Clallam County Beach Watchers
2010 VOLUNTEER TRAINING DETAILS
Funding for 2010 volunteer training and community outreach coordination has nearly been finalized, so planning has begun for our next training.
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Barring unforeseen events, our 2010 volunteer training will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays in April and May. Classes will be held two days per week, from 9:00 AM to about 4:00 PM. Classes will be held at the Feiro Marine Life Center on the Port Angeles City Pier, with many field trips around Clallam County.
95% Certain Volunteer Training Dates:
April: 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28.
May: 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26.
Jim Roberts and Lee Diemer remove Scotch Broom (a noxious weed) from Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles, WA.
Why take the training?
- Just because it's FUN!! Ask any WSU Beach Watcher in Clallam County, and they'll tell you they had a blast. They got to see animals, plants, and places they never knew existed. They got to meet and learn from working, practicing scientists and researchers every training day.
- Because Puget Sound is not healthy, and it needs everyone's help. Most folks don't know it, but it's in real trouble! You can help the public understand the problems facing the Sound, and you can give them concrete steps to preserve and improve our shared treasure.
How does it work?
WSU Beach Watcher volunteers receive about 100 hours of classroom and field training in a wide range of topics including coastal geology, marine biology, watersheds, septic systems, beach monitoring, estuaries and more.
WSU Beach Watchers are volunteer marine stewardship educators. They share their knowledge with the public and spend at least 100 hours in community outreach programs over at least two years. That's basically sixty minutes a week.
WSU Beach Watchers are also researchers and stewards of the marine world. When they wear their volunteer "hat," they are members of a science based, politically neutral, non-activist, non-advocacy group.
"Community Payback" takes several forms, like our water quality monitoring program or our community outreach program, or new programs that volunteer teams create and implement.
Contact the Program Coordinator
(360) 565-2619 OR E-MAIL (CLICK HERE.)
~~~ OUR MISSION IS ~~~
…. To support sustainable stewardship of fragile coastal ecosystems through education, research, and local action.
Program Goals
- Help protect Clallam County’s valuable marine resources.
- Increase the public’s knowledge about our marine environment and their sense of stewardship for it.
- Educate top notch volunteers for community outreach & education.
- Increase the amount of useful data about our marine resources.
Main Projects
- Salt Creek Recreation Area outreach.
- B.E.A.C.H. program water quality monitoring.
- Public outreach at festivals, fairs, parades, workshops, etc.
The Endless Possibilities
- Northwest Marine Mammal Stranding Network
- Beach profiling
- Mapping forage fish habitat and spawning areas
- Olympia oyster reintroduction
- Monitoring for oil spills
- Invasive species monitoring
- Leading interpretive beach walks
- Classroom presentations
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