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2013 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration

Shedding Light on Human-Induced Disturbances in Marine Areas

Student(s):

Bradley Le

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Maddie Foutch

Partner(s):

  • Washington Environmental Council

Faculty advisor(s):

Robert Pavia, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, University of Washington

I worked with the Aquatic Reserves designated by the Washington Department of Natural Resources to help them develop methods for raising community awareness and scientific knowledge of the reserve. I focused mainly on anthropocentric disturbances that may affect the aquatic reserves. I also drafted a Quality Assurance Project Plan report for the Smith & Minor Islands community. By interacting with citizen committees I learned about the topics for which they were interested in advocating and the concerns they had for their aquatic reserve. This information was especially helpful for my project.