Beach Watchers

WSU Extension hosts a training course where people can learn to be volunteer Beach Watchers.

Register now for the next WSU Extension Beach Watcher volunteer training program.

WSU Snohomish County Extension’s Beach Watcher program hosts their 12-week volunteer training course starting March 10.

WSU Extension hosts training program for beach lovers who want to help protect Puget Sound’s waters, wildlife and landscape in Snohomish County.

COUPEVILLE, Wash. — If you love spending time on the beach and enjoy interacting with people, consider becoming a volunteer Beach Naturalist at Rosario Beach at Deception Pass this summer.

When WSU Island County Beach Watchers decided to change venues for its Sound Waters educational event after 15 years there was concern there might be a decline in participants. Instead, well over 600 people attended this year’s “one day university.”

COUPEVILLE, Wash. — Camano Island resident and longtime WSU Beach Watchers volunteer Barbara Brock has been named Island County Coastal Volunteer of the Year.

COUPEVILLE, Wash. — The 16th annual Sound Waters one-day “university” on all things Puget Sound will be held on Saturday, Feb. 5, from 8 am to 4:30 pm at a new venue, South Whidbey High School in Langley.

SEATTLE, Wash. — Washington State University Extension’s Beach Watchers program was this year’s meritorious winner of the Education and Public Service award from the national Universities Council on Water Resources. The award was presented at the group’s national conference in Seattle on July 15. Don Meehan accepted the prestigious award for WSU and was joined […]

COUPEVILLE, Wash. – Salmon recovery efforts in the Whidbey Basin of northwestern Washington are more strategic thanks to a team led by two Washington State University Extension Beach Watchers who have been named “Environmental Heroes” by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration for their efforts. NOAA annually distributes just 10 “Environmental Hero Awards” throughout the […]