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British Columbia Field Schools Reference Catalogue

Washington Oregon

Field School Type:Short Programs - Tours, Workshops, and

Day CoursesOperated by: Port Townsend Marine

Science Society532 Battery WayPort Townsend, WA98368

Contact: Executive Director, Anne MurphyPhone: (360)385-5582Fax: (360)385-7248Email: [email protected] Address: http://www.olympus.net/edu/ptmsc/

index.html

Facilities:Accommodation: Not availableCatering: Not availableClassroom: Not availableLab: Not availableAvailability: Open all yearCost: Program dependant

School Description:The Port Townsend Marine Science Center is a non-profit, community organization formed exclusively foreducational and scientific purposes to promote andencourage a greater understanding of the marineand aquatic sciences. Located within Fort WordenState Park in the City of Port Townsend, Washing-ton, the center is on Admiralty Inlet, where the Straitof Juan De Fuca meets Puget Sound. The PTMSCis operated by a local non-profit organization, thePort Townsend Marine Science Society.

Program Description:Working in cooperation with the Washington StateParks and Recreation Commission, the PortTownsend Marine Science Center is a public marineexhibit and educational facility which provideshands-on live exhibits and main educational andinterpretive programs, marine science summercamps, research facilities and on boats.

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Marine Science CenterField School Type:

Short Programs - Tours, Workshops, andDay Courses

Operated by: Oregon State University2030 SE Marine Science DriveNewport, OR97365

Contact: Director, Oregon State UniversityPhone: (541)867-0212Fax: (541)867-0138Email: [email protected] Address: http://www.hmsc.orst.edu/

Facilities:Accommodation: Dorms available, dependent on

occupancy of enrolled studentsCatering: AvailableClassroom: Not availableLab: Not availableAvailability: Open all yearCost: Program dependant

School Description:The Oregon State University’s Hatfield MarineScience Center (HMSC) is a research and teachingfacility which plays an integral role in programs ofmarine and estuarine research and instruction, as alaboratory facility serving resident scientists, as abase for far-ranging oceanographic studies, and as aclassroom for students.

Program Description:The HMS offers undergraduate and graduatecourses as well as public tours of their facilitatesand natural history tours. The natural history toursinclude estuary walks, dock walks, life on the beachand rocky pools and are geared for the elementaryand secondary level. There are also volunteer andintern programs and teacher training courses.

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Hatfield Marine ScienceCenter


Washington Oregon

Field School Type:Facilities and Programming Available

Operated by: Washington State Park4600 Olga RoadEastsound, WA98245

Contact: Program Director, Marta Turksel-BranchPhone: (360)376-6173Fax: Not availableEmail: [email protected] Address: http://orcasisle.com/moran/

outdoorschool/

Facilities:Accommodation: Available for 144 maximumCatering: Catering for up to 180 or kitchen for

self-cateringClassroom: Use of lodge or A-frames and audio-

visual equipment availableLab: Not availableAvailability: Open all yearCost: $35.25 USD/person/day for full program, over-night and meals

Moran Outdoor SchoolSchool Description:Moran Outdoor School is a Washington State parkprogram that takes place at Camp Moran Environmen-tal Learning Center in Moran State Park. The parkoffers 5000-acre natural diversity, 9 distinct plantcommunities old growth forest, 5 fresh water lakes,and Mount Constitution. The Camp is situated at theedge of Cascade Lake with a 100 year old appleorchard where wildlife gather. The Outdoor Schooloffers programs well as facilities for rental outsidesessions.

Program Description:Programming can be customized but all existingactivities are tied through common concepts anddirected by Washington State learning requirements.Existing programs include Watersheds, WetlandStudies, Forest Community Study, Microforest Studyand Creatures of the Forest.

Notes:Groups need to book far in advance as priority is givento returning groups. Scheduled programming seasonsare Spring to April 1 to June 15; Fall - September 1 toOctober 31, however, programming is available allyear. For rentals of just the facilities call Steve Sabine,1-360-902-8600.


