Volunteer training session and beach cleanup scheduled for June
Mar/29/15 11:49 AM
Saturday, June 13th will be a busy day for Seal Sitters volunteers. At 9 am that morning, Seal Sitters will sponsor a beach cleanup until noon in honor of seal pup Sandy and the Arroyos gray whale.
A new volunteer training session will be held from 1-3:30pm.
SEAL SITTERS MMSN VOLUNTEER TRAINING
Seal Sitters MMSN holds several special trainings a year for those wanting to protect marine mammals along the shoreline of West Seattle and the Duwamish River. We are a very active network and have volunteers who travel from around the area to participate. However, if you live out of the West Seattle area and would like to find a stranding network closer to where you live, click here.
Unlike most marine mammal stranding networks, we encourage children to participate in Seal Sitters - supervised at all times, of course, by a parent or guardian. We are so proud of our amazing and dedicated volunteers who are on duty rain or shine - we hope you will join us!
A multi-media presentation will illustrate our educational work in the community and the unique challenges of protecting seals and other marine mammals in an urban environment. Included in the training is an overview of NOAA's West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network and biology and behavior of seals and other pinnipeds (due to short time frame, supplementary sessions may be held to include more marine mammals of Puget Sound).
WHEN:
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015
TIME:
1:00 - 3:30pm (doors open at 12:30pm)
*please arrive early to receive paperwork
WHERE:
ALKI UCC (*there is no church affiliation with Seal Sitters MMSN)
front meeting room
6115 SW Hinds St
Seattle, WA 98116 (map it here)
RSVP required to attend. (*please include full name and name/ages of children)
*PARENTS PLEASE NOTE: all children in attendance must be able to sit quietly through an approximate 2 hour training session with a short break.
For additional questions and info or to be placed on a contact list for future training opportunities, please email us. Seal Sitters MMSN does not usually hold trainings during the height of our pupping season August - October due to time constraints on volunteers responding to marine mammals.
The public can attend one or both events, but RSVP is required. Please visit our website here for more details on the beach cleanup.
A new volunteer training session will be held from 1-3:30pm.
Seal Sitters MMSN holds several special trainings a year for those wanting to protect marine mammals along the shoreline of West Seattle and the Duwamish River. We are a very active network and have volunteers who travel from around the area to participate. However, if you live out of the West Seattle area and would like to find a stranding network closer to where you live, click here.
Unlike most marine mammal stranding networks, we encourage children to participate in Seal Sitters - supervised at all times, of course, by a parent or guardian. We are so proud of our amazing and dedicated volunteers who are on duty rain or shine - we hope you will join us!
A multi-media presentation will illustrate our educational work in the community and the unique challenges of protecting seals and other marine mammals in an urban environment. Included in the training is an overview of NOAA's West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network and biology and behavior of seals and other pinnipeds (due to short time frame, supplementary sessions may be held to include more marine mammals of Puget Sound).
WHEN:
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015
TIME:
1:00 - 3:30pm (doors open at 12:30pm)
*please arrive early to receive paperwork
WHERE:
ALKI UCC (*there is no church affiliation with Seal Sitters MMSN)
front meeting room
6115 SW Hinds St
Seattle, WA 98116 (map it here)
RSVP required to attend. (*please include full name and name/ages of children)
*PARENTS PLEASE NOTE: all children in attendance must be able to sit quietly through an approximate 2 hour training session with a short break.
For additional questions and info or to be placed on a contact list for future training opportunities, please email us. Seal Sitters MMSN does not usually hold trainings during the height of our pupping season August - October due to time constraints on volunteers responding to marine mammals.
The public can attend one or both events, but RSVP is required. Please visit our website here for more details on the beach cleanup.