Come celebrate the 4th of July with PTMSC!
The first 100 people admitted to the exhibits will be treated to a hot dog in honor of the occasion. We’ll also be doing fishprinting under the NHE portico, or if bad weather prevails, in the Marine Exhibit classroom. Exhibits open at 11am and hot dogs may be claimed by showing your stamped hand anytime after 11:30. Get ‘em while they last! There will also be a Low Tide Walk at 10. Walks are free to members and included in the price of admission for non-members.Feathered Oscillators: Reproductive Synchrony in Seabirds
Dr. Jim Hayward & Dr. Shandelle Henson
Thursday, July 17th 7pm NHE
Drs. Hayward & Henson will provide a brief overview of Protection Island, its wildlife, and recent research on the island. This will be followed by a description of an ongoing research project demonstrating the very unusual discovery that Glaucous-winged gulls tend to lay their eggs synchronously on an every-other-day schedule.
A Place for Kids to Jump Into Summer Science Fun
School’s almost out! Do you have plans for your kids or grandkids this summer? If you’re looking for something fun for them to do, while learning stuff too, enroll them in one of the hands-on science camps at the PTMSC.
What happens to the plastic we throw away?
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Plastic Pollution Awareness Program Launches in 2008
PTMSC has received a Public Participation Grant from the Department of Ecology to conduct a broadly scoped plastics education program. The grant has many components including educating youth and communities on the Olympic Peninsula as well as all over Puget Sound. We’ll conduct a Sound-wide beach sampling project, we’ll develop a traveling exhibit for Puget Sound communities and we’ll work with Cinamon Moffett in her study of gull diets, trying to determine if and how much plastic is being ingested by gulls nesting on Protection Island.
Puget Sound Partnership Video
"You stand on the ferry and look out at Puget Sound. It seems like a vision of pristine nature, but are you certain everything is as healthy as it seems on the surface? It might not be. And you might be falling victim to the problem of "Shifting Baselines"...."
People for Puget Sound Video
In a new video produced by People for Puget Sound, the artist Tony Angell says, “Puget Sound is like a peach. It looks great on the outside but if you cut it, it’s rotten on the inside…” Click on the link below to hear what’s at stake and what people can do to bring the Sound back to health. People for Puget Sound video
Environmental Educator: Americorps Job Opportunity
Marine Naturalist Fall Internship Position
