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Deer Lagoon, Past, Present & Future: Restoration, Critical Habitat, and its Winter Birds (Whidbey Island)
February 8 @ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Themes: Protecting Estuaries, Seabird Migration, Future of our Shorelines
Trip Description
Deer Lagoon Preserve is a National Audubon-registered Important Bird Area (IBA) with at least 211 different bird species documented. It consists of marsh, tidelands/mud flats, open water, and surrounding woodlands. The species mix is appropriate to these habitats. Washington State Fish and Wildlife has concluded Deer Lagoon is the single most important site on Whidbey Island for use by waterfowl, year around. The lagoon is a critical resting and feeding site for migrating shorebirds in the spring and fall. It has been labeled the most important wetlands in Island County.
Trip Leader
Dyanne Sheldon is a Restoration Ecologist who has spent over 40 years studying and learning about the various habitats in the Puget Sound region, specializing in the ecology of wetlands in the Puget Sound lowlands. She ran Sheldon & Associates, an environmental consulting firm, specializing in wetlands and habitat restoration. She helped develop the Professional Certification Program, Wetlands Science, Management and Environmental Law at the University of Washington and taught in that program for 25 years. Dyanne crafted the first regulations to protect wetlands in King County that became a model and standard statewide.
