There’s lots of construction going on at the Coupeville Wharf.
Sound Water Steward Dick Johnson removes a wall he installed more than 10 years ago as an Island County Beach Watcher to make way for an updated marine display at the Coupeville wharf.
Coupeville Lions Paul Bigelow (also a Sound Water Steward of Island County), Rick Walti, Joe Hillers and John Roomes prepare the new display wall at the Coupeville Wharf. The wall will host a new, dynamic display about Penn Cove and the marine life that lives here.
The new wall display will be completed in May and includes new huge images of marine mammals next to their skeletons hanging from the ceiling – be sure to look up and all around next time you visit the wharf. They will be followed this summer by addition of a circular eelgrass mural.
The entire display is sponsored by Sound Water Stewards and supported by donations from the Lighthouse Environmental Programs, Town of Coupeville, Coupeville Festival Association, Coupeville Lions, KIRO 7 honoring Jan Holmes, and many individual donations honoring other Island County Beach Watchers.