WSU Island County Beach Watchers are proud to present ...
 Mary Jo Adams
Mary Jo, a Beach Watcher, specializes in identification and photography of intertidal organisms.
 Larry Bach
Larry is co-chair of the Island County Water Resources Advisory Committee.
 Susan Berta
Susan, a Beach Watcher, is co-founder of the Orca Network and directs the Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network.
 Doug Bishop
Doug has an Advanced Pilot rating, has been boating since 1976, and teaching boating skills and safety classes since 1996.
 Toby Black
Toby has been fishing for WDFW full time for the past 2.5 years.
 Rick Blank
Rick has been a Park Ranger for 38 years, at Deception Pass for the last 19 years.
 John Bower
John's extensive research areas include population ecology and interspecies competition.
 Ann Boyce
Ann has been with the Stilly Snohomish Fisheries Enhancement Task Force since 2000 and Executive Director since 2001.
 Kevin Brutsche
Kevin, a Beach Watcher, lives on Whidbey and works as a realtor for Coldwell Banker.
 Larry Campbell
Larry is the Tribal Historical Preservation Officer for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community.
 Sheila Case-Smith
Sheila's father's family came to Whidbey Island in 1894 and her mother's arrived in the late 1870's. She owns and operates a diversified family farm on North Whidbey and is a fourth generation family farmer as well as an active Farmers' Market Vendor on the Island.
 Rosie Cayou
Rosie is a Cultural Development Coordinator with the Samish Nation.
 Alice Chapman
Alice is a chemical engineer with the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County.
 Kathleen Chase
Kathleen and Scott have guided many mushroom hunts on Camano Island in the fall months
 Scott Chase
Scott, a Beach Watcher, is Coordinator of Island County Shore Stewards.
 Sharon Collman
Sharon is the Extension Educator for Agriculture and Integrated Pest Management for Snohomish County. Collman currently works with the nursery/landscape industry and Master Gardeners to address critical issues in the county.
 Nancy Conard
Nancy is in her fourth term as Mayor of Coupeville.
 Kristen Cooley
Kristen is the Volunteer & Education Manager for the Puget Sound Partnership.
 Pat Cozine
Pat is retired from the Falcon Research Group.
 Maribeth Crandell
Maribeth is an environmental educator for the City of Oak Harbor.
 Cathy d'Almeida
Cathy is working for WSU and the Town of Coupeville to reduce carbon emissions.
 June Davis
June, a Beach Watcher, has worked in the horticulture industry for 20 years and is a Certified Professional Horticulturist.
 John Dean
John is the Island County Commissioner from District 3.
 Sandy Dubpernell
Sandy is a principal investigator with the Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network.
 Ann Eissinger
Ann is a wildlife biologist and is owner of Nahkeeta Northwest Wildlife Services.
 Olivia Forte-Gardner
Olivia heads the WSU Extension's Agriculture Sustainability & Land Stewardship Program (ASLS) in Island County.
 Colleen Fox
Colleen teaches science at Coupeville High School.
 Kurt Fresh
Kurt is a Fisheries Biologist at NOAA Fisheries.
 Howard Garrett
Howard is a writer and co-founder of the Orca Network.
 Simon Geerlofs
Simon is the Marine Program Coordinator at the Northwest Straits Commission.
 Robert Gilman
Robert is the Mayor Pro Tem for the City of Langley and is also the President of Context Institute and Founding Editor of IN CONTEXT, A Quarterly of Humane Sustainable Culture.
 Jamie Glasgow
Jamie is Director of Science and Research at the Wild Fish Conservancy.
 Pete Granger
Pete is Program Leader with Washington Sea Grant and has 30 years of experience in the seafood industry.
 Jon Gross
Jon is a professional marine photographer who has spent the last 15 years diving, exploring and photographing the Puget Sound Basin.
 James Guzman
James is an environmental consultant, very familiar with the micro-climates to be found in Island County.
 Janet Hall
Janet is the Coordinator of WSU/Island County Waste Wise Program.
 Jack Hartt
Jack is the Park Manager at Deception Pass State Park.
 Alexia Hemphill
Alexia is a senior at Coupeville High School.
 David Henry
David is Watershed/Community Outreach Coordinator at the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
 Joe Hillers
Joe is a member of Island County Marine Resources Committee and several local agricultural committees.
 Duane Hoekstra
Duane, a Beach Watcher and Shore Steward, is implementing a native plant buffer on Camano Island.
 Sue Hoekstra
Sue, a Beach Watcher and Shore Steward, is implementing a native plant buffer on Camano Island.
 Jan Holmes
Jan is co-coordinator of the Beach Watcher intertidal bio survey program and a Beach Watcher volunteer since 1990.
