman Fellows!
We are pleased to announce that recent graduates Grace Adams, Abigail Ames, Monea Kerr, Kathryn Loy, Jenna Rolf, Harshitha Sai Viswanathan and Olivia Zimmerman have been awarded the Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship for 2022–2023.
Washington Sea Grant Receives Continued Federal Funding for Aquaculture Collaboratives
The Indigenous Aquaculture Collaborative and West Coast Aquaculture Collaborative are among the projects to receive support for another two years
NOAA Sea Grant is continuing support for 11 advanced aquaculture collaboratives initially funded as part of Sea Grant’s 2019 National Aquaculture Initiative.
Autumn 2022 Sea Star
Our biannual magazine, now with an updated and expanded format
Catch up on Washington Sea Grant’s recent research, outreach and education programs across the state through Sea Star, our biannual magazine.