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Our 2020 annual report is now online, check it out! spark.adobe.com/page/SVMooHjp2… #PTMSC #SalishSea #annualreport

Do you put on sunscreen before going out in the sun? Anemones do too! ☀🕶 When out of the water, anemones close up to protect themselves from drying out in the sun. Bits of rock and shell stick to their skin and form another layer of protection! #TidepoolTuesday 📸 Brandt, BLM

#SalishSea News: Duckweed, BC LNG, real Salish history, catch more crabs campaign bit.ly/2Xt71AM

The first issue of Making Waves has an article about sense of place research, the #WeArePugetSound book & campaign, & @PSstartshere. Both campaigns highlight the link between Puget Sound—the body of water and the region—and the people who call it home. makingwaves.psp.wa.gov/index.php/2020…

· It's a fact: #ghostgear is the *deadliest* form of marine debris. It entangles marine life and harms fragile habitats. The term "ghost gear" refers to any fishing gear that's abandoned, lost or discarded into the environment. Learn more: bit.ly/3g9Sfp7 MT @OurOcean

#SalishSea News: Chickweed, sea otters, Gorge Dam, ghost boats, Fairy Cr protest, TM protest, GasLink spill bit.ly/3CUCfBi

. #TurtleTuesday fact of the day: leatherback sea turtles can dive deeper than any other turtle in the sea! Diving mask They can swim to depths of 4,200 feet and hold their breath for almost an hour and a half 🐢 ow.ly/9vaV50FBCOa RT @OurOcean

#SalishSea News: Lamb's quarter, K21, Fraser steelhead, pond turtles, sage grouse land, no Point No Point launch, Van Aquarium, toilets and trash bit.ly/3CVwzXM

This #PostcardFromTheField is all about cool tools. Brian Bill (left) and Alexis Fischer (right) deploy an Imaging Flow Cytobot in Budd Inlet in Puget Sound, WA as part of a project to identify the environmental drivers of toxic blooms of Dinophysis. go.usa.gov/xFmYN

#SalishSea News: Brazil nut, heat's on, shellfish farms, lower Fraser habitat, Capitol Lake estuary, kelp, northern leopard frogs bit.ly/3sbf7cu

#SalishSea News: Italian prune plum, indigenous protected areas, murder hornet, BC fish farms, old-growth deferral, oil dispersant review, news week in review bit.ly/3CKf9gm

@ali__johnston So far, positive. If it helps us reach/activate more stakeholders in the health of our oceans, we think it's worth making the name change.

@ali__johnston Recognizing that certain words can be misconstrued -- and because our outreach is expanding -- we started using the term "community science" last year. ptmsc.org/programs/inves…

With every orbit of our satellites, every plunge to the depths of our ocean, every data point gathered from our network of environmental sensors there is a teaching moment. Discover NOAA Education: youtu.be/P6YSiY6wZ8Y Video was created with support from the @TheNAAEE

The Puget Sound Partnership's Ecosystem Coordination Board will meet online tomorrow. Find meeting highlights, links to the agenda, and other meeting materials here: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WAPSP…

#SalishSea News: Thai basil, Lorraine Loomis, culvert removal, Perseid meteors, March Pt Heronry, bug-eating plant bit.ly/3yHulbG

Sketching the Natural World workshop is being offered Sept. 25 by the #JeffersonCountyHistoricalSociety with artists Maria Coryell-Martin and #PTMSC's own Carolyn Woods. Register at blog.ptmsc.org/2021/08/sketch… #SalishSea #ExpeditionaryArt

Federal scientists are convinced that Seattle’s dams are harming local salmon and killer whale populations. Story by @leddder via @highcountrynews: hakaimagazine.com/features/seatt…

#SalishSea News: Eggplant, K-21, open border, exteme weather, Cooke fish farm, Peter Ross, corn roortworm bit.ly/3xyc1Az