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Education

Educational Resources

• Washington Waters: Ours to Protect - Help prevent stormwater pollution. Topics included are manure management, dog poop, yard care, septic maintenance, car maintenance, car washing and boat maintenance tips.
• Puget Sound Starts Here - Help prevent stormwater pollution in Puget Sound. Site includes interactive features, including a quiz, polls, photos and videos.
• Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Padilla Bay is "reserved" for research and education about Puget Sound, including the Coastal Training Program.
• Puget Sound Shorelines - Comprehensive guide to the Puget shoreline ecosystem, including tips for homeowners.
• BEACH Program - Monitoring bacteria levels at popular, high risk beaches.
• Clean Marina program - an incentive-based certification program in which marinas assess their operations and implement improvements to better protect the environment.
• Storming the Sound conferences - Storming the Sound are a FREE one-day conference for environmental and sustainability educators in the South Puget Sound region. This is a great opportunity for teachers, non-formal educators, environmental organizations with education programs, and students.

Topics

• Salmon Recovery and Watershed Health - Developing a sampling plan that reports on the status of watershed health and Salmon recovery efforts. Learn more about Salmon recovery efforts from the Puget Sound Partnership.
• Septic tanks - When you take care of your septic system, you are taking care of yourself, your wallet, and your community. Learn more about septic maitenance and protecting Washington Wasters. (see more wastewater management information from the Department of Health)
• Shoreline habitats - Explore, enjoy, and help preserve our Puget Sound shorelines.
• Economics - Puget Sound is part of the natural environment that attracts people to the region. The Sound helps drive $20 billion of economic activities in Washington State. Find out more specific economic information about Puget Sound.
• Health - Puget Sound fish consumption advisory areas from the Department of Health.

Tools

• Environment Washington: Tools for Teachers - Lesson plans and curriculum equivalencies for Project WET and its advanced sister curriculum Healthy Water, Healthy People.
• Coastal Atlas - View aerial photographs of marine shorelines, locate different habitat types, physical features, and see changes in land cover.
• Tide charts - for Seattle and nearby stations, from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).