 Sue Howard
Sue, a Beach Watcher, is chair of the volunteer training committee.
 Ian Jefferds
Ian is owner of Penn Cove Shellfish Farms.
 Craig Johnson
Craig is the author of several photographic books on local birds.
 Graham Johnson
Graham is a Beach Watcher.
 Jill Johnson
Jill, a Beach Watcher, is a teacher-trainer, actress, and storyteller.
 Joy Johnson
Joy is the author of several photographic books on local birds.
 Tim Jones
Tim is the Farm Manager for Penn Cove Shellfish Farms in Coupeville.
 Lisa Kaufman
Lisa is the Restoration Manager with DNR.
 Kelly Keilwitz
Kelly is the founder of Whidbey Sun & Wind, LLC.
 Sammye Kempbell
Sammye, a Beach Watcher, is a beach naturalist at Deception Pass State Park.
 Jen Kingfisher
Jen is a Marine Program Educator with the Port Townsend Marine Science Center.
 Matt Kukuk
Matt is Manager of Surface Water Monitoring and Salmon Recovery Programs with Island County Planning and Community Development.
 Lou LaBombard
Lou is Professor of Anthropology at Skagit Valley College.
 David Lackindon
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 Jordan Lamb
Jordan, a junior at Coupeville High, helped create an award-winning documentary on Ebey's Reserve.
 Joe Laxson
Joe is an Environmental Health Specialist with Island County Public Health.
 Don Lee
Don is co-chair of the Island County Water Resources Advisory Committee.
 Nicole Luce
Nicole, a Beach Watcher, has built a greener house, keeping notes along the way.
 Sarah Martin
Sarah is the WSU Island County Extension Beach Watchers Coordinator.
 Melissa Montgomery
Melissa is the Coordinator for the Derelict Vessel Removal Program with DNR.
 Dan Moon
Dan has been a nuclear energy engineer for 26 years and currently teaches nuclear safety to new engineers.
 Kathleen Parvin
Kathleen is an Environmental Health Specialist with the Island County Health Department.
 Rebecca Ponzio
Rebecca is Watershed and Habitat Recovery Coordinator with the Puget Sound Partnership.
 Rex Porter
Rex, a Beach Watcher, has 20 years of environmental project management, grant writing and community leadership.
 Patricia Powell
Pat is Executive Director of the Whidbey Camano Land Trust.
 Mark Preiss
Mark is Reserve Manager with Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve.
 Barbara Rosenkotter
Barbara is the Lead Entity Coordinator for Salmon Recovery for San Juan County.
 Bart Rulon
Bart is an author of several books on wildlife and photography.
 Paul Samuelson
Paul is Mayor of the City of Langley.
 Morgan Schneidler
Morgan works as a salmon recovery coordinator for the Puget Sound Partnership helping to implement salmon recovery at the regional and local levels. Prior to this position Morgan worked for the National Marine Fisheries Service as a social scientist studying the human dimensions of coastal and marine resources. Morgan has a master’s degree in marine policy, planning and management from the University of Washington and is an ongoing student of Pacific Northwest natural history.
 Nat Scholz
Nat is a research zoologist and manager with Northwest Fisheries Science Center
 Dyanne Sheldon
Dyanne has worked as a wetlands ecologist since 1981 and is Principal and Manager of Otak, Inc.
 Hugh Shipman
Hugh is a Coastal Geologist with the Washington Department of Ecology.
 Neal Sims
Neal, a fly fisherman since 1964, has caught every species of Pacific salmon off Whidbey beaches.
 Jim Slowik
Jim is Mayor of the City of Oak Harbor.
 Stacy Smith
Stacy is a Natural Resource Planner with the Whidbey Island Conservation District.
 Pete Stevens
Pete, a Beach Watcher, is a Kayak Instructor with North Whidbey Parks & Recreation.
 Connor Tasoff
Connor, a junior at Coupeville High, helped create an award-winning documentary on Ebey's Reserve.
 Peg Tennant
Peg has been eating locally all her life, thanks to her mom, and arrived on Whidbey Island in 1964 via the US Navy. She gleaned at Bell's Farm right away and has been living locally wherever she is.
 Terry Welch
Terry has been teaching middle school science for 14 years with the Coupeville School District.
 Alan Whitman
Alan is the Emergency Planning Consultant for the City of Langley and has worked in public safety for over 26 years.
 Frances Wood
Frances is coordinator of the Pigeon Guillemot study with the Whidbey Audubon Society.
 Lili Yocom
Lili, a Beach Watcher, is an avid beachcomber and student of marine biology. She retired to Whidbey Island in 2005.