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2015<br />
ANNUAL<br />
REPORT<br />
INSPIRING<br />
CONSERVATION<br />
of the<br />
SALISH SEA
Message from the Executive Director<br />
Stronger through change<br />
1<br />
Change and growth were significant themes for the Port Townsend<br />
Marine Science Center in 2015. An updated website, new logo, and<br />
a number of new staff members were welcomed this year.<br />
This was our first year operating under our new strategic plan,<br />
Focus on the Future. With a 16% increase in visitors to our exhibits<br />
and 12% additional participation in programs, we are well ahead<br />
of projections to meet our goal of doubling our impact by 2025.<br />
We also laid the groundwork for growing to sustain and continue<br />
this progress with the addition of staff positions and re-organizing<br />
our internal structure according to our three core competencies:<br />
Lifelong Education, Citizen Science, and Visitor Experience.<br />
2<br />
In this report you’ll see exciting stories of the people and programs<br />
making the Science Center’s growth a reality and highlights of 2015<br />
accomplishments. We thank all of you, the PTMSC family, for striving<br />
for a healthier Salish Sea.<br />
With deepest appreciation,<br />
Janine Boire<br />
Executive Director<br />
3<br />
STEPS<br />
toward the<br />
VISION<br />
in<br />
2015<br />
1<br />
LIFELONG<br />
LEARNING<br />
For its second<br />
year, the popular<br />
Future of Oceans<br />
lecture series<br />
challenged and<br />
informed hundreds of people. Our school<br />
programs brought schools from Aberdeen,<br />
Seattle, Port Angeles, and as far away as<br />
Spokane.<br />
Chimacum Elementary brought 80<br />
kindergarteners to the exhibits, and John<br />
Hays of Freeman High School brought his<br />
class to the science center for the twenty fifth<br />
year in a row. One group of fourth graders<br />
came by boat from Seattle on a Puget<br />
Sound Express vessel and docked right<br />
in front of the Science Center on the pier!<br />
2<br />
CITIZEN<br />
SCIENCE<br />
Citizen Science<br />
volunteers<br />
reported over<br />
2100 hours of<br />
project time in<br />
2015. Sound Toxins volunteers monitored<br />
four sites in Eastern Jefferson County every<br />
week for paralytic shellfish poisoning. Sea<br />
Star Monitoring continues with weekly<br />
observations at the Marine Exhibit and<br />
quarterly surveys at the Indian Island plots.<br />
A scientific paper published in February,<br />
2016, by Eisenlord, et al, reported that<br />
increased water temperature does play a<br />
role in the prevalence of Sea Star Wasting<br />
Syndrome. AmeriCorps members and<br />
volunteers waded into the darkness to<br />
place and retrieve mussel cages at low<br />
tide in October and February as part of the<br />
Regional Stormwater Monitoring Program.<br />
Wallace Davis and Anne Murphy’s paper<br />
“Plastics in surface waters of the Inside<br />
Passage and beaches of the Salish Sea in<br />
Washington State” published by Elsevier in<br />
2015, includes a summary of the PTMSC-led<br />
citizen-science study of plastic debris on<br />
37 beaches. These results were presented<br />
at the Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference.<br />
2015 was the second year of Harbor<br />
Porpoise monitoring with Dr. Aileen Jeffries<br />
of the Pacific Biodiversity Institute. Most<br />
sightings occur in June and July.<br />
Only 66 of the 140 Marine Mammal Stranding<br />
calls in 2015 required stranding response<br />
(compared to 111 stranding responses in<br />
2014.) The other calls were for sick birds,<br />
sleeping seals, otter nests, and a bag of<br />
oysters!<br />
3<br />
VISITOR<br />
EXPERIENCE<br />
It has been an<br />
exciting year<br />
out on the<br />
PTMSC pier!<br />
A basket star<br />
(Gorgonsocephalus eucimis) has been<br />
thriving in the Marine Exhibit for nearly<br />
eight months. This branched echinoderm<br />
consistently shocks visitors during our<br />
public feed and is a stunning example of<br />
the diversity of life in the Salish Sea. We<br />
also acquired a few new fish ambassadors<br />
before our spring opening. Territorial painted<br />
greenlings, massive buffalo sculpins, and<br />
a cryptic smooth alligator fish all share<br />
the recently redesigned piling tank. The<br />
Marine Exhibit continues to inspire visitors,<br />
volunteers, and staff alike.<br />
This year we also have kept a close eye<br />
on the animals living under and around the<br />
pier! We watched three river otter pups<br />
grow to adulthood, recorded calls from<br />
J-pod on our hydrophone, and watched<br />
diving cormorants and schools of tubesnout<br />
swim by using our underwater camera.<br />
With the support of staff at Olympic National<br />
Park, an interactive display on Glacial<br />
Mass Balance was installed in the Natural<br />
History Exhibit to complement the historic<br />
glacier model. This display allows visitors<br />
to simulate glacial advance and retreat in<br />
response to changes in winter snowfall in<br />
Olympic National Park. The display case in<br />
Fort Worden Commons was updated with<br />
a new exhibit of marine animal fossils from<br />
PTMSC collections. Featured specimens<br />
include ancient crabs and fish, as well as<br />
the skull of a primitive baleen whale.
