Inspiring Conservation of the Salish Sea
Port Townsend, WA
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ALT Sylvia the Giant Pacific octopus and a rainbow star.
Our 2020 annual report is now online, check it out! spark.adobe.com/page/SVMooHj… #PTMSC #SalishSea #annualreport
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Do you put on sunscreen before going out in the sun? Anemones do too! ☀🕶
When out of the water, anemones close up to protect themselves from drying out in the sun. Bits of rock and shell stick to their skin and form another layer of protection! #TidepoolTuesday
📸 Brandt, BLM
ALT Open, iridescent green anemones cling to pink rock underwater.
ALT A closed anemone hides from the sun. Looking like a circle covered in moss, bits of colorful shell cling to the creature and offer more sun protection.
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#SalishSea News: Duckweed, BC LNG, real Salish history, catch more crabs campaign bit.ly/2Xt71AM
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The first issue of Making Waves has an article about sense of place research, the #WeArePugetSound book & campaign, & @PSstartshere. Both campaigns highlight the link between Puget Sound—the body of water and the region—and the people who call it home. makingwaves.psp.wa.gov/index…
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It's a fact: #ghostgear is the *deadliest* form of marine debris. It entangles marine life and harms fragile habitats.
The term "ghost gear" refers to any fishing gear that's abandoned, lost or discarded into the environment.
Learn more: bit.ly/3g9Sfp7 MT @OurOcean
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#SalishSea News: Chickweed, sea otters, Gorge Dam, ghost boats, Fairy Cr protest, TM protest, GasLink spill bit.ly/3CUCfBi
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#TurtleTuesday fact of the day: leatherback sea turtles can dive deeper than any other turtle in the sea! Diving mask They can swim to depths of 4,200 feet and hold their breath for almost an hour and a half 🐢
ow.ly/9vaV50FBCOa RT @OurOcean
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#SalishSea News: Lamb's quarter, K21, Fraser steelhead, pond turtles, sage grouse land, no Point No Point launch, Van Aquarium, toilets and trash bit.ly/3CVwzXM
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This #PostcardFromTheField is all about cool tools. Brian Bill (left) and Alexis Fischer (right) deploy an Imaging Flow Cytobot in Budd Inlet in Puget Sound, WA as part of a project to identify the environmental drivers of toxic blooms of Dinophysis. go.usa.gov/xFmYN
ALT Two scientists stand on either side of a large piece of equipment, cylindrical in shape and with several tubes coming out of the top. They are standing on an enclosed dock next to a white boat. They are wearing casual clothes and face masks and appear to be intently adjusting components of the equipment.
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#SalishSea News: Brazil nut, heat's on, shellfish farms, lower Fraser habitat, Capitol Lake estuary, kelp, northern leopard frogs bit.ly/3sbf7cu
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#SalishSea News: Italian prune plum, indigenous protected areas, murder hornet, BC fish farms, old-growth deferral, oil dispersant review, news week in review bit.ly/3CKf9gm
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With every orbit of our satellites, every plunge to the depths of our ocean, every data point gathered from our network of environmental sensors there is a teaching moment. Discover NOAA Education: youtu.be/P6YSiY6wZ8Y
Video was created with support from the @TheNAAEE
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The Puget Sound Partnership's Ecosystem Coordination Board will meet online tomorrow. Find meeting highlights, links to the agenda, and other meeting materials here: content.govdelivery.com/acco…
ALT Photo of Canyon Creek, a tributary of the North Fork Nooksack River. Photo credit: Puget Sound Partnership.
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#SalishSea News: Thai basil, Lorraine Loomis, culvert removal, Perseid meteors, March Pt Heronry, bug-eating plant bit.ly/3yHulbG
Sketching the Natural World workshop is being offered Sept. 25 by the #JeffersonCountyHistoricalSociety with artists Maria Coryell-Martin and #PTMSC's own Carolyn Woods. Register at blog.ptmsc.org/2021/08/sketc… #SalishSea #ExpeditionaryArt
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Federal scientists are convinced that Seattle’s dams are harming local salmon and killer whale populations.
Story by @leddder via @highcountrynews:
hakaimagazine.com/features/s…
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#SalishSea News: Eggplant, K-21, open border, exteme weather, Cooke fish farm, Peter Ross, corn roortworm bit.ly/3xyc1Az
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#SalishSea News: Chinese parsley, border opening, climate report, Trans Mtn, Quinault Nation, old growth logging bit.ly/3xAkO58
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Pink salmon are competitive—for food, for mates, and for space to spawn. Today pinks are the most abundant of all Pacific salmon species, but what lies ahead for them in a time of rapid climate change?
hakaimagazine.com/features/s…
