HIGH BLUFF ECOSYSTEMS: WHAT THEY ARE AND WHY THEY MATTER

HIGH BLUFF ECOSYSTEMS: WHAT THEY ARE AND WHY THEY MATTER Join us for two community workshops co-sponsored by the Coastal Watershed Institute (CWI) and Jamestown Sklallam Tribe NOVEMBER 4TH 6PM-8PM PRESENTATION AT DUNGENESS RIVER NATURE CENTER 1943 W HENDRICKSON RD, SEQUIM NOVEMBER 7TH 8:30AM-10:00AM ROCK WALK AT DUNGENESS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 554 VOICE OF AMERICA RD, SEQUIM BOTH EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC We are hosting a community workshop and field trip on the ecosystem form and function of high coastal bluffs-those important and spectacular shorelines just west of Dungeness Spit. CWI representatives Dave Parks, award winning hydrogeologist and underwater photographer, and Nicole Harris, CWI senior education and policy representative, have worked on coastal systems for decades and will lead the workshop and field "Rock Walk". Parks will discuss the geologic history and evolution of Dungeness coastal bluffs west of the base of Dungeness Spit and discuss enduring research on the rates of coastal bluff erosion in the Dungeness drift cell. Harris will discuss ecosystem function of high bluff shorelines including importance for forage fish and salmon. Coastal Watershed Institute DUNGENES NATURE ALLIANCE