2015 Donors & Members<br />
You do an ocean of good!<br />
Rodie<br />
& Al<br />
Abrams ·<br />
Judith Adler ·<br />
Jean Akin · J<br />
Alcaraz · Kevin<br />
Alexander · Catherine<br />
& Tom Anderson · James<br />
Anderson · Janine<br />
Anderson & Terry Lievre · Paul<br />
& Joyce Anderson · Normandie<br />
& John D. Anderson · Ross<br />
Anderson & Mary Rothschild ·<br />
Susan Marie Andersson · Phil Andrus<br />
& Emmy Lou Stein · Tom Armitage &<br />
Meg Parisi · Mary Beth Armstrong &<br />
Peter Sigmond · Susan Auer & Gerry Kress<br />
· Geneva Austin · John Austin · Patt Ayers<br />
· Bud Babcock · Anna Bachmann · Ann &<br />
Joe Baier · Ann Bambrick · Greg & Christina<br />
Baribault · Katherine Baril · Mary & David Barr<br />
· Chris Bartik · Chris Baxter · Diane Baxter &<br />
Garth Ware · Paul Becker & Lisa Crosby · Joseph<br />
Bednarik & Liesl Slabaugh · Christy Beeger ·<br />
Timothy Behrenfield · Court & Ann Bell · Dr.<br />
Jacquelyn Belt · Emily Bender · Jim Bender &<br />
Ann Venables · Sheila Bender · Pat Benn &<br />
Ned Crosby · Al & Megan Bergstein ·<br />
Carol Bernthal · Wendy Bietz<br />
Unzelman · Hugh Binley · Mary &<br />
Stefan Biskup · Heidi Bloedel ·<br />
John Bodger & Selden McKee<br />
· Karen Boegehold & Gerald<br />
Braude · Janine Boire · Pat<br />
Bomar · Bonita's Four<br />
Legged Friends · Blake<br />
Borgeson · Chuck & Luan<br />
Borgeson · Virginie<br />
Bourgue · Kathryn Bowman ·<br />
Frank Boyle · Beth Bradley · Lara<br />
Branigan · Tom & Rosalie Branigan ·<br />
George & Carolyn Brannen · Anastasia Brencick<br />
& Shelley Higman · William Brennan & Thya Merz ·<br />
Martha Breunig · Beverly Brice · Leah Brown · Timothy Brown<br />
· Susan Bullerdick · Daniel & Lys Burden · Kate & Art Burke · Louis<br />
Burzycki · Richard Butchart · Gene & Christine Buzzard · Alicia Bye · Tim<br />
& Carla Caldwell · Gigi Callaizakis & Steve Moore · Jennifer & Barclay Calvert<br />
· Bob Cameron · Chris & Kay Caran · Betsy Carlson · Maurice & Christine<br />
Carpenter · Mary & Chuck Carr-Gibilisco · Andrew Carson · Dennis & Lisa Cartwright<br />
· Judy Caruso · Cheryl Cashman · Esko Cate · Doris Causey · Judy & Mike Cavett ·<br />
Marie & Tom Cawrse · Karen Chang ·<br />
Christensen & Seth Rolland · Ellen Chu ·<br />
David Chuljian, DDS · Cathe Clapp &<br />
Denis Keyes · Kathryn Clark & Dane<br />
Long · Taylor Clark · William<br />
Clark · Barbara J<br />
Clayton · Bob<br />
& Helen<br />
Wendy Chapman · John Chiles · Me'l<br />
Cleveland<br />
· Cathy Cloutier ·<br />
Ardith Cole · Marcia Coleman ·<br />
Barbara Collins · John Collins & Carol<br />
Graves · John Conley · Richard & Esther Conway<br />
· Herb & Kathe Cook · Chris Jones & Eileen Cooney · Mike<br />
Cornforth & Linda Martin · Bonnie Corra · Jim & Jeanne Costello<br />
· Bruce Cowan & Deborah Pedersen · Paul Crone · Dale Crytzer & Sue<br />
Raley · Stephen & Suzanne Cunliffe · Dorothy Curren · Linda & Tom Dacon<br />
· Daily Bird Pottery · D'Alessandro, Michael & George Marie · Judy D'Amore ·<br />
Britt & Curt Danielson · Gail & Gerald Danner · Dan's TV & Satellite Inc. · Dan &<br />
Soozie Darrow · William & Marlene Davies · Connie & Bob Davis · Evan Davis · Jan Davis<br />
& Kaci Cronkhite · Sally Davis · Shannon & Brandon Davis · Susan Davis · Toni Davison &<br />
Susanne Feller · Jim & Paula Deboo · Ron & Ann Deisher · Erica Delma · Karen & Tony<br />
DeLorenzo · Paul & Cissy Dendy · Sandy Dengler · Judith Derby · Bill Deutsch · Jenifer &<br />
Ray DeWolf · Cynthia & Michael Diament · Heida Diefenderfer · Joel Dippold · Nancy Dirks<br />
