Science on the Sound -- Speaker Series 2009-2010

Scheduled the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month, September through June. Talks run from 12 noon to approximately 1 pm.  Please note, due to holidays, occasionally the timing may change. Check back here for the most current information.

Seal on the beach July 17, 2010

There's a seal on my beach! What do I do?

Adrianne Akmajian, Marine Mammal Research and Stranding Intern, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northwest Marine Mammal Stranding Network
   
*****  Spring Quarter 2010 *****
Protecting Puget Sound
April 10, 2010

Protecting Puget Sound, a Captain of the Port Perspective

CAPT Suzanne Englebert, Captain of the Port, Puget Sound
Native Bees & Pollination - Puget Sound Area
April 24, 2010

Native Bees and Pollination in the Puget Sound Area & Elsewhere

Evan Sugden, PhD University of Washington


About the presentation (PDF)

Big Deal Mushrooms
May 8, 2010
THE FIFTH KINGDOM- Why Mushrooms are such a Big Deal

Kim Traverse, Chair of  "The Puget Sound Mycological Society's Wild Mushroom Show",
Puget Sound Mycological Society
  
          
Oyster restoration
May 22, 2010

Restoring Puget Sound One Oyster at a Time

Brian Allen, Ecologist
Projects Director, Puget Sound Restoration Fund 


About the presentation (PDF)

 
 
 
 
*****  Winter Quarter 2010  *****
Surfrider Acitivision - Water Quality   January 9, 2010

Surfrider Activism: Water Quality for Watermen and Waterwomen

Abigail McCarthy and Shannon Serrano
Chair of the Surfrider Foundation; Washington State & Field Coordiantor

About the presentation (PDF)


Death by plastic. Leg bands once worn by albatrosses   January 23, 2010
 

How We Can Get Plastics Out of The Sea

Ron Hirschi, Writer and Marine Environmentalist
www.ronhirschi.com

About the presentation (PDF)

 

Writing on the Sound image   February 13, 2010

Writing on the Sound

Susan Landgraf, Poet and Professor,
Highline Community College

About the presentation (PDF)
NW Weather & Renewable Energy - Andy Wappler

  February 27, 2010

Northwest Weather and Renewable Energy

Andy Wappler, Weatherman and Renewable Energy Spokesman - Puget Sound Energy

About the presentation (PDF)

Postdoctoral Engineer, Marine Initiative for The Natural Capital Project
  March 13, 2010

Modeling and visualization of shoreline erosion protection services provided by natural habitats

Post Doctoral Scholar with the Natural Capital Project at Stanford -- NOAA

About the presentation (PDF)

*****  Fall Quarter 2009  *****
Dosidicus gigas, the Humboldt or Jumbo squid

Photo: MBARI ©2003

 

They’re Big, They’re Here and They’re Squid
Jumbo Squid as Harbingers of Ecosystem Change

David Hamm, NOAA Fisheries Research Scientist/Contractor

October 17, 2009

About the presentation (in PDF format)

Hermit Crab - our underwater neighbor
Photo: Dan Hershman
John Williams - Our Underwater Neighbor: A Video Tour of Puget Sound

Director, Still Hope Productions

November 7, 2009
About the presentation (in PDF format)
Footloose Disabled Sailing Bob Ewing - Introduction to Footloose Disabled Sailing
Founder, Footloose Sailing


November 21, 2009
About the presentation (in PDF format)
New Tool to inform Nearshore Restoration Doug Myers - New Tools to Inform Nearshore Restoration
Director of Science, People for Puget Sound


December 5, 2009
About the presentation (in PDF format)
 

 

Last updated: March 27, 2012