Feiro Marine Life Center

Have you been thinking that you really want to support the most ‘happening’ place in Port Angeles these days, the Feiro Marine Life Center (of course) and be a part of the exciting growth and you just weren’t sure how? We have great news!

Sarah L. Sterling, adjunct Assistant Professor in the Anthropology Department at Portland State University, presents:

Integrating the Seismic and Occupational Chronologies at Tse-whit-zen

Friday, April 27, 2012 at 6:00pm at the Landing Mall Conference Room

In 2003 work began to excavate a dry dock in Port Angeles Harbor. The construction footprint exposed portions of the ancient Klallam village of Tse-whit-zen; one of the largest known precontact villages in Washington State. The site was occupied

Interested in learning more about our local marine world?  Come join staff and volunteers from Feiro Marine Life Center and learn about the incredible world right outside your door.  This 7-week program includes classroom learning as well as hands-on learning.  You'll participate in plankton tows, beach seines, and a trip to a local tide pool area for exploration.  Along the way you'll become knowledgeable about the different creatures (phylum by phylum) in the Pacific Northwest with emphasis on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. 

At 6:30pm on Friday, March 9th, Nick Bond will be presenting “Climate Change: Implications for the Pacific Northwest.”  He will summarize the past and future expected changes in the global climate and specifically look at a Pacific Northwest perspective with a focus on marine ecosystems for the next 40-50 years.  There will be voluntary small-group activities to explore probable regional outcomes and ways to reduce one’s carbon footprint.

Nick Bond is the principal research scientist with the Joint Institue for the Study of the Atmoshpere and Ocean (JISAO).

Like a synthetic siren, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch drew Charles Moore to science; now his research raises deep questions about plastic. Moore first encountered the 2-million-square-mile floating landfill by chance in 1997, as skipper of a catamaran. His discovery turned him into a scientist/activist, and prompted a global reassessment of plastic's invasiveness. Moore chronicles his investigations of our ocean's plastic load in his newly-published book,Plastic Ocean.

Wrangel Island, Russia (not to be confused with Wrangell Island, Alaska) is 2,900 miles of the remotest Arctic wilderness on the planet. Located between the Chuckchi Sea and East Siberian Sea, it has been said that the only place harder to get to is the moon.

Read about some of our wonderful volunteers in the January newsletter.

Tonight, January 5th, from 6:30 - 8:30 PM there will be a presentation on stormwater at the Port Angeles library in the Carver Meeting Room.  This is the 3rd of a 4 part series about stormwater issues and possible solutions.  Dr. Christopher W. May will speak on “Water is a Resource: Keeping it Clean and Reusable.”  Dr.

Read about the release of Octavia, one of our Giant Pacific Octopuses, tidal turbines, and Christmas Anemones in our December Newsletter.