· Susan Disman · Gail Doell · Julie Dorsch · Merce Dostale & Michael Tarachow · Linda<br />
Drew · Grace Dumenil · Jean Dunbar · Ellen Dustman & Oliver Henry · Al Ebken · Kathy<br />
Edens · Eric & Barbara Effmann · Paul & Elizabeth Eisenhardt · Nancy Elder · Carla Ellis ·<br />
Bob & Charlene Engel · David & Margaret Engle · Jim & Karen Erickson · Nan Evans &<br />
Fred Nussbaum · Erin Everett · Joan & Bill Ewbank · Sarah & Owen Fairbank · Patricia<br />
Farmer · Betty Faulkner · Michael Felber & Karen Hackenberg · Wendy Feltham & Larry<br />
Fisher · Mary Ferraris · Jana & Reto Filli · Bridget Fischer · George & Janis Fisler · Katie &<br />
Keith Fleming · Martha & Ingo Fleming · Monica Fletcher & Stephen Evans · Tina Flores-<br />
McCleese · Linda Foard · Donald & Lynne Folsom · Chuck Forster & Agnes Balassa · Marvin<br />
& Lynn Fowler · Nancy Fowler · Kate Fox · Bob & Kathy Francis · Frederickson Electric ·<br />
Colleen Freidberg · Keri French & Chris Bricker · Marilyn & Andy Friedrich · Mari Friend ·<br />
Celia Fulton Walden · Peg Furey · Macy Galbreath & Bill Rothert · Richard & Deanna Gale<br />
· Pam & Bruce Gallaher · Michael Galligan · Jackie Gardner · Toni Gardner · Vern Garrison<br />
· Rachel & Joe Gaspers · Matt Geelan · General Electric · Frank Gentle · Terence & Cindy<br />
Germaine · Linda Gerrard & Walter Parsons · Jeff Gibson · Jean & Don Giedt · Ted & Lynn<br />
Gifford · Kathleen & James Gilmore · Richard & Jody Glaubman · David & Casey Gluckman<br />
· Joan & Celia Goff · Emily Gohn-Barnhill · Elsa Golts · George Goodall & Sandra Kurtz ·<br />
David & Sally Gooding · Gooding, O'Hara & Mackey · Kelly Gordon · James Gower & Mari<br />
Eckstein-Gower · Jeff Graham · Patricia Grainger · Pam Gray · Kathy Green · Kenneth &<br />
Catherine Groscost · Todd Gubler · Peter Guerrero · Diane Haas · Heather Haas · Tudi<br />
Haasl · Sarah Hadlock & Justin Lathrop · Roger Hagan & Lynn Marlow · Brandi Hageman<br />
· Nancy Hahn · Doug Hamblett · Mike & Karen Hamilton · Shirley<br />
Hammack Peterson · Deborah Hammond ·<br />
Frank Handler · Ellen & Richard<br />
Hargis · Eric & Jean Harrington<br />
· Neil Harrington &<br />
Renee Baribault ·<br />
Hugh Haven ·<br />
Matching<br />
& Workplace<br />
Gifts<br />
Adobe · Bank of America · Boeing<br />
· General Electric · IBM · Merck ·<br />
Salesforce · Starbucks<br />
Seth Bender<br />
Memorial<br />
Scholarship<br />
Fund<br />
Judith Adler · Dr. Jacquelyn Belt · Emily<br />
Bender · Jim Bender & Ann Venables<br />
· Sheila Bender · William Clark · Marcia<br />
Coleman · Cynthia & Michael Diament ·<br />
Allen & Betty Anne McCall ·<br />
Sarah Patterson & Chuck Kinsey ·<br />
Martha Plotkin & David Reich · Alan<br />
Rammer · Michael & Letitia Thompson<br />
· Nan Toby Tyrrell<br />
Ronald Hayes &<br />
Melinda Bryden · Gayleen<br />
Hays · Gee Heckscher · Suzanne &<br />
Bill Hempstead · Henry & Poor Family · Mike<br />
& Sudie Henson · Carrol Hernandez · JoAnne<br />
Heron · JoAnne Heron & Fayette Krause · Linda<br />
Herzog · Linda Heuertz · Kathryn Higgins & Jo<br />
Ida Reed · Sam & Ingegerd Hill · Lela Hilton ·<br />
Doug & Robin Hinchliffe · Gerry Hodgkins ·<br />
Steve Holgate · J Anne Holman · Homer<br />
Smith Insurance, Inc · Sue Hoover · Liz &<br />
Mike Horn · Gail Hotohkee · Gwen<br />
Howard · Judy Howard · Bruce &<br />
Marilyn Hudson · Anne Hueter<br />
· Carolyn Hunt · Gary &<br />
Teri Ingbretson ·<br />
Nancy<br />
Israel<br />
· James &<br />
Christine<br />
Jacobson · Rick<br />
& Debbie Jahnke<br />
· Gordon & Lois<br />
