Cocktails & Fishtales: State of the Sound Report

Gig Harbor Brewing Co. (Harbor Taproom) 3155 Harborview Dr, Gig Harbor, WA, United States

To wrap-up the 2019 Cocktails & Fishtales season, the Puget Sound Partnership will be presenting their biennial State of the Sound Report. The Puget Sound Partnership intends for these reports to inform the legislature and the public on the status of restoration efforts across the Puget Sound, including how the ecosystem has been responding. Learn [...]

Cocktails & Fishtales: Investing in Ecosystem Service Credits

Gig Harbor Brewing Co. (Harbor Taproom) 3155 Harborview Dr, Gig Harbor, WA, United States

Theda Braddock, adjunct professor at the University of Washington-Tacoma, will join us to discuss ecosystem service credits. The EPA defines these credits as the products of functioning ecosystems that benefit people. For example: these credits might come in the form of incentive for landowners in exchange for managing their land in a way that provides [...]

Cocktails & Fishtales: Environmental Trivia Night

Gig Harbor Brewing Co. (Harbor Taproom) 3155 Harborview Dr, Gig Harbor, WA, United States

Join the Harbor WildWatch team for our first-ever Environmental Trivia Night! How well do you know your local flora and fauna? How about your marine and environmental ecology? Gather your friends and create a team, or stand your own ground during what is sure to be a lively and fun evening. -- Cocktails & Fishtales [...]

Cocktails & Fishtales: Rockfish & Abalone Research

Gig Harbor Brewing Co. (Harbor Taproom) 3155 Harborview Dr, Gig Harbor, WA, United States

This co-presentation from Adam Obaza and Amanda Bird, researchers at Paua Marine Research Group, will present on rockfish and abalone. Paua Marine Research Group focuses on marine research in the Pacific. Adam will discuss the latest research on rockfish in our area (the Puget Sound), and Amanda will take us to warmer waters and present [...]