Photo: 2015 MRC Conference highlights Photo credit: Al Bergstein and Sasha Horst
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17th Annual Marine Resources Committee Conference

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The 17th Annual Northwest Straits Initiative MRC Conference was held November 6-7, 2015 in Bellingham with the theme The Northwest Straits Initiative In Action. 

CONFERENCE TOPICS Included:

  • Featured speaker Dr. Florian Graner, marine biologist and cinematographer
  • Communicating Science 
  • Climate Change Adaptation in Puget Sound
  • Kelp Monitoring in the Salish Sea
  • Nearshore Ecology, Restoration, and Restoration Funding

The Northwest Straits Commission is a regional coordinating body comprised of people who care about the marine areas where they live, and who work together to protect and restore marine resources.

The Northwest Straits Commission carries out regional conservation projects and supports the work of seven Marine Resources Committees through funding, technical support, training and regional coordination.

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  • Member Spotlight: Paul Dinnel

  • 2015 Regional Kelp Surveys

     Kayak-based kelp surveys were carried out in six counties this past growing season, kicking off the first year of MRC bull kelp surveying. Surveys have now come to an end for the year, and a huge THANK YOU goes out to everyone who was involved in getting this project off the ground.

  • Goodbye to Terrie Klinger

    Dr. Terrie Klinger has been a part of the Northwest Straits family for over 12 years. She was a member of the San Juan Marine Resources Committee before being appointed as a Governor-appointee on the Northwest Straits Commission, a position she has held for the past 8 years. It has been a privilege for us to work with Terrie.

  • Welcome to Lucas!

    We would like to extend a warm welcome to the Commission’s newest staff member, Dr. Lucas Hart, joining us as our Marine Program Manager. Dr. Hart has been a Research Scientist at U.S. Geological Survey for the past five years, with a specialty in Pacific herring and other forage fish. He was involved in a variety of investigations related to virus, antibodies, parasites and climate change impacts to forage fish health. He has also been an active member of the Jefferson MRC, leading their kelp monitoring project and various outreach efforts of the MRC, as well as serving as a volunteer at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center on a sea star wasting disease survey.

Member Spotlight: Paul Dinnel

Skagit MRC

Dr. Dinnel is a specialist in the areas of marine ecology and toxicology, with a special interest in shellfish resources. Many of the projects that Dr. Dinnel has led have involved questions of water and sediment quality related to effluents, dredging and historical pollution.

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Upcoming Events

  • Dec

    10

    NPLCC Science-Management Webinar

    Thursday
    December 10
    11:00 AM-12:00 PM

    Watch a presentation on the project and the process of developing useable tools for land managers from Tina Whitman and Andrea MacLennan. Andrea will present on the sea-level rise vulnerability model completed for San Juan County, that incorporated multiple time and projection scenarios and modeled mapped erosion and inundation.

    More about the project

    Webinar

  • Jan

    06

    San Juan Committee January Meeting

    Wednesday
    January 06
    8:30 AM-10:30 AM

    San Juan Marine Resources Committee is conducting their regular monthly meeting.

    Legislative Chambers, 55 Second St, Friday Harbor