James · Nancy<br />
Jamieson · Janell<br />
Jelliffe · Katherine<br />
Jensen · Chad & Janine<br />
Johanson · Christie<br />
Johnson · Errol & Ginger<br />
Johnson · Orlay Johnson<br />
· Jan Jones · Jeff Jones ·<br />
Jennifer Jones · Tom &<br />
Karen Jones · Kala Point<br />
Social Committee · Patricia<br />
Kane · Bart Kavruck · Lydia<br />
Kelly · Debaran Kelso · John<br />
Kennedy · Mike Kennedy ·<br />
Kenneth & Kris Kiesel · Curtis<br />
Kilgore & Marisa Jenkins ·<br />
Johanna & Mike King · Erik & Jen<br />
Kingfisher · Jenna Kinghorn · Kurt<br />
& Mary Kippenhan · Dale Koenig ·<br />
Kees & Helen Kolff · Kim Kopp &<br />
David Griswold · Kosec Funeral Home<br />
& Crematory · Colette Kostelec & Richard<br />
Talbot · Beth Krehbiel · Kristin Manwaring<br />
Insurance · Jane & Doug Kurata · Elaine<br />
Lachlan · Annette Laico · Justin Lake · Kathryn &<br />
Neil Lamka · Robert & Karin Landry · Peter & Sarah<br />
Lane · Joe & Cinda Langjahr · Denis & Susan Langlois<br />
· Ellen Larkin & Dan Packard · Darcie Larson · Barbara<br />
Laski · Al Latham · Bruce & Zoe Ann Laurie · Peter &<br />
Helen Lauritzen · Larry Lawson · Tim Lawson · Judi & Lee<br />
Leader · Angela Lee · Patricia Lee · Amy Leitman & Ed Louchard<br />
· Jon Leland · Jody & Bill Lemke · Jordan & Laurie Lemmon ·<br />
Stephen Lenchner · Catherine Leporati · Celia Levites · Geoffrey &<br />
Terry Lewis · Kathy Lewis · Jana Lien · Leslie Lincoln · Nels Lindh · Laurie<br />
Liske · Caroline Littlefield · Chelcie & Kathy Liu · Judith & Robert Livingston<br />
· Robert Livingston · Dixie & Dave Llewellin · Susan Localio & Daniel Brodkowitz<br />
· Keith Loken · Richard Long · Sue Long · Beth Lorber · Wendy Los · Paul Loubere<br />
· Gwen Lovett · Cheryl Lowe · Meredith & Bill Lowry · Ned & BJ Luce · Paulette & Terry<br />
Lyle · Erica & Brandon Mack · John & Joanne Mackey · Chris & Pete MacLachlan · Winnie<br />
MacNair · Katherine Macomber Millman · Jacquelynn Mahoney · Len & Emily Mandelbaum<br />
· Lorna Mann · Nina Mann · Claude & Zan Manning · Naomi Marcus · Jayne & Joseph<br />
Marek · Sue & Bob Marett · Glenn Marquardt · Cecil Marr · Erin Marr & David Doellinger ·<br />
Don & Claudia Marseille · Dianne Marsh · Kathryn Marshall · Bruce Marston · Trolin Atkins<br />
Fund of Jefferson County Community Foundation · Clara & Jim Mason · David Mathieson<br />
· Rachel Mathison & Caleb Stengel · Ken & Cindy McBride · Allen & Betty Anne McCall ·<br />
Bonnie & Bob Mcclellan · Kim McCormick & Jeff Klein · Carol & Jack McCreary · David &<br />
Julie McCulloch · Jane & David McDaniels · Kevin & Bethany McDonald · Lois McFeely ·<br />
Troy McKelvey · Ian, Lori & Joshua McKenzie · Larry McKinnon · Chrissy McLean & Kevin<br />
Long · Jeff McLean & Dian Campbell · Mike & Joan McLean · Brenda McMillan · Sarah<br />
McNulty & Craig Isenberg · Roger & Cameron McPherson · Heather McRae-Woolf · Phil<br />
& Marian Meany · Anne Metcalfe · Jim & Wendy Meusey · Christianne Meyer · Bob & Carol<br />
Middelburg · Jan Mier · Mike & Kay Smallwood · Robert Miles · Bill & Marty Miller · Fred &<br />
Marilyn Miller · Sue Milliken & Kelly Dodson · Jim & Sue Milner · Kathleen Mitchell & Scott<br />
Landis · Carol Anne Modena · Susan Moffat · Joanne & Mike Montague · Jaqueline Moon<br />
· Mahalah Moore · Tom & Patsy Moreland · Wendy & Kevin Morey · Steve & Deborah<br />
Moriarty · Mike Morrissey & Kathy Stevenson · Robert & Elizabeth Moss · Sheila Moss ·<br />
John & Joyce Mottola · Shelly & Pete Murney · Anne Murphy & Dick Barrows · Jean Murphy<br />
