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Educational Sites
- * NEW WA Shellfish Harvest Closures
- *_Peninsula Calendar of Events Events sponsored by EcoNET the Puget Sound Partnership educational wing
- – Voices of the Strait Video Voices of the Strait video project Chapter 1
- -Alexandra Morton's Web Site (NEW) The new web site for the work of Canada’s leading researcher in to farmed Atlantic Salmon and it’s effects.
- -NW Environmental Video Channel Gateway site for environmental videos of the Salish Sea
- -The Cove One of the most important environmental documentaries ever created. If you value dolphins, then you must see this film.
- -The Life & Times of Wolf Bauer 1hour radio show on the life of NW Environmentalist and mountain climber, Wolf Bauer
- 2012 NW Straits Presentations Audio podcasts of the presentations
- 2013 NW Straits Conference Presentations Audio podcasts of the presentations
- AIRNOW Air quality monitoring
- – Shellfish Safety Information – 1-800-562-5632
- Biomass study – WSU The definitive study on how much biomass really exists in our counties.
- Carfree.com Imagining towns without cars!
- 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
- Herring School (Canada) Herring research site from SFU and Partners
- 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 This links appears to be gone. I am checking into why.
- 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 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
- River of Kings – Video Part 1 of 2 part series by Carl Safina on the Nisqually River Restoration.
- Salish Magazine Salish Magazine is a free online magazine that takes inquisitive readers outdoors with visually rich storytelling about features people can see firsthand in our public forests and beaches.
- Shore Stewards WSU program for beach protection
- Shoreline Armoring on Puget Sound Workshop 2009 workshop on issues related to Shoreline Armouring
- SNOW SURVEY DATA
- Sound IQ Interactive Maps of Salish Sea shorelines
- 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
- * NEW WA Shellfish Harvest Closures
- – US Congressman Derek Kilmer The new Congressman replacing Norm Dicks
- – US Senator Maria Cantwell WA State Senator
- – US Senator Patty Murray WA State Senator
- – WA State Representative Steve Tharinger 24th District State Rep.
- -WA State Representative Mike Chapman 24th District Representative
- – NOAA Weather Data
- – WA State Representative Kevin Van De Wege 24th District State Senator
- Clallam County Democrats Democratic Party of Clallam County
- Clallam County Environmental Health Water quality protection onsite septic system program: regulation, management
- Clallam County Marine Resource Comm.
- Dept of Ecology – Fish/Shellfish Advisor Page Looking to see about safe consumption of fish/shellfish?
- Dept of Ecology Blog updates on the Rayonier site, and others
- Elwha River Restoration – NPS.gov The official site of the dam removal.
- Jefferson County Democrats Supporters of strong environmental protections of our shorelines and uplands
- Jefferson County Marine Resource Comm.
- Jefferson County SMP FAQs Frequently asked questions about the SMP
- Jefferson County Watershed Resource Center Thinking about building green in Jefferson County?
- NANOOS Web Site Pac. West Regional Ocean Observing System. Maritime Operations Ecosystem Assessment Fisheries & Biodiversity Coastal Hazards Climate
- NOAA 2011 Chinook Salmon Recovery Status The latest overview from NOAA of where we stand with Chinook recovery
- NOAA Science on Net Pens The location of the latest science by NOAA on Net Pens.
- Northwest Straits Initiative
- Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
- Olympic National Park The park, of course! And the North Coast & Cascades Science Learning Network
- Port Angeles Rayonier Mill Dept of Ecology Web site on the cleanup project
- Puget Sound Environmental Dashboard Dashboard of environmental health of Puget Sound
- Puget Sound Partnership State Agency tasked with cleaning up the Sound by 2020
- Pumpout Washington Info on pumpout stations in the Washington State, including the Sound.
- Rayonier Superfund Cleanup – WA DOE Blog State Department of Ecology Blog on the Superfund Cleanup project
- SNOW SURVEY DATA
- State SMP Web site State of WA Shoreline Master Program Website
- Streamkeepers of Clallam County We Monitor Streams, and We Do It Really, Really Well.
- U.S. Government Energy Information Administration Want to know the CO2 stats? Here’s the place.
- Victoria Sewage Project The official city site on the project. The latest scoop on the Canadian poop!
- WA State Family Forest Fish Passage Program The Family Forest Fish Passage Program provides funding to small forest landowners to repair or remove fish passage barriers. Download the film.
News Sites
- Green Acre Radio on KBCS Green Acre Radio on KBCS — Sustainability, local food production, restoration & environmental talk radio.
- NW Indian Fisheries Commission The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) is a support service organization for 20 treaty Indian tribes in western Washington.
- Peninsula Daily News The only daily news on the Peninsula
- PT Guide Port Townsend City Guide
- The Port Townsend Leader The leading weekly newspaper & web site.
Non Governmental Organizations
- Admiralty Audubon Local PT based Audubon Chapter
- Brinnon Group Local group opposing Black Point resort
- Clam Gardens Network of researchers exploring First Nation gardening of clams in history, and it’s relationship to today.
- 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!
- Georgia Straits Alliance Canadian NGO working on protecting the Straits
- 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 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.
- Northwest Watershed Institute NWI’s mission is to provide scientific and technical support to protect and restore fish and wildlife habitats and watershed ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest.
- Olympic Climate Action Local citizens concerned about climate change
- 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
- Puget Soundkeeper Alliance We are a water quality watch dog group that has been working to protect and preserve the waters of Puget Sound since 1984
- Salish Sea News Mike Sato’s great daily news aggregation site for all things Salish Sea
- SalmonAlert.org – Site with anti-net pen science and questions This is the site to go to, in order to better understand the scientific questions that the anti-net pen coalition is asking.
- 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
- Save the Salish Sea
- 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
Weather
- Weather Port Townsend Bay PT Paper Mill Weather Station
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A Merry Christmas to you and yours, Al. I had a nice Christmas Eve paddle this afternoon. An amazing afternoon, with lots of birds, flat water, seals, otters, and the low angle sunshine of the Northwest in winter. Merry Christmas to everyone.