Beach Watchers Training includes great field trips like this one...
Every year, Hugh Shipman, a Coastal Geologist with the Washington Department of Ecology, teaches Beach Watchers about how beaches, coastal bluffs and other shoreline features form and change over time. After a 2-hour morning lecture on coastal processes, we head to a local shoreline for immersion learning. Each year we explore a different shoreline. In 2012 we went to Hood Head to study the source and movement of beach sediments. “Drift cells”, areas where sediment is transported and deposited, are critical habitat for many marine species.
 |
| Hugh Shipman (right) leads field trip |
In 2012, Beach Watcher Coordinators Mary and Michael Adams added to the fun by cooking salmon and clams as part of the class. There were fresh oysters on the grill plus additional treats supplied by the Beach Watchers.
Definitely
a memorable and very busy day!