Scott Chitwood, Natural Resources Director for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, presents, “What Does a Train Ride Through Canada Have To Do With Fisheries Management?” at the next Science Cafe, presented by the Sequim Education Foundation, at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Paradise Cafe, 703 N. Sequim Ave.
Chitwood was educated in Fisheries Sciences at the University of Washington’s College of Fisheries. He has been employed in the field for 39 years, all on the Olympic Peninsula. Chitwood started his career as a stock assessment biologist and became interested in fisheries management..
Upcoming Science Cafe events include: Tuesday, Nov. 11: Steven Mitchell, Manager of the Weyerhaeuser Seed Orchard, on “Weyerhaeuser’s Western Regeneration Program”; and Tuesday, Dec. 9: Randy Johnson, Habitat Program Manager with Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Natural Resources, on “Drift Babies: Accretion Shoreforms and Bluff Erosion Near Dungeness Spit.”
The Science Café is a community service of Sequim Education Foundation. Programs present expert speakers for adult and young adult audiences interested in current developments in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Science Café events are held on the second Tuesday of the month at the Paradise Cafe. Admission is free and food and beverages are available for purchase.
For more information about Sequim Education Foundation, see www.sequimed.org.