Seal Sitters’ signage project, made possible by a Seattle Department of Neighborhoods matching fund award, is in the final installation phase with the help of Parks’ employee Bill Harwich. The signs are in place along beaches in West Seattle most frequented by seal pups (as well as adult seals and other pinnipeds). Bill is shown here with the sign he installed near the Water Taxi. The signs have information about seals, protocol if you encounter a seal on the beach and the phone hotline numbers. A second sign in the shape of a seal (our first pup, Spud) is also scattered along the waterfront of West Seattle. See related story. Don’t forget to enter the Seal Sitters hotline number into your cell phone so that if you’re out strolling the beaches and come across a marine mammal, you can give us a call to respond. Seal pupping season is now underway in our area and we anticipate pups visiting our shores soon. These signs will remind folks that it is normal for a seal pup to be alone on the beach, to observe from a distance, keep dogs leashed at all times and call the stranding network @ 206-905-SEAL (7325).

Seal Sitters would like to give huge thanks to Joe Neiford, Emily Fuller and Dewey Potter of Seattle Parks and Garry Owens of the Department of Neighborhoods for their help in making this project a success - and, of course, the Department of Neighborhoods for granting us this generous in-kind award!

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