About the Class
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| Taught by Bree Turner |
Our nearshore environments are home to numerous marine vegetation species, such as kelp and eelgrass, which serve as the foundation for diverse and productive ecosystems. Join us to learn more about the challenges facing marine vegetation and the inspiring work, occurring across partners and approaches, to accelerate recovery.
| About Bree Turner |
Bree Turner was raised on the shores of Puget Sound and has developed a coastal conservation career devoted to fostering science-based and community-supported management. She has 20 years of experience working in the coastal management sector with federal, state, and tribal governments and agencies, non-profits, private sector, and universities.
In 2023 she joined Washington State Department of Natural Resources as the Marine Vegetation Strategy Lead with Puget Sound Habitat Strategic Initiative. Prior to her current position, she was a Senior Coastal Management Specialist supporting the work of NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management to implement the National Estuarine Research Reserves program. She has a bachelor’s degree from The Evergreen State College, where her senior thesis explored heavy metal concentrations in bivalves across Puget Sound. She has a master’s degree from University of California – Davis, where she conducted her thesis in partnership with the Seldovia Village Tribe in Alaska on the braiding of indigenous knowledge and Western science in their tribal-led programming.
