|
Name |
Position |
Contact me for |
Phone/Email |
|---|---|---|---|
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Lucas Hart |
Director |
MRCs: NW Straits Commission Strategic leadership, fiscal responsibility, programmatic oversight, media & legislative contact, public relations, NW Straits Commission representative to regional advisory groups, staff supervision, board support, policy recommendations Partners: Puget Sound Partnership Ecosystem Coordination Board, Environment and Climate Change Canada-EPA Statement of Cooperation Working Group, Puget Sound Institute Advisory Board |
360-391-7190 |
|
Sasha Horst |
Operations Manager |
MRCs: MRC grant program and funding questions, MRC operations and administration support Partners: Receivable agreements and contracts, budget management, general NW Straits Commission inquiries and historical information |
360-333-7792 |
|
Dana Oster |
Marine Program Manager |
MRCs: MRC project planning & reporting, QAPPs, Science Advisory Committee, Speed Dating with Scientists, connections to state and federal agency partners, derelict vessel removals and vessel turn-in events, voluntary no-anchor zones Partners: General inquiries about the projects and programs of the NW Straits marine program and MRCs |
360-708-4146 oster@nwstraits.org |
|
Jessica Owens |
Communications Coordinator |
MRCs: Communication planning, media, design, photo requests, writing/editing, collaboration tools (websites, social media, e-news) Media/partners: Media inquiries, photo requests, help connecting with the right person, press releases, advertising |
564-900-0575 owens@nwstraits.org |
|
Leah Skare |
Ecosystem Projects Specialist |
MRCs: Forage Fish project questions on sites, sample coordination, supplies, and training. European green crab outreach and trapping questions, volunteering in the field, and connection to partners working on green crab throughout the region. Partners: Forage Fish project questions and connection to MRC leads. European green crab data, volunteer opportunities in the field, and collaborative local management strategy questions for Drayton Harbor and Samish Bay. |
360-867-8322 skare@nwstraits.org |
|
Suzanne Shull |
GIS Specialist-Padilla Bay Reserve | MRCs & Partners: Questions about the mapping application SoundIQ. In addition to helping users access the tools in SoundIQ. Help with guidance on how to 'rescue' past project spatial data and/or develop new geospatial datasets. | shull@nwstraits.org |
|
Allie Simpson |
Ecosystem Project Coordinator |
MRCs: European green crab, Voluntary no-anchor zone vessel monitoring, Olympia oyster restoration, Community engagement inquiries and support Partners: European green crab related inquiries and support, Transboundary Eelgrass Protection workgroup, Olympia oyster inquiries and support |
360-481-9253 |
|
Jeff Whitty |
Kelp Program Manager |
MRCs: Kelp related inquiries and support (includes MRC kelp monitoring, the Puget Sound Kelp Conservation and Recovery Plan, who is doing what with kelp, and ideas for presentations on kelp) Partners: Puget Sound Kelp Conservation and Recovery Plan (Kelp Plan), MRC kelp monitoring, connections to kelp projects and partners
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360-399-8170 whitty@nwstraits.org |
Northwest Straits Commission
10441 Bayview-Edison Road
Mount Vernon, WA 98273-9668
We are headquartered in the historic Breazeale House at the Padilla Bay Reserve. While our staff are currently working remotely, we are fully available to assist you. For inquiries, please reach out via email or phone listed below.
Padilla Bay Reserve Campus Map
360-428-1084