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Join us for an oyster harvest at the Port Madison Community Shellfish Farm with Betsy Peabody of Puget Sound Restoration Fund.  After the harvest, we will meet back at BARN kitchen at 10:30 am for Oysters Rockefeller and Oyster Poboy lunch.

Material Fee: $20.00

Location: Meet at 7 a.m. at 8542 NE Gordon Drive. Please park opposite the driveway along the right shoulder of the road

Second Location: After the harvest at about 10:30 meet at BARN- 8890 Three Tree Lane NE, Bainbridge Island

What to bring: boots, gloves, hydration, quart size container (like a large yogurt container), cooler with ice (can leave the coolers with ice in the car; no need to haul cooler out to the beach, but oysters should be put on ice as soon as possible following the harvest.)

Instructor:  Betsy Peabody is founder and executive director of Puget Sound Restoration Fund (PSRF). She served on the Washington State Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Acidification in 2012 and is currently working with Washington's Marine Resources Advisory Council to further investigate OA mitigation and outreach strategies. Before founding PSRF in 1997, Betsy worked for the Puget Sound Water Quality Authority, the Seattle Aquarium and local nonprofits. She also served as Vice Chair of the Bainbridge Island Harbor Commission 1997-2002. Betsy has a B.A. in English from Stanford University and a decided interest in all things marine.

Restoration http://www.restorationfund.org/

Contact Information:  Kell Killian at kellkillian@mac.com