Washington Oregon


810 Route 20Sedro-Woolley, WA98234

Contact:Phone: (360)856-5700Fax: Not availableEmail: [email protected] Address: http://www.ncascades.org/

Facilities:Accommodation: Available for 46 participants

plus 12 staffCatering: AvailableClassroom: Not availableLab: Aquatic and terrestrialAvailability: Open all yearCost: Program dependant

School Description:Founded in 1986, North Cascades Institute is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to increasingawareness and stewardship of Pacific Northwestenvironments. Their mission is to conserve andrestore Northwest environments by building an eco-logically literate and engaged public, with pro-grams emphasizing hands-on discovery and steward-ship.

North Cascade InstituteProgram Description:The Institute utilizes multimedia classrooms andscience library with computers and web access,aquatic and terrestrial labs, and trails leading deepinto the wildlands of North Cascades National Park.Providing a home base for many of the Institute’sprograms, the Learning Center combines outdooreducation with welcoming indoor facilities and techno-logical links to the larger world of study and research.The Institute offers field seminars, retreats, graduateand schools programs, teachers workshops andvolunteer services. Programs include Natural Historyof birds, insects, butterflies, geology, astronomy,wildflowers, mammals and marine, terrestrial andalpine ecology, the Skagit Watershed field workshops,and others in salmon habitat, restoration, conservationand productivity.

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Washington Oregon


Day CoursesPO Box 329Leavenworth, WA98826

Contact: Director, John RacePhone: (509)548-5823Fax: (509)548-9120Email: [email protected] Address: http://www.mountainschool.net/

Facilities:Accommodation: Camp settingCatering: Available, food providedClassroom: Not availableLab: Not availableAvailability: Open all yearCost: Program dependant range from $895 to $3795.

Discounts for early registration.

School Description:The Northwest Mountain School was formed in 1994to give young people the opportunity to experiencepurposeful trips in the backcountry. John Race, aprofessional mountain guide for 13 years, startedNMS to combine his love of mountain environmentswith his extensive mountain guiding experience.Students spend time honing camping, climbing, andpaddling skills, while also having the opportunity tostudy the plants, animals, geology, and history of thePacific Northwest. Specializes in adventure travelprograms and wilderness expeditions.

Program Description:NWMS offers wilderness skills and environmentaleducation through field activities and discussions ofecological topics, covering fundamentals of forest andalpine ecology, glaciology, identification of plants,birds and animals, and astronomy.

Notes:Locations vary from original growth forests and alpineglaciers to sage brush deserts and river in Olympia,Cascades and Alaska. Group size is limited to 8 to 10per group.

Northwest Mountain School


Washington Oregon


Day CoursesOperated by: National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration138 West First StreetPort Angeles, WA98362

Contact:Phone: (360)457-6622Fax: Not availableEmail: Not availableWeb Address: http://www.ocnms.nos.noaa.gov/

Facilities:Accommodation: Not availableCatering: Not availableClassroom: Not availableLab: Not availableAvailability: Open all yearCost: Program dependant

School Description:Olympic Coast Marine Sanctuary covers 3,310-squaremiles of marine waters off the rugged Olympic Penin-sula coastline. The sanctuary provides habitat for oneof the most diverse marine mammal faunas in NorthAmerica and a critical link in the Pacific flyway. Thesanctuary boasts a rich mix of cultures, preserved incontemporary lives of members of Quinault, Hoh,Quileute, and Makah tribes.

Program Description:The Sanctuary offers workshops, classes and publiceducational programs, limited assistance in helpingteachers conduct field trips to sites within theSanctuary, research skills program, supplements toclassroom, lab and textbook teaching with hands-onfield investigations and build on students’ experi-ences in the outdoors.

