Fun in the Field – 2022 Edition

Nighttime wetland reconnaissance? “Stylish” snorkelwear? Our staff get the work done and keep on smiling.

  • Calvin Douglas - vegetation monitoring
  • Todd Nixley - on the site of the Lummi Island Ferry Dock improvements project
  • Start of a long day of marine mammal monitoring at Lummi Island Ferry dock
  • Wetland delineation on Orcas Island
  • Phil Bloch preps the drone for an aerial macroalgae survey
  • Kelly McDonald with a big find in Samish Bay, WA
  • Phil Bloch gets a tow from Kelly McDonald - Samish Bay, WA
  • Purple (ochre) sea stars in Samish Bay - hope for population recovery
  • Kerrie McArthur and Chris Berger taking a break from delineating on Shaw Island
  • Chris Soncarty and Natalie Dietsch - looking good during a snorkel survey in Kent, WA
  • Kerrie McArthur vegetation monitoring in Chelan County, WA
  • Native rose and lupine in Chelan County, WA
  • Biomonitoring in Railroad Creek, Chelan County, WA
  • Black bear supervising the monitoring work in Chelan County, WA
  • Wetland reconnaissance must go on - even when your only site access is during an airport runway closure - at 9:45 PM
  • Natalie Dietsch and Audrey Michniak - Kitsap County wetland delineation
  • Suzanne Vieira brightens the scene on a misty Orcas Island day
  • Sara Potter on one of her first field days for Confluence - wetland mitigation monitoring in Frederickson, WA
  • After a long day of work is done and your ferry leaves in 2 hours, what choice do you have?