People for Puffins: Turning the Tide for Endangered Salish Sea marine birds. During her presentation for the Friends of the Salish Sea Speaker Series, Olivia Fross will discuss charismatic Tufted Puffins, mysterious Marbled Murrelets, and her adventure-filled experiences researching endangered seabirds in Washington State. Olivia Fross grew up in Boulder, Colorado, and got involved with […]
The Cascadia Subduction Zone: The impact of the Earth's moving tectonic plates on Pacific Northwest geology. At the edge of the continent in the Pacific Northwest (lies the Cascadia Subduction Zone. In this active boundary region, the lighter Pacific Plate is slowly subducting—moving beneath—the denser North American Plate, a convergence that plays a central role […]
The Elusive Six-Gill Sharks of the Salish Sea Seattle Aquarium Research Scientist Dr. Dani Escontrela will describe the efforts that the Seattle Aquarium, alongside the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, the Oregon State University Big Fish Lab, and the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, has undertaken to learn about the mysterious Six-gill sharks. Research […]
Elephant Seals of the Salish Sea. What a local resident named Elsie Mae has to teach us about Salish Sea marine mammals. Garry and Dianne will explore the behaviors of Salish Sea elephant seals and introduce us to Elsie Mae, an elephant seal that has, in recent years, beached herself on the shore of Fidalgo […]
