'Save Our South Sound' Education Program Launched For Fall

8/28/08 announcement of South Sound Pier Peer schedule and new speaker series

Olympia, WA Aug 28, 2008

Contact: Gabrielle Byrne, People For Puget Sound (360) 754-9177

South Puget Sound residents are invited to a full slate of free and
family-friendly education programs presented by People For Puget Sound
coming this Fall.

Beginning Saturday, September 6, the ever-popular night explorations of the
“Pier Peer” program resume and continue through December at Olympia’s Boston
Harbor Marina. Marine naturalists lower a light into the dark Sound waters
and explain the lives of the creatures attracted to the light.

Programs are scheduled for September 20, October 11, November 15, and
December 13. Groups are limited to 40 so reservations are required. Every
child must be accompanied by an adult. Call (360) 754-9177 for reservations.

At the Traditions Café in Olympia, People For Puget Sound presents its
“Exploring South Sound” speaker series beginning on September 10 at 7 PM.
The season’s opening talk is “Adapting Puget Sound Communities to a Changing
Climate,” presented by Doug Myers, People For Puget Sound Director of
Science, with Faith Hagenhofer of the “Rising Tides” project.

Programs in the “Exploring South Sound” series include:

Sept 15 – “The Outcome of the Deschutes Estuary Feasibility (aka Capitol
Lake) Study”
Curtis Tanner, Local Project Manager Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem
Restoration Project

Sept 26 – “Tracking the Whales of Puget Sound and the Surrounding Waters”
John Calambokidis, Principal Investigator, Researcher and Co-Founder,
Cascadia Research

Oct 2 – “Closing in on a Final Action Agenda to Protect and Restore Puget
Sound”
Chris Townsend, Special Assistant to the Executive Director, Puget Sound
Partnership

Oct 8 - Amy Kurtenbach, President, Kelp Krawlers Dive Club

Oct 17 – To Be Announced

All event details can be found at the Events Calendar.

###