Harbor Porpoise Citizen Science
Volunteer Celebration

Welcome to the party on Thursday, November 17th, 3:00-4:45 PM!

Pacific Biodiversity Institute is having a party to celebrate our wonderful volunteers and some great data that was collected. You do not have to be a current volunteer to participate. Come if you are interested in learning about this project. The Citizen Science Observers for PBI collected over 150 hours of observations of harbor porpoise in the 4 months they have been helping. This data will allow us to develop a baseline of harbor porpoise presence in Burrows Pass and will allow us to investigate the seasonal variations of the porpoise use of this important marine area.

We also collected 26 days of acoustic recordings of the porpoise which demonstrate a strong diurnal variation with the majority of the time they are present being at night. We will be correlating this data with the observations our Citizen Scientists are making.

The party is at the Senior Center in Anacortes on Thursday, November 17th between 3 and 4:45 PM. Directions are given below.

Map of Party Location

Directions to the Anacortes Senior Center
1701-22nd Street, Anacortes

  • Coming into Anacortes off of Highway 20, the road turns onto Commercial Ave.
  • Go north on Commercial to 22nd Street (the 2nd stop light).
  • Turn left on 22nd Street. Go west on 22nd Street through 2 stop signs.
  • Once you go through the 2nd stop sign (J Ave.), take the next left into the parking lot between the Fidalgo Pol & Fitness Center and the First Methodist Church.
  • The sign at the entry say’s “Fidalgo Center, Home of the Anacortes Senior Center”. The building is green and is at the south end of the parking lot.

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