Welcome the Whales Festival and Parade

Langley Whale Center 105 Anthes Ave, Langley, WA, United States

Please join us for our annual Welcome the Whales Festival and Parade and help us welcome the gray whales to Puget Sound! Each year, a small group of gray whales, affectionately known as The Sounders, detours from their main migration and returns to Puget Sound to feed on ghost shrimp. Our 2024 Welcome the Whales […]

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Is Whidbey’s Water Sustainable?

South Whidbey Community Center 723 Camano Ave, Langley, WA, United States

Whidbey Watershed Stewards invites you to a talk by Perry Lovelace to discuss what we know and don't know about groundwater on Whidbey Island. A 3D groundwater model will be available to show water movement through aquifers.

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Whidbey Wonders: The Schooner Suva

Oak Harbor Library 1000 SE Regatta Dr., Oak Harbor, WA, United States

Whidbey Island enjoys a rich maritime history dating back to the colonization of the island in the 1700s. Learn about some of this history through the story of the Suva, a 68ft two-masted wooden boat that was designed to sail in the Salish Sea and has been anchored in Penn Cove since 1925. Captain Gene […]

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Seaweed in the Mix

Freeland Library 5495 S Harbor Ave, Freeland, WA, United States

What can you create with seaweed foraged from your beach walks? Learn tips for pressing and ideas for crafting with seaweed. Then, join Langley Library staff member Karen Achabal as she helps us create our own spice mix with seaweed as the base.

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Whidbey’s Water Future In a Changing Climate

Cosmic Veggies 661 SE Fidalgo Ave, Oak Harbor, WA, United States

As seas rise and rainfall patterns change, will there be enough drinking water to support our current needs and accommodate future growth? Sea level rise projections are estimating around two feet of sea level rise by 2050, making a flood like that in December 2022 a regular occurrence, placing some of our shoreline communities underwater […]

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