This Week
NOSC Dungeness River Volunteer Planting Event – Sat and Sun, Mar 4th-5th
Join the Salmon Coalition in planting and mulching native trees and shrubs at a volunteer event along the Dungeness River in Sequim. NOSC is aiming to plant nearly 12,000 trees and shrubs for the revegetation efforts at the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s new side channel. The Caldero side channel provides nearly 1000 feet of critical off channel habitat for salmon, giving them a quiet escape from the main channel and the hazards of floods. They invite you to add your hands and hearts to this amazing restoration story by planting with us this winter. Join them for one or both days!
For more information and to RSVP visit here.
Time: 10 am – 2 pm | Location: Contact organizer for details
Mollusks That We Love – Wed, Mar 8th
The Aquarium at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center is home to pinto abalone and giant Pacific octopus. Both of these mollusk species are important to PTMSC’s mission of marine conservation, but in very different ways. What do these species and projects have in common? What sets them apart? This free program is presented in collaboration with the Friends of Fort Flagler. The presenter is PTMSC’s Aquarium Curator, Ali Redman, who studied marine conservation at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UC San Diego. She has been raising octopus and abalone at PTMSC since 2016. Register here.
Time: 7:00 PMI Location: Online
Master Gardener Foundation Speaker for March – Thurs, Mar 9th
Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation will present ‘The Siren Song of Species Rhododendrons’ by Robert Zimmerman, owner of Chimacum Woods Rhododendron Nursery on Thursday March 9th, 2023 at 3:00 pm. This presentation will be in person at the WSU classroom in Port Hadlock and/or virtually (via Zoom). Bob will talk about a variety of species rhododendrons as well as cultivation and care of these rhododendrons. There will be plants available for sale at the end of the presentation. For more information click on ‘The Siren Song of Species Rhododendrons’ on the right side of the web page.
Time: 3:00 PM| Location: Port Hadlock WSU Classroom
Meaningful Movies Presents “The Lost Salmon” – Thurs Mar 9th
Join Meaningful Movies Port Townsend and Native Connections Action Group in our celebration of Billy Frank Jr. Day with their online screening of The Lost Salmon. Of all the Pacific Salmon, the spring run of chinook is the most revered. As the first salmon to return home each year, they have always been a sacrament for the oldest civilizations in North America and the keystone of Northwest ecosystems.
In The Lost Salmon, filmmaker Shane Anderson set out on a two-year journey across Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho to document some of the last wild “springers”, the historical and ongoing causes of their declining numbers, and their profound relationship to the people and places of the Pacific Northwest. Along the way, Anderson tells the story of a recent scientific breakthrough that provides crucial new insights into salmon genetics and offers an important path forward to help save the king of salmon before they are lost forever. Trailer and more info, Facebook page
Time: 6:30 pm | Location: Online, Zoom Link for Event
Garden Tool Maintenance Workshop – Sat, Mar 11th
Dust off the dirt, sharpen your shovels, and lubricate your loppers in preparation for the Spring 2023 growing season! Learn to maintain your own tools from seasoned helpers at this hands-on workshop. This event is co-sponsored by Food Bank Growers and Quimper Grange and is open to the public. You bring: work gloves, your garden tools (labeled with your name), and clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty. They provide: files, whetstones, oils, rags, wire brushes, and best of all, mentorship so that you can learn how to maintain your own tools at home.
The Quimper Grange and partner Food Bank Garden will be open for tours, for help with veggie questions, and to answer questions about how to volunteer. This workshop is free; donations to the Food Bank Growers are gratefully accepted. More information.
Time: 1:00-4:00 p.m | Location: Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona Ave, in Port Townsend.
Students for Sustainability Plate and Silverware Drive – Sat, Mar 11th *New*
SFS is collecting your surplus plates and stainless steel forks to use in the school cafeterias. Help them REUSE plates and forks, and REDUCE throw-away items in the landfill.
Bring your plates and stainless steel forks to the high school this Saturday! They will meet you at the lower entrance facing Van Ness any time between 11AM and 1PM. They can haul heavy boxes from your car if needed.
Time: 11:00 am- 1:00 p.m | Location: Port Townsend High School; 1500 Van Ness
Port Townsend Repair Event – Sat, Mar 11th
Join this free community gathering in which people with repair skills share their time and talents to fix their neighbors’ belongings. For this event, volunteers will be present to help repair small appliances, electronics, textiles, clothing, and other household items, and to sharpen tools. There’s a limit of 2 items per person. If you know the replacement part needed to repair your item, bring it along. Get the toaster that no longer toasts and the sweater with a hole in the elbow repaired while learning ways you can do it yourself next time! JeffCo Repair is sponsored by Port Townsend Marine Science Center with the support of Local 2020’s Beyond Waste Action Group and enjoys funding through a Department of Ecology Public Participation Grant. Learn more about JeffCoRepair here.Questions? Email Mandi.
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Location: Blue Heron Middle School, 3939 San Juan Ave, Port Townsend
Lecture “Gray Whales in Washington State: Three groups, three stories, from death to promise” – Sun, Mar 12th *New*
In this presentation John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research Collective, will focus on the varied insights from both long-term and recent research into gray whales including the recent high mortality in the overall population, the stability of a distinct sub-population that feeds in the Pacific Northwest and the local Sounders group that have expanded use of our local waters as a reprieve from challenges in other parts of their range.
ptmsc.org/lecture-series
Time: 3:00 PM | Location: Fort Worden Chapel
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