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Vashon eDNA Project

Join us in collecting monthly eDNA samples to track marine diversity at each site. The resulting data will enable us to monitor shifts in biodiversity and provide insights into key questions surrounding forage fish, green crab, and other marine species.

This program will run until October 2025, and there will be a training workshop at 10 am on October 29th at Jensen Point, where ICO scientists will demonstrate eDNA field sampling protocols and provide more information about the project.

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Safety Notice: Please be aware that there are risks associated with your participation. Some of the risks you may encounter include steep, slippery, and uneven terrain, cross country travel, challenging access, and low visibility conditions (at night or in areas thick with plants). COVID exposure is also a risk which we will work to minimize but cannot eliminate. We follow CDC recommended guidelines: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html Please do your part to limit exposure. We cannot anticipate or list all the challenges and hazards. For this reason, please use your common sense and respect your own limits. You are not required to do anything; choose your activities based on your own sense of what you and your family can safely handle. Assumption of Risk and Release: You agree to take responsibility for your own safety and your family’s safety when volunteering with us. You also agree, for yourself and your children, to release and hold harmless Vashon Nature Center and any landowner from any and all liability, of any nature, that may arise from participation. You agree this assumption of risk and release applies to your current volunteer activities and all future participation with Vashon Nature Center.