Volunteer Paula McCullough during a recent beach clean up. Photo credit: WSU Snohomish County Extension
Help protect Puget Sound’s waters, wildlife and landscape through education, research and stewardship. Receive 80 hours of university caliber training involving field trips and expert lectures on topics like salmon, water quality, climate change, marine wildlife, coastal processes, citizen science, community outreach, and more!
After the trainings, volunteer at least 80 hours in projects you select over the next two years. Projects range from doing low-tide education at beaches to water quality sampling to festival community outreach. You can join a team or work on your own to help people better appreciate, understand and conserve Puget Sound health OR get involved in one or several Puget Sound related research projects OR bring your own ideas to craft your own volunteer experience!
The Beach Watcher training will be based out of the new WSU campus in north Everett every Wednesday at 9 AM – 4:00 PM from March 21 – May 30, 2018 and will include three Saturdays on April 7, May 5 and May 19th. An application due on March 7th and a free background check are required. There is also a $55 (electronic version) or $75 (hard copy) materials fee.
Find our application here. For more information contact Chrys Bertolotto at chrys@wsu.edu or (425) 357-6020 or visit our Facebook page to learn more about what we do!
The WSU Snohomish County Extension Beach Watcher training is jointly funded by Snohomish County, the Snohomish County Marine Resources Committee, City of Mukilteo and Washington Department of Ecology.
February 17, 2018
Everett