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Monthly Meeting & Guest Speaker Franchesca Perez of the Stilliguamish Tribe
September 9, 2024 @ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Public invited! Camano Watch Party will be held at the Island County Admin Building
10 am: SWS Business Meeting – reports from board and committees
10:30 am: Featured Speaker
11:30 am: Breakout Rooms for Camano and Whidbey
Facilitator: Scott Chase
Monthly Meeting Agenda (click to view)
10:00 – Welcome and Acknowledgement – Camano Host – Scott Chase
10:05 – Board Report – Paul Belanger/Robbin Boyatt
10:10 – Staff Report – Tabitha and Hadley
10:15 – Reports from Committees:
Community Science
Education
Stewardship
10:30 – 11:30 Presentation – Franchesca Perez
11:35 – Breakout Sessions
Whidbey
Camano
Camano Breakout Room Agenda (click to view)
- Facilitator: Scott Chase
- Two empty SWS Board seats representing Camano
- Camano project “reports:”
- Intertidal Beach Monitoring
- Baby Salmon Live Here
- Crabber education – Scott Chase
- Giant Northern Hornet – Gaylen
- Sound Toxins – Paulette Brunner
- Snow Goose Festival 2025 – Melanie
- Forage Fish – Paul Williams
- Steering Committee – Lead position open
- Upcoming Camano Activities
- Next First Friday Coffee Social October 4th at at 9 a.m.
- Orca Recovery Day- Beach Cleanup October 15th
- Holiday Party
- Items from the “floor”
- Reminder – please enter volunteer hours
Speaker: Franchesca Perez, Marine Stewardship and Shellfish Biologist with the Stilliguamish Tribe Natural Resources Department
Topic: Olympia oyster restoration planning and the surprising benefits of natural mussel clusters
Bio: Franchesca is Chamaole: half Chamorro, from the island of Guam and half Haole, from mixed European settlers. Franchesca grew up spending nearly every free moment exploring the tidepools and playing in ocean waves of California. She is fortunate enough to work in the marine environment for her job with the Stillaguamish Tribe. She coordinates their marine and shellfish projects and advocates for the Tribe in marine resource issues. Franchesca earned a Master’s degree in Marine and Estuarine Science at Western Washington University, and has a broad base of science experience ranging from molecular biology to larval crab ecology.
Outside of work, Franchesca enjoys growing flowers, learning piano, and taking her kids to warm beaches as often as possible.
Camano hosts in January, March, May, September
Whidbey hosts in February, April, June, October
Stewards: “Self-Report” Your Hours as Continuing Education in Volunteer Matters