· Peggy Myre · Nancy Naslund & John Piatt · Stan Nealey · Anne & Ralph Nelson · Gary &<br />
Elaine Nelson · Linda Newberry & Rico Ruble · Ron & Sharon Niccoli · Soozie & Dave<br />
Nichol ·Robin Nigash · Patricia Noell · Lucia & Paul Norris · Jan North · Emily Nugent · Brett<br />
& Becky Nunn · Michael Nyby · Jim & Helen Oakland · Kelly O'Connell & Richard Conrad<br />
· Nicole O'Hara · JC Olsen · Lisa Olsen · Michele Olsen & Steve Jeffries · Robin & Gabe<br />
Ornelas · Shannon Orr & Melanie McAllester · Natalie Oswald · Chris Ota · Yvonne Otterness<br />
· Marilyn & George Paddleford · Andy Palmer · Jennifer Palmer · Libby Palmer · Molly<br />
Parker & Jim Emery · Catherine Parkman & Jim Tolpin · Noreen Parks · Julia Parrish · Gary<br />
Pascoe · Bob Pastorok · Jim & Karen Pate · Sarah Patterson & Chuck Kinsey<br />
· Lucia Pauckert · Sandy Pavey · Martha Jane & Rob Peck · Peninsula<br />
Family Dental · Peninsula Floors & Furnishings · Kit Pennell · Dan<br />
Penttila · Mildred Perlow · Pet Town · Peter von Christierson &<br />
Ginger White · John Peters · Bob & Betty Petrie · George & Sheila<br />
Piccini · Sheila Piccini · Philip Pilgrim · David & Sandra Pitts · Leon &<br />
Pauline Placzkowski · Jackie Ploof · Martha Plotkin & David Reich · Bob<br />
Podrat · Port Townsend Sails, Inc. · Marilyn & Lawrence Porter · Jim Posey<br />
· Ann Pougiales & Charles MacNab · Mary & Bernard Pranger · Jim Prince &<br />
Mardee Stadshaug · PT Canvas Co. · PT Shipwright's Co-op · Noel Putaansuu ·<br />
Karen & Harvey Putterman · Carol Quaife & Michael Harkey · Jan & Bob Quick · Geralynn<br />
& Richard Rackowski · Kim Rafferty & Bob Wheeler · Steve & Cheryl Rafoth · Alan Rammer<br />
· Ann Jones & Stephen Ramsey · George Randels · Ravenscroft Inn · Anna Rebert · Helen<br />
Rector · Kitty Reed · Victor Reed · Bob & Anne Reeves · Nick & Libby Reid · Michael Reiss<br />
· Doug & Jamie Reudink · Liz Reutlinger · Melanie Reynolds · Peter & Linda Rhines · Tom<br />
& Betty Rice · Durkee & Mary Richards · Jeanette & Howard Richoux · Alison Riley & Patrick<br />
Colleran · Deborah Riley · Rosalyn Riley & David Given · Ed Robeau & Beverly McNeil ·<br />
Rosalyn Roberts · Catharine Robinson · Peter Robinson · Dave Robison & Sheila Westerman<br />
· Karen Robison · Doug Rogers · Madeline Rose · Laura Rosenberg · Alex Rossoff & Glenn<br />
Wark · Ari & Sarah Rubenstein · Dana Rubenstein · Pat Rubida · Jude Rubin &<br />
Peter Bahls · David Rugh · Rosalind<br />
Russell · Chuck &<br />
Amy Russell · Jim & Pat Ryan ·<br />
Joe &<br />
We miss you, Eric.<br />
Your legacy lives on.<br />
Peggy<br />
Ryan ·<br />
Gabriele<br />
Sanchez · David &<br />
Barbara Sachi ··<br />
Jack & Carolyn Salmon ·<br />
Karen Sandberg · Dennis<br />
Schatz & Leila Wilke · Phil & Anna<br />
Schenck · Robin & Jack Scherting · N.<br />
Carol Schlecht · Sharon Schlentner · Kateri<br />
Schmerler · Rodger Schmitt · Dick & Nancy<br />
Schneider · Pete Schroeder · Nancy E. Scott,<br />
CPA · Janine Scott & Steven Urbanc · Norm<br />
Scrivner · Sea Change Canine · George Seifert &<br />
Kathy Targos · Ward Serrill · Mary Ann Shaffer · Mickey<br />
Sheehan · Lois Sherwood · Nancy Shipley · Sue & Carl<br />
Sidle · Ronald & Rosemary Sikes · Si Simenstad & Stephanie<br />
Martin · Judy & Kim Simonelli · Peggy & Wayne Siscoe · Andree<br />
Siu & Russell Johnson · Gil & Barb Skinner · Beth Skoczen · Mike<br />
Skrzynski · Sue Skubinna · Amy Smith · Dru Smith · Linda Kay<br />
Smith & Bill Wise · Patricia Smith & Jaap Romijn · Bill & Anita Snell ·<br />
Betty Snyder · Larry Snyder · Stephanie Snyder · Bob & Edel Sokol ·<br />
