RESOURCES
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Advocacy
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Federal Elected Officials
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Contact President Donald Trump online, or call the White House switchboard at 202-456-1414 or the comments line at 202-456-1111 during business hours.
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Locate your U.S. senators' contact information.
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Find your U.S. representative's website and contact information.
State Elected Officials
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Get in touch with your state governor.
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Find the names and current activities of your state legislators.
Local Elected Officials
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Locate your mayor by name, city, or population size.
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Find your county executive (the head of the executive branch of government in your county) by map search or your ZIP Code. The county executive may be an elected or an appointed position.
Washington State Governor:
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Washington Governor Jay Inslee
PO Box 40002
Olympia, WA 98504-0002
360-902-4111
Washington State Legislators:
https://app.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/
Local Government:
Stormwater
Rain Garden Handbook for Western Washington: https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/documents/1310027.pdf
Neat stormwater project: https://www.waterworld.com/home/article/14070125/manchesters-stormwater-park
Phenomenal timelapse of a project: https://vimeo.com/144919390
Swale on Yale info:
https://lakeunionwatershed.com/the-tale-of-the-swale-on-yale/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc8vt3svjGw&list=PLXny_Je3KsDzSATutzrXqWljZiz3e1u_o&index=8&t=0s
City of Anacortes Stormwater website: https://www.anacorteswa.gov/493/Stormwater
Anacortes Stormwater Useful Links: https://www.anacorteswa.gov/1080/Useful-Links
Fraser Test Fishery
https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/fraser/docs/commercial/albionchinook-quinnat-eng.html
Lower Snake River Dam Breaching
Top 10 Reasons the Lower Snake River Dams will be Breached
https://srkwcsi.org/top-10-reasons-the-lower-snake-river-dams-will-be-breached/
Vital Connection: Orcas, Salmon & the Snake River Dams
https://srkwcsi.org/vital-connection-orcas-salmon-the-snake-river-dams/
Dissections
Pictures of a Harbor Seal dissection: https://www.mmapl.ucsc.edu/normal-anatomy/pinnipeds/harbor-seal
Pictures of a Harbor Porpoise dissection: https://www.mmapl.ucsc.edu/normal-anatomy/cetaceans/harbor-porpoise
Pictures of a California Sea Lion dissection: https://www.mmapl.ucsc.edu/normal-anatomy/pinnipeds/california-sea-lion
Volunteer Opportunities
Continued Opportunities with The Salish Sea School
The Salish Sea School Bioluminescence Night
The Salish Sea School Marshmallows and Microscope Night
Volunteer Opportunities with The Salish Sea School
The Salish Sea School Beach Clean-Ups
Marine Mammal Stranding Network – In connection with the Central Puget Sound MMSN
Washington Park Bird Count
Others TBA including a microplastics survey, other bird surveys, etc.
Volunteer Opportunity Project Name: Bayview St. Park B.E.A.C.H. program
Project Leader/Contact: Annie England aengland@padillabay.gov
Project Description and Timing: Take water samples weekly at Bayview State Park and deliver to EDGE Lab. in Burlington. Possible on-call needs as well.
Volunteer Opportunity Project Name: Bowman Bay/Cornet Bay plants stewardship
Project Leader/Contact: Skagit Fisheries Enhancement
Group outreach@skagitfisheries.org http://skagitfisheries.org
Project Description and Timing: Help maintaining and monitoring beach plantings. Schedule and durations vary.
Volunteer Opportunity Project Name: Deception Pass Rosario Beach Naturalist
Project Leader/Contact: Deception Pass Foundation Lauren Hagen dpbeachnaturalist@gmail.com
Project Description and Timing: Rosario Beach Naturalists serve as stewards and educators at the Rosario Tide Pools.
Volunteer Opportunity Project Name: Skagit Marine Resources Committee (MRC) Beach Restoration Monitoring http://skagitmrc.org
Project Leader/Contact: Jason Morgan morgan@nwstraitsfoundation.org
Project Description and Timing: Skagit Marine Resources Committee project to monitor progress of restoration at Bowman Bay and March Point. Intertidal surveys, Beach wrack, Insects, and Woody debris. 3 – 4 hours at each site. Summer. Schedules to be posted.
Volunteer Opportunity Project Name: Skagit Marine Resources Committee (MRC) Kelp Monitoring and Surveys.
Project Leader/Contact: Phyllis Bravinder gobravinder@gmail.com
Project Description and Timing: Skagit Marine Resources Committee project to survey and monitor near shore kelp beds via Kayak. Summer. Schedules vary.
Volunteer Opportunity Project Name: Skagit Marine Resources Committee (MRC) Forage Fish Surveys
Project Leader/Contact: Peter Haase Pgypsy@wavecable.com
Project Description and Timing: Skagit Marine Resources project. Work on teams collecting beach gravel and analyzing for forage fish eggs. Weekly surveys – each takes about 2 hours. Attend as able. Additional times for microscopic analysis work.
Volunteer Opportunity Project Name: Skagit Land Trust http://skagitlandtrust.org
Project Leader/Contact: volunteer@skagitlandtrust.org
Project Description and Timing: Group has many volunteer opportunities on website. All year round. Tree planting, land stewardship, youth education help, heron nest monitor,
Volunteer Opportunity Project Name: Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center http://WolfHollowWildlife.org
Project Leader/Contact: WolfHollow@WolfHollowWildlife.org
Project Description and Timing: San Juan Island group has many volunteer opportunities on website. All year round. Big need is local Skagit residents to help collect and transport injured wildlife to the Anacortes ferry terminal.