Citizen Science Summit on Plastics Pollution in the Salish Sea

Friday & Saturday, May 14-15, 2010 Fort Worden, Port Townsend

Hello Beach Sampling Partners! Have you been wondering what ever became of the plastic debris samples you gathered from your beaches?

The team at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center invites you to find out at the Citizen Science Summit on Plastics Pollution in the Salish Sea.

All plastics projects volunteers are welcome to join us for free, including all meals and accommodations. For those of you who are not plastics project volunteers, but would like to participate, we ask that you pay a $50 registration fee.

The Summit:

The Citizen Science Summit on Plastics Pollution in the Salish Sea will begin Friday evening with dinner and conversation with Dr. Joel Baker, Science Director for the UW Center for Urban Waters. Dr. Baker’s researches on pollutant transport and fate in natural waters with a focus on the accumulation of chemicals in aquatic food webs. Saturday’s agenda will feature an in depth look at the data collected by PTMSC and our partner groups, as well as a discussion on Citizen Science in the Salish Sea.

Registration:

We are very fortunate to have generous sponsors for this Summit who are making it possible for you to attend at no cost. All meals and lodging are included. What we need is you commitment to join us and together we will follow up on the hard work we have done sampling our beaches. We expect to fill up quickly so please register by April 16th to assure your space is reserved.

Please join us for our plastics summit May 14th and 15th! Free registration (including accommodations and meals) to all samplers. Find out where the data you have collected is going!

Register by clicking here http://ptmsc.org/science/plastics/plasticssummit.html