SOS Printing · Alex & Elena Spear · Katrina Spear · Sport Townsend ·<br />
Jan Sprague · Michael & Lydia Stanhope · Robert & Ellen Staples · Carlyn<br />
In-Kind Donors<br />
& Partners<br />
AmeriCorps · Burke Museum · Centrum<br />
· Killer Whale Tales · Pacific Biodiversity<br />
Institute · Puget Sound Express · Puget<br />
Sound Restoration Fund · Seattle<br />
Audubon · SOS Printing · Taylor Shellfish<br />
· UC Santa Cruz · USGS Marrowstone<br />
Labs · WA Dept of Health · WA State<br />
Parks · WA Toxics Coalition · Wild Fish<br />
Conservancy<br />
Foundations<br />
& Sponsors<br />
Bates Family Foundation · John A.<br />
& Joan M. Dietze Charitable Trust ·<br />
Discuren Charitable Trust · Jefferson<br />
County Community Foundation · Edith<br />
Grobe Foundation · Foss Maritime<br />
· MacRae Foundation · D.V. & Ida<br />
McEachern Charitable Trust · NOAA<br />
· Satterberg Foundation · The Russell<br />
Family Foundation · The Seattle<br />
Foundation · WA State Dept. of Ecology<br />
· WA State Dept of Fish & Wildlife · Wells<br />
Fargo Foundation<br />
Memorial<br />
Tributes<br />
Steve Bartek · Mary Jane Gossmann<br />
· Eric Harrington · Moh O'Hanlon<br />
· Jack Sanchez · Sarek the Dog ·<br />
Hans Weertman<br />
Stark · Mark & Barbara Starr · Bob Steele & Mary Grace Swift · Dave Sterritt<br />
· Midge Steuber · Janet Stevenson · Craig & Val Stewart · Rosemary Streatfield<br />
· Richard Strickland · David Sullivan · Jim & Mary Sundeen · Sunshine<br />
Propane · Susan & Stan Kriegel · Ellen Sweetin & Wendy Taylor · Jenifer<br />
& Lynn Taylor · Margaret & Bill Taylor · Jani Templin-Weller · Peter &<br />
Alexandra terHorst · Cindy Thayer · The Food Co-op · Margaret<br />
Thompson · Michael & Letitia Thompson · Paul Thoms · Sharon<br />
Thomsen · Barbara Thomson · James & Jody Thomson · Deanna<br />
Thronson · Bob Tilley · Amanda Timm · Ellen Timmons · Betty &<br />
Therald Todd · Francesco Tortorici & Joan Cole · Lorraine Trautman<br />
· Bob Triggs · Walt Trisdale · Laura Tucker · Len & Joanne Tyler ·<br />
Nan Toby Tyrrell · Mary Upton · Karen Urioste · Gary & Donna Usa<br />
· Frank Vahcic · Doug & Nancy Van Allen · Paula Vanderheul · Val & Leslie Veirs<br />
· Celine Santiago · William Voss · Joe & Claudia Wagner · Richard Wagoner · Jean Walat<br />
& Gail Bernhard · Louise Walczak & Joe Carey · Kathleen Waldron · Solenne Walker ·<br />
Christine Walsh Rogers · Washington Native Plant Society, Olympic Chapter · Susan<br />
Waterman · Rebecca Watson · John & Carolyn Watts · David & Anita Weakley · Lynne<br />
Webster · Jessica Wedmore · Fred & Ann Weinmann · Claudia Welch · Connie Welch ·<br />
Wells Fargo Bank · West Marine · Brad West & Carla Main · Melissa Westbrook & Gaetano<br />
Borriello · Mark & Dorothy Westlund · Renate Wheeler · Don & Sylvia White · Keith &<br />
Catherine White · Lee Whitford · David & Ruth Whitney · Jim Whittaker & Dianne Roberts<br />
· Peter Wiant · Marsha Wiener · Craig & Cathie Wier · D.D. Wigley · Kristina Wilkening ·<br />
David Wilkinson · William James Bookseller · Wilson Insurance · Roger Wilson · Scott<br />
Wilson & Jennifer James-Wilson · Adela Winspear · Garry & Jamie Wohlgemuth · Richard<br />
Wojt & Carolyn Latteier · David & Leslie Wolfe · Judith & Emmet Wolfe · Jeannette &<br />
David Woodruff · Robert Wright · Pat Yearian· Sharon Yeh & Terence<br />
Fleischer · Donald Young · Robert Young ·<br />
Sarah Young · Vicki Young · Jo &<br />
George Yount
Volunteer Spotlight<br />
2015 Financial Information<br />
Why do you feel the Marine Science Center’s work<br />
