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Needed -- Actors, Guards, Prop builders, Makeup artist, Help with Haunting Displays, Line Scarers, Parking, Ticket takers, and more

Your Septic System needs TLC. Learn how to live with your system so you can avoid costly repairs or replacement.  If you have a gravity or pressure system and pay $28, you could get certified to inspect it yourself. Inspections are required every 1-3 years depending on your system. Check it! Don’t wreck it!

To register, call 360-678-7914 or visit: www.islandcountyseptictraining.com

Help us keep our beaches clean and keep harmful debris out of our marine habitat.  This is a WSU Island County Extension sponsored program.

Please contact Stinger Anderson prior to attending a beach cleanup to let him know to expect you, preferably at least two days before. This will ensure you know where to meet and that, if there is an emergency change or cancellation in the schedule, he can then notify you.

• Bags, gloves, and other equipment will be provided.
• Wear appropriate clothing for the weather and footwear for walking over sand, cobble, and driftwood.
• Schedule can change due to adverse weather conditions.
• A one day volunteer park access pass is available for volunteers who do not have a Washington State Parks Discovery Pass. 
• Only Adults, 18 or older, may participate in these organized beach cleanups

Help make a difference for the environment by collecting data for the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST). COASST is a citizen science project dedicated to involving volunteers in the collection of high quality data on the status of coastal beaches and trends of seabirds. Our goal is to assist government agencies and other organizations in making informed management and conservation decisions, and to promote proactive citizen involvement and action. COASST volunteers systematically count and identify bird carcasses that wash ashore along ocean beaches from northern California to Alaska. Volunteers need NO experience with birds, just a commitment to survey a specific beach (about ¾ mile) each month.

If you are interested in participating, join COASST staff for a training session to hear about how COASST started, learn how to use the custom Beached Birds field guide, and try out your new skills with some actual specimens. There is no charge to attend a training, but plan to provide a $20 refundable deposit if you would like to take home a COASST volunteer kit complete with a COASST Beached Birds field guide. Training activities take place indoors. Beach surveys are best conducted in groups of 2 or more – please come with a survey partner in mind or plan to join a team during training.

RSVP to coasst@uw.edu or 206-221-6893.  Download the poster.