The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife’s Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program is looking for volunteers (students welcome) to help process marine mussels, from a recent nearshore contaminant monitoring study in the Puget Sound, for biological and chemical analysis.
- Where: Natural Resources Building, Marine Resources Laboratory (6th floor) – 1111 Washington St. SE, Olympia WA 95504
- When: February 8 – 11, and again starting February 22 – end of March (or until all mussels are processed)
- What: Volunteers will be working in a lab environment measuring shell lengths, shucking mussels from their shells, weighing the soft tissues, and recording data on a datasheet. All work will require wearing of laboratory gloves and handling scalpels.
To volunteer please contact:
Jennifer Lanksbury
Fish & Wildlife Biologist
Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program – Toxics in Biota
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
(360) 902-2820