Notes:There are visitor education programs, June toSeptember, which offer various beach walks andprograms through Olympic National Park (360-565-3130), Makah Museum and Cultural Center(360-645-2711), Kalaloch Ranger Station (360-962-2283), and Mora Ranger Station (360-374-5460).See <http://www.ocnms.nos.noaa.gov/visitorinfo/visitoredu.html> for more details. TheSanctuary also conducts ongoing research in subtidal, intertidal, kelp, Nearshore currents, HarmfulAlgal Blooms, Shellfish and Biotoxins, Sea Ur-chins, Juvenile Rockfish, Seabirds and Raptors, andCetaceans (Whales).

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary


Washington Oregon

Field School Type: Points of InterestOperated by: National Park Service600 East Park AvenuePort Angeles, WA98362 6798

Contact:Phone: (360)565-3130Fax: (360)565-3147Email: [email protected] Address: http://www.nps.gov/olym/home.htm

Facilities:Accommodation: Campgrounds and 4 resort lodges

throughout parkCatering: Not availableClassroom: Not availableLab: Not availableAvailability: Open all yearCost: Park use, free of charge

School Description:The Olympic National Park contains three distinctecosystems-high country, rainforest, and beach.With virgin temperate rain forest, intact stands ofconiferous forest, wild herds of Roosevelt elk,miles of spectacular coastline, heavily forestedmountain slopes, alpine parklands, and glaciercapped mountains, Olympic National Park is anarea of exceptional beauty and scenic splendour.

Program Description:

Notes:Though not specifically set up to conduct publiceducation program, the Park accepts studentinterns for research and graduate projects. The Parkalso has resource educators to provide presenta-tions or field trips, but these need to be arranged inadvance.

Olympic National ParkField School Type: Points of InterestOperated by: US Forestry Service1835 Black Lake Blvd. SWOlympia, WA98512 5623

Contact: HeadquartersPhone: (360)956-2402Fax: Not availableEmail: Not availableWeb Address: http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/olympic/

Facilities:Accommodation: Numerous locations scattered

within the park for ~6 peopleCatering: Not availableClassroom: Not availableLab: Not availableAvailability: Open all year - accessibility

weather dependantCost: $30US and up for accommodations

School Description:Managed for the multiple uses of recreation,wildlife, timber, grazing, mining, oil and gas,watershed and wilderness, the Olympic NationalForest is over 632,000 acres in size and is dividedinto two Ranger Districts: Hood Canal and Pacific.The forest has recreational facilities and conductsforest management research.


Notes:The forest has accommodation scattered through-out and numerous wilderness areas - Buckhorn,Colonel Bob, Mt. Skokmish, The Brothers andWonder Mint. Wilderness Areas.

Olympic National Forest


Washington Oregon


Day Courses111 Barnes Point RoadPort Angeles, WA98363

Contact: Field Science Program Director,Hannah Merrill

Phone: (360)928-3720Fax: (360)928-3046Email: [email protected] Address: http://www.yni.org/opi

Facilities:Accommodation: Provided through Rosemary Inn

and cabins for 20-100Catering: AvailableClassroom: Number of rooms for up to 25 or 100Lab: Not availableAvailability: Open all yearCost: $65 to $295US dependant on program and

includes lodging and meals

School Description:The Olympic Park Institute (OPI) is a private, non-profit educational organization whose mission is toinspire environmental stewardship through education.Their programs emphasize direct, hands-on learningexperiences for adults and children in the OlympicNational Park region.

Program Description:The OPI use a blend of investigations, guided activitiesand hiking, and small-group classes in their programswhich encompass Earth and Life Sciences, MarineSanctuary Adventures, Culture and History,Backcountry, Backpacking and Kayaking activities.The Field Seminars are lead by sanctuary staff whoare experts in their fields and lead adventures to thewilderness shores, offshore rocks and rolling swells ofthe rugged Olympic Coast. Other areas of studyinclude Ethnobotany, birds, marine mammals, forestand intertidal ecology, plants, and wildflowers.

