Forage Fish Shoreline Survey

by | Sep 3, 2021

Calling Community Scientists. Join a VNC scientist on the beach. Monitor spawning habitat for forage fish, a critical link in the marine food web and a staple of the salmon’s diet. Collect sediment samples to research where these small fish spawn on island...

Forage Fish Shoreline Survey

by | Sep 3, 2021

Calling Community Scientists. Join a VNC scientist on the beach. Monitor spawning habitat for forage fish, a critical link in the marine food web and a staple of the salmon’s diet. Collect sediment samples to research where these small fish spawn on island...

Forage Fish Shoreline Survey

by | Sep 3, 2021

Calling Community Scientists. Join a VNC scientist on the beach. Monitor spawning habitat for forage fish, a critical link in the marine food web and a staple of the salmon’s diet. Collect sediment samples to research where these small fish spawn on island...
Less King Kong, More Good Neighbor

Less King Kong, More Good Neighbor

by | May 22, 2020 | blog

Every low tide I am seized by conflicting emotions of joyful anticipation and looming dread. I am excited by the prospect of entering the temporarily drained and accessible octopuses’ gardens—to walk among the sea pens I can usually only discern in a watery blur from...
Volunteer Power! Island Team Creates Model Program

Volunteer Power! Island Team Creates Model Program

by | Oct 15, 2018 | blog

Recent news of ailing orcas is stirring a sense of urgency around the health of our favorite whales and underscores their reliance on thriving salmon populations, which depend on the smaller and aptly named forage fish, like surf smelt and sand lance. For the past...