is important to the conservation of the Salish Sea?<br />
"The more people know about<br />
the Puget Sound, the more<br />
they will love it. And the more<br />
they love it, the more they will<br />
want to take care of it."<br />
What is your favorite day or<br />
memory of volunteering so far?<br />
"I love watching visitors—<br />
noisy kids in the storm sewer,<br />
an adult and child working<br />
through the riddles on the<br />
Toxics screen, folks figuring<br />
out how the seal fin bones fit<br />
together and realizing what it<br />
means to be a mammal."<br />
2015<br />
Revenue<br />
Corporate<br />
Contributions<br />
2%<br />
Individual<br />
Contributions<br />
40%<br />
Foundation<br />
Grants<br />
12%<br />
Government<br />
Grants<br />
16%<br />
Program<br />
Income<br />
30%<br />
2015<br />
Expenses<br />
Citizen<br />
Science<br />
5%<br />
Education<br />
Programs<br />
41%<br />
Fundraising<br />
7%<br />
Exhibitions<br />
17%<br />
Administration<br />
14%<br />
Volunteer<br />
Support<br />
7%<br />
Special<br />
Events<br />
9%<br />
Dennis Cartwright<br />
Carol McCreary<br />
What inspires you, personally?<br />
What aspect of the Marine Science<br />
Center’s work resonates with you?<br />
Exhibition Revenue & Attendance<br />
$47,428<br />
Education Participation<br />
"I am an active person, I like<br />
to move around and check<br />
things out. When I am in my<br />
boat I like to see what is at the<br />
bottom of the ocean, and I like<br />
to see what might be coming<br />
up with my crab pots."<br />
"PTMSC's focus on marine<br />
sustainability...[and] the<br />
[volunteers and staff] are<br />
exceptionally enthusiastic and<br />
dedicated. They really believe<br />
in what they're doing and want<br />
to make a difference."<br />
$42,163<br />
$37,405<br />
8,468<br />
7,613<br />
5,769<br />
13,668<br />
13,945<br />
16,201<br />
Betty Petrie<br />
Frank Handler<br />
Read more about these volunteers at blog.ptmsc.org/search/label/spotlight<br />
2013 2014 2015<br />
Admissions<br />
Visitors<br />
Income<br />
2013 2014 2015<br />
Learners<br />
2015 Volunteers<br />
Elann Abeyta · Megan Addison · Jean Akin · Kate Anderson · Tom Anderson ·<br />
Kathy Anderson · Libby Atkins · Maruu Atwood · Peter Austin · Anika Avelino ·<br />
Anna Bachmann · John Barclay · Renee Baribaalt · Rhayne Bates · Jan Benjamin<br />
· Tim Behrenfeld's HS Class · David Berrian · Bonnie Besijn · Mary Biskup ·<br />
Melissa Bixby · Janine Boire · Callay Boire-Shedd · Frank Boyle · Larry Bryant ·<br />
Nathan Bullock · Christine Buzzard · Ivy Cable · Katie Caddell · Betsy Carlson ·<br />
Ann Carlson · Dennis Cartwright · Doris Causey · Tom Cawrse · Nilza Chodon ·<br />
Dana Christensen · Ellen Chu · Roy Clark · Eva Coffin · Marcia Coleman · John<br />
Conley · Jaclyn Connor · Mike Cornforth · Wade Crouch · Linda Dacon · Judy<br />
D'Amore · Andy Danner · Dan Darrow · Soozie Darrow · Sally Davis · Toni Davison<br />
· Karen DeLorenzo · Jenifer DeWolf · Amy Does · Merce Dostale · Mara Dotson<br />
· Ellen Dustman · Kenna Eaton · Cara Ehlenfeldt · Cherie Eichbaum · James Ellis<br />
· Gary Elmer · Irene Evans · Nan Evans · Ayla Favati · Wendy Feltham · Mary<br />
Ferraris · Monica Fletcher · Davis Fogerty · Joyce Francis · Susanne Fuller ·<br />
Gavin Futrelle · Jackie Gardner · Bob Garrison · LaVonne Geiger · Jeff Gibson ·<br />
David Given · Casey Gluckman · Mark Gordon · Amy Gordon · Everett Gordon<br />
· Toby Gordon · Jeff Graham · Pam Gray · Wilma Hackman · Frank Handler ·<br />