Olympic Park InstituteNotes:Rain forests and tree farms, glacial mountains andwildflower meadows, aquatic habitats and fish hatcher-ies, local cultural resources.

Sample Course List:♦ Wild Birds of Willapa Bay♦ Lichen Biology and Identification♦ Marine Mammals and San Juan Island Ecology♦ Songbirds in Spring♦ Birds of Protection Island♦ Plant Families of the Olympics♦ Ancient Forest Ecology♦ Geology of the Olympics: From the Mountains♦ to the Seashore♦ Rocky Intertidal Biology♦ Alpine Wildflower Walk♦ Wildflowers of Mt. Rainier♦ A Volcano in Your Backyard: What’s Cooking♦ at Mt. Rainier♦ Wildflowers of the Olympic Highcountry♦ Natural History of the Olympic Lowlands♦ Removal of the Elwha Dams♦ Observing the Night Sky♦ Butterflies in Late Summer♦ Ecology of the Forest Canopy:

A Birds-Eye View♦ The Ecology Of Mushrooms♦ Autumn Birdwatch: Studies In Migration


Washington Oregon

Field School Type:Long Programs - Field Schools, Credit Courses

Operated by: University of OregonPO Box 5389Charleston, OR97420

Contact:Phone: (541)888-2581Fax: (541)888-3250Email: [email protected] Address: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~oimb/

Facilities:Accommodation: Barrack style dorms for 40Catering: Catering can be arranged for groups

of over 40Classroom: Not availableLab: Not availableAvailability: Open all yearCost: $145/week for students includes room and

board

Oregon Institute of Marine BiologySchool Description:Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, located inCharleston, facilitates undergraduates obtaining abiology degree with an emphasis in marine biology atthe University of Oregon (OIMB’s parent institution).The OIMB resident faculty and graduate studentsconduct research year round and formal coursesopen to all qualified students are taught during thefall, spring and summer terms. Visiting researchersare welcome at OIMB where they will find well-equipped facilities and the Loyd and Dorothy RippeyLibrary to support their research.

Program Description:Summer courses are open to visiting students. Fieldcourses include: Invertebrate Zoology, Adaptations ofMarine Animals, Marine Birds and Mammals, Experi-mental Design in Marine Biology, Marine FieldStudies, and Marine Protected Areas.

Notes:OIMB is located at the mouth of Coos Bay with highenergy sandy beaches to the north, rocky intertidalbenches to the south and the Coos Bay Estuaryincluding the Slough National Estuarine ResearchReserve to the east.


Washington Oregon


Day CoursesOperated by: Marine Science Society of the

Pacific NorthwestP.O. Box 2079Poulsbo, WA98370

Contact:Phone: (360)779-5549Fax: (360)779-8960Email: [email protected] Address: http://www.poulsbomsc.org/

Facilities:Accommodation: Not availableCatering: Not availableClassroom: Two classrooms and workspaceLab: WetlabAvailability: Open all yearCost: Program dependant - cost recovery basis

Poulsbo Marine Science CenterSchool Description:The Poulsbo Marine Science Center is an educa-tional facility dedicated to the preservation of thenorthwest marine environment. Its mission is toincrease understanding of the marine environment,exemplify and inspire ecologically wise choicesnecessary to protect and sustain waters in ourcommunity and the world at large, and stimulateinterest in the broad fields of marine sciences.

Program Description:The Science Center contains exhibits, classrooms,touch trays, and a Museum Store. Offers beachwalks, plankton studies, Girl and Boy Scout pro-grams, lab classes, fish printing sessions, summerhands-on camps, stream water quality monitoring,and an outreach program to schools.

