Class Schedule

Happy New Year!

Click on a class or speaker below to learn more about the presentations offered on Saturday, February 4, 2023.

*All speakers, panelists, and conference topics, as well as the order of events, are subject to change at any time.

8:30 – 8:45 AM- Welcome and Announcements

8:45 – 9:45 AM- Morning Keynote

Keynote

Keynote: Restoring the Salish Sea: Science, Action, and Resiliency

Join Dr. Joe Gaydos Science Director of the SeaDoc Society and Wildlife Veterinarian.

9:45 – 10:00 AM – Break & Exhibits

10:00 – 11:00 AM

Salish Sea Sciences

Sea Cucumbers: Rotting and Regenerating Zombies of the Sea

This presentation will describe the current ecological, physiological, and molecular research Jim Nestler and his students are conducting on these seemingly “simple” sea cucumbers in …

Changing Environment

Oiled Wildlife Response in Washington

This presentation covers the elementary basics of how Federal, State, and Local agencies respond to oil spills.

Life and Resilience: From Forests to Feathered Friends

Tale of Two Seabirds: Marbled Murrelets and Pigeon Guillemots

A Tale of Two Seabirds: Marbled Murrelets and Pigeon Guillemots Every seabird needs a scribe to tell its fascinating life history. How do we find …

11:00 – 11:15 AM – Break & Exhibits

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Life and Resilience: From Forests to Feathered Friends

Moving the Target: Forest Management in a Changing Climate

Explore the primary effects of climate change on tree species and forest ecosystems in western Washington, then discuss management actions that can increase long-term resilience.

Changing Environment

Salish Sea Successes: Examples of Marine Mammal Recovery

Salish Sea\’s greatest marine mammal recovery stories, animals who were once trapped, hunted, and persecuted but have since rebounded throughout Washington and British Columbia.

Salish Sea Sciences

Dock Fouling & Nudibranchs in the Urban Wilderness

Floating docks are an intriguing hub for marine organisms and provide an accessible window into local marine life. Nudibranchs are commonly found on the side …

12:15 – 1:00 PM – Break for Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 PM- Afternoon Keynote

Keynote

Afternoon Keynote: We Are Puget Sound- Discovering and Recovering the Salish Sea

A campaign, book, and multimedia touring exhibit amplifying the voices and actions needed to protect and restore Puget Sound and the Salish Sea.

2:00 – 2:15 pm Break & Exhibits

2:15 – 3:15 PM

Life and Resilience: From Forests to Feathered Friends

COASST: Seabirds, Marine Debris, and Citizen Science

Hands-on citizen science offers an opportunity to collect environmental data over stretches of space and time that no research lab could hope to attain on …

Changing Environment

Health and Resilience of Pacific Madrone, an Iconic Shoreline Tree

Learn about one of our favorite Pacific Northwest trees, the Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii).

Salish Sea Sciences

Microplastics Around Us

Microplastics are ubiquitous in our environment and living in the PNW, we encounter them in unexpected places.