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Please see the volunteer opportunity below from WDFW.
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WDFW is doing the hopefully 3rd of 4 field days removing invasive Japanese oyster drills from the Wolfe tidelands this next Tuesday July 8th and is looking for volunteers!
Join the WDFW shellfish team this upcoming Tuesday July 8th, for a hands-on invasive species removal effort at Wolfe State Park Property, near the Hood Canal Bridge.
We’re focusing on removing Japanese oyster drills (O. inornatus) from an oyster reef that has historically been enhanced for shellfish recreational harvest. Due to increasing predation
impacts from these invasive snails, enhancement has been halted, and we're now trying manual removal as an intervention. It’s hard, physical work—hand-picking drills off the reef—but
it's the only possible method we’ve identified.
A neighboring site to the enhanced reef also has historical records of Olympia oysters, so we're hopeful that what we learn from our efforts on the enhanced reef could also be applied
to the neighboring reef someday and help reduce predation pressure on native Olympia oysters.
We plan to start at 7:30 AM and will likely be on the oyster reef until around 12:30PM when we get chased off by the incoming tide. Although any amount of time volunteers can contribute
is much appreciated—there’s no obligation to stay the full duration or start right at 7:30 with us. Who ever can come is much appreciated for any time they can give.
We do want to communicate it is tiring labor and a little hard on the back, but very worthwhile and it would be a day on the tidelands with a lot of very knowledgeable intertidal biologists.
Please reach out to Reed below with any questions!
Reed Stevens (he/him)
Field Inspector, Shellfish and Seaweed Health and Biosecurity Unit
Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
Reed.stevens@dfw.wa.gov <mailto:Reed.stevens@dfw.wa.gov>
(360)316-6833
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Katie Kowal (she/her)
Water Resources Program Coordinator
Jefferson County Marine Resources Committee and WSU Extension
121 Oak Bay Rd., Port Hadlock, WA 98339
jeff.co.mrc@gmail.com <mailto:jeff.co.WSU@gmail.com>
(360) 379-5610, ext. 230