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Washington Oregon


Day Courses4450 Blakely Avenue NEBainbridge, WA98101

Contact: Communications Coordinator,Christine Llobregat

Phone: (206)855-4300Fax: (206)855-4301Email: [email protected] Address: http://www.pselc.org/home.html

Facilities:Accommodation: Comfortable lodge with bunkbeds

for 100Catering: AvailableClassroom: Not availableLab: WetlabAvailability: Open all yearCost: $10 - $75US program dependant

School Description:The Puget Sound Environmental Learning Center(PSELC) is the region’s newest and one of thenation’s most extraordinary outdoor educationprograms to inspire environmental and communitystewardship by providing hands-on learning experi-ences that link science, technology and the arts ina natural setting. Located on Bainbridge Island,WA, the PSELC is a half-hour ferry ride fromdowntown Seattle across Puget Sound in asustainably designed campus amidst 255 spec-tacular acres of second-growth forest and wetlandsfor immersion in ecologically-based experientialeducation programs.

Puget SoundEnvironmental Learning Center

Program Description:The curriculum emphasizes scientific inquiry,technology tools and creative expression designedto help children think critically about the worldaround them. Students, teachers and adults exploreand learn at the PSELC through a wide range oftools and facilities-hand-held computers and state-of-the-art PC-based data collection classrooms,forest canopy study platform, floating classroom,suspension bridge, and creative and cultural artsstudio amidst 255 acres of marshes, bogs,wetlands, ponds, streams, and ravines. Programsinclude Sustainable Design Workshop, NorthwestMycology, Wild Night Life, Field Journals as a Toolfor Observation, and a graduate program. There isalso a volunteer program.

Notes:The above day programs are currently offered,while the Center develops field skills programs forthe fall of 2002. Ecological areas of interest includeBlakely Harbor; Gazzam Lake; Grand Forest,petroglyph rocks on Agate Passage, all located onBainbridge Island.


Washington Oregon


271 Wyatt Way, NE #102Bainbridge, WA981100

Contact: Outreach and Education Director,Kristin France

Phone: (260)780-7848Fax: Not availableEmail: [email protected] Address: http://www.salish.org/

Facilities:Accommodation: Available for 30Catering: AvailableClassroom: Not availableLab: Not availableAvailability: Open all yearCost: $2100US/day for 30 participants for 5 days

includes all food, accomodations, equipment,mooring fees, etc.

School Description:Founded in 1994, Salish Sea Expeditions is non-profit organization dedicated to teaching the scien-tific process using inquiry based methods whileincreasing awareness of the unique Puget Soundmarine ecosystem. Their mission is to combineinnovative classroom study with boat based fieldresearch, thereby providing an exciting educationalopportunity for student to learn scientific principlesand develop problem solving skills while navigatingthe waters of Puget Sound.

Program Description:There are group, family, individual and schoolprograms which use an inquiry based learningapproach. Salish Sea provide the tools and informa-tion students need to plan a complete oceano-graphic research expedition, from the researchdesign to the meal planning, sail handling andnavigation. The programs are tailored to thespecific location, needs and background of eachgroup, so the exact subject matter and focus eachprogram is unique. In addition to general oceanog-raphy, topics can range from the physics of sail tointertidal investigations to maritime history. Allacademic programs include the following keycomponents: a thorough introduction to the scien-tific method, an overview of water quality issuesand human impacts on the marine environment,basic oceanography and oceanographic equip-ment, and sail handling and navigation. Thesetopics are covered in classroom planning sessionsand then put into practice on the Sound,

Notes:Current programs target the grade school levels, butthe Salish Seas is willing to collaborate with instruc-tors to provide higher level education.

Salish Sea Expeditions


Washington Oregon


Operated by: Western Washington University1900 Shannon Point RoadAnacortes, WA98221

Contact: Manager of Academic Support Services,Greg McKeen

Phone: (360)293-2188Fax: (360)293-1083Email: [email protected] Address: http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~spmc/

Facilities:Accommodation: Double bedroom suits for 24Catering: Not available but kitchen for self-cateringClassroom: Classrooms, lecture hallLab: Teaching, wet and research lab,

computer lab.Availability: Open all yearCost: Housing $6US/day; Classroom/labs

School Description:The Marine Center provides courses and researchfacilities for Western Washington University’sundergraduate and graduate marine sciencestudents. It also hosts undergraduate programsthat are attended by students from other collegesand universities.

