Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Indian Island Event in October





On October 28 Beach Watchers, Kwiaht and Orcas school students who are involved with the Indian Island Marine Health Observatory hosted a very successful event at the Community Center in Eastsound. Their goal: to report to the Orcas community the results of their first two years of monitoring. Here are some photos of the evening, which included displays of the work being done at Indian Island, entertaining (and environmentally-friendly) music, yummy refreshments, and a presentation by Russel Barsh showing the invertebrates that have been inventoried at the island and what interesting creatures they are. Visitors were encouraged to join the current volunteers for the 2011 season. This well-organized event was the outcome of a lot of hard work by Marcia Spees, Russel, and other Beach Watchers.

Captions for the photos: 1) Marcia Spees and Nancy Alboucq at the Registration table; 2) Kim Secunda displays micro-plastics samples collected at Indian Island; 3) Indian Island logo and display outside the Community Center; 4) from Russel's photo presentation.

No sooner had the evening ended than Kwiaht and Beach Watcher volunteers began planning for next year. How to make research methods more efficient, ways to continue outreach to the business community, and the possibility of a seminar series during the winter and spring are all under discussion. If you are interested in volunteering, contact Rusty Johnson, rustydiggs@yahoo.com. And be sure to mark your calendars for the first event of the 2011 season -- a night-time low-tide walk to Indian Island on Wed. Jan. 19.

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