The PTMSC presents an estate planning seminar—Do Well By Doing Good
On Thursday, May 22nd, from 5-7 p.m., the Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTMSC) will present a seminar entitled, “Do Well By Doing Good—Estate Planning for You, Your Family and Your Community.” It will be located in the Natural History Exhibit.
A Place for Kids to Jump Into Summer Science Fun
School’s almost out! Do you have plans for your kids or grandkids this summer? If you’re looking for something fun for them to do, while learning stuff too, enroll them in one of the hands-on science camps at the PTMSC.
What happens to the plastic we throw away?
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Plastic Pollution Awareness Program Launches in 2008
PTMSC has received a Public Participation Grant from the Department of Ecology to conduct a broadly scoped plastics education program. The grant has many components including educating youth and communities on the Olympic Peninsula as well as all over Puget Sound. We’ll conduct a Sound-wide beach sampling project, we’ll develop a traveling exhibit for Puget Sound communities and we’ll work with Cinamon Moffett in her study of gull diets, trying to determine if and how much plastic is being ingested by gulls nesting on Protection Island.
Puget Sound Partnership Video
"You stand on the ferry and look out at Puget Sound. It seems like a vision of pristine nature, but are you certain everything is as healthy as it seems on the surface? It might not be. And you might be falling victim to the problem of "Shifting Baselines"...."
