Celebrating Fidalgo Bay

Skagit MRC held its 13th annual Fidalgo Bay Day in late August at the Samish Indian Nation's beautiful Fidalgo Bay Resort in Anacortes. More than 20 organizations shared informational displays and fun activities that celebrate and promote stewardship of local marine life.

Pete Haase led 50 dedicated volunteers to make Fidalgo Bay Day a success, drawing over 350 visitors to the beach, who left feeling inspired to share what they've learned with others and to help protect the waters of Fidalgo Bay and the larger Puget Sound.

For more information about past Fidalgo Bay Day events click here.

#CatchMoreCrab

Many thanks to our social media project assistant Courtney Baxter, for getting out to the boat launches and on social media to spread the word and capture stories and photos from local crabbers who shared their photos with the hashtag #CatchMoreCrab. With the close of summer crabbing season, Courtney’s position with us ended. We appreciate Courtney’s enthusiasm and ability to hit the ground running on this project, and her knowledge of a broad range of social media platforms led us to explore strategies to help us reach new audiences.

Member spotlight - Traci Sanderson

Traci Sanderson joined the Snohomish MRC in 2015, drawn by the desire to volunteer and use her training to do critical work in her "second hometown". Originally from Miami, Florida, she’s spent most of her life in Washington sharing her love of the ocean as a volunteer and scientist.

Traci works with many shoreline homeowners building and expanding on citizen science efforts. "Given some training on specific things to look for and track, dedicated homeowners can be wonderful citizen scientists," Traci says. "If everyone was a good steward of their property then land and water everywhere would be much healthier." Thank you, Traci, for inspiring others to be great stewards for Puget Sound!