Eric Harrington · Jean Harrington · Neil Harrington · Sage Harrington · Linnea<br />
Harrington · Lucas Hart · Knud Hendrickson · Oliver Henry · Mike Henson ·<br />
Linda Heuertz · Darryl Hrenko · Marilyn Hudson · Carole Huelsberg · Joanne<br />
Huemoeller · Gordon James · Nancy Jamieson · Gail Jenkins · Katherine Jensen<br />
· Gregory Johnson · Chelsea Jones · Diana Jones · Michael Joseph · Charles<br />
Kanieski · Liz Kanieski · Bart Kavruck · Brian Kay · Debaran Kelso · Denis Keyes<br />
· Ken Kiesel · Kris Kiesel · Kathryn Knowles · Dana Kovac · Kendra Krantz ·<br />
Susan Kriegel · Laree Kruse · Elaine Lachlan · Cinda Langjahr · Erin Lannon<br />
· Eric Lanzillotta · Dixie Llewellin · Kevin Long · Sue Long · Sara Lopez · Paul<br />
Loubere · Shirley Loughney · Cheryl Lowe · Ashley MacKenzie · John Mackey ·<br />
Chris MacLachlan · Ruth Mandelbaum-Pope · Claude Manning · Zan Manning ·<br />
Scott Mardle · Kate Marshall · Bruce Marston · Linda Martin · Lorenzo McCleese<br />
· Carol McCreary · Jack McCreary · Judy McCutchen · Jane McDaniels · Desiree<br />
McGowan · Isabella McHenry · Chrissy McLean · Scott McMahon · Cathy Merchant<br />
· Lee Merrill · Jan Mier · Mimi Molotsky · Frankie Jo Montague · Larry Montague ·<br />
Laura Moore · Stephen Moriarty · Anne Murphy · Crystal Neu · Jan North · Kathy<br />
Nyby · Mike Nyby · Thea O'Dell · Michele Olsen · JC Olsen · Teri Pardlotu · John<br />
Pardlotu · Noreen Parks · Gary Pascoe · MJ Peck · Josh Peters · Betty Petrie ·<br />
Luzi Pfenninger · C.J. Powell · Susan Pratt · Richard Rackowski · Rich RacKrunch<br />
· Alan Rammer · Helen Rector · Kitty Reed · Carly Rhodes · William Richards ·<br />
Ann Richy · Rosalyn Riley · Hayden Rinn · Taylor Rinn · Kathy Roark · Ed Robeau<br />
· Peri Robin · Patt Roche · Doug Rogers · Laurel Rowan · Travis Rowland · Hailey<br />
Rowland · Annette Ruzicka · Dave Sachi · Gabriele Sanchez · Tina Scheufler ·<br />
Carol Schlecht · Sharon Schlentner · Kateri Schmerler · Haila Schultz · Janine<br />
Scott · Nancy Scott · Deb Shortess · Ron Sikes · Rosemary Sikes · Nam Siu · Beth<br />
Skoczen · Sue Skubinna · Samantha Slusher · Richard Smith · Jan Sprague ·<br />
Linda Spurgeon · Scott Spurgeon · Midge Steuber · Mark Stevenson · Raea Stika<br />
· Rosemary Streatfeild · Antoinette Talamante · Michael Tarachow · Howard Teas<br />
· Terri Teas · Alexandra terHorst · Peter terHorst · Barbara Thomson · Melissa<br />
Town · James Town · Nathan Trimble · Laura Tucker · Wendy Turner · Jim Turner ·<br />
Steven Urbanc · Paula Vanderheul · Carla VanderVen · Megan Veley · William Vogt<br />
· Jean Walat · Kathleen Waldron · Cheryl Wallace · Aaron Walter · Rob Wamstad<br />
· Kyra Weidner · Rob West · Alethea Westlund · Dorothy Westlund · Dan Whelan<br />
· Dick Williams · Richard Williams · Deb Wills · Roger Wilson
2015 By The Numbers<br />
8,468<br />
people in education<br />
programs — learning<br />
about marine mammals, the future<br />
of oceans, and climate change<br />
16,201<br />
guests visited the<br />
exhibits — more<br />
visitors than ever before in<br />
PTMSC’s history<br />
137<br />
kids attended camps<br />
— including Cassidy,<br />
who loved learning about<br />
abalone and plankton and<br />
hopes to become a scientist<br />
photos courtesy of Wendy Feltham<br />
$67,140<br />
in free science<br />
programs and<br />
scholarships were provided to<br />
schools and summer campers<br />
286<br />
volunteers served<br />
9,977 hours, valued at<br />
$235,058 by the Independent<br />
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