Program Description:Opportunities for visiting undergraduates includethe Research Experiences for Undergraduates(REU) program, which accepts students for nineweeks at the Marine Center working with facultysupervisors in designing and conducting the re-search project.

Notes:Check the website for application forms.


Operated by: Western Washington University andWhatcom Community College

723 14th StreetBellingham, WA98225

Contact: Sue WebberPhone: (360)733-9078Fax: (360)733-1924Email: Not availableWeb Address: http://www.pacificws.com/bham/

snowgoose.html

Facilities:

Accommodation: Available for 12Catering: AvailableClassroom: Not availableLab: Not availableAvailability: Open all yearCost:

School Description:The 65' steel-hulled motor vessel Snow Goosewas originally built in Alaska for exploring theinside passage. She was converted for researchand education programs with the Seattle Aquariumand is fully equipped with marine research instru-ments, making her ideal for academic researchand natural history explorations. They offer oneday to several day scheduled trips in the San JuanIslands, discovering and exploring islandwildflowers, migrating birds, Orca Whales and theartistic inspiration found in the island landscape.


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Shannon Point MarineCenter Snow Goose


Washington Oregon


2310 Washington StreetPort Townsend, WA98368

Contact:Phone: (360)379-0438Fax: Not availableEmail: [email protected] Address: http://www.soundexp.org/index.html

Facilities:Accommodation: 45 people for day sails, and

25 for overnights.Catering: Available for overnight tripsClassroom: Not availableLab: Not availableAvailability: Open all yearCost: $2625US/day for groups of up to 23

Sound ExperienceSchool Description:Environmental Education aboard the Adventuress, aschooner originally commissioned to gather arcticsamples. Students learn about the Puget Sound’sdiverse and productive ecosystem, which participatingin activities such as plankton studies, water quality,marine invertebrates, marine mammals, weather andnautical skills.

Program Description:The overnight voyages last two to ten days for anyone12 or older, and three to five hour day programs for allages. Existing programs include a Group Day Sail,Sound Studies, and Sound Explorations. SoundExperience staff are able to customize programs forthe needs of the groups or host programs. The vesselhas a specimen tank, water quality testing and trawl-ing equipment, and also has a Marine ScienceTeacher Training program.

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Washington Oregon


Day CoursesOperated by: University of Washington1262 Hemlock RoadCarson, WA98610

Contact: Research and Education Manager,Dave Shaw

Phone: (509)427-7028Fax: (509)427-7037Email: [email protected] Address: http://depts.washington.edu/wrccrf/

index.html

Facilities:Accommodation: Not availableCatering: Not availableClassroom: Not availableLab: Not availableAvailability: Open all yearCost: Free of charge

Wind River Canopy Crane Research ProjectSchool Description:The Wind River Canopy Crane Research Facility islocated within the 478 hectare Thorton T. MungerResearch Natural Area in the Gifford Pinchot NationalForest with a 4 hectare crane plot located at 355 melevation, deep within the southern WashingtonCascade Range. The facility is located on gentletopography near the base of Trout Creek Hill, anextinct volcanic cone, with coarse textured soils, aseasonally intermittent stream running through thesite, and an extensive swampy area.

Program Description:The Project’s main purpose is research but canaccommodate visiting groups for half day educationalfield trips, including interpretation of the field station,general canopy ecology, a walk to the crane andsome discussion of the Research Project.

Notes:Research conducted at the site includes needlecomparisons, soil moisture and water flux, forestproductivity, phenology, carbon dynamics, belowcanopy solar radiation, canopy structure and inte-grated ecosystem studies. The Project does notprovide crane lifts or coordinate/supervise activities.

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