When: Monday, April 21, 2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Where: Viking Union Multipurpose Room at WWU
Why: OUR HOME IS WORTH PROTECTING
Costs $$: NONE, This event is free and open to the public!
Brought to you by WWU Ecological Restoration Club, LEAD, Salish Sea Institute, Sustainability Engagement Institute, Fairhaven College, and Students for Climate Action!
What: A dynamic discussion on water and land restoration featuring expert panelists, audience Q&A, interactive games, and a concluding speech on Hope for the Salish Sea by Ginny Broadhurst
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Event Schedule:
Event Schedule:
Doors: 1:00pm
Table walk around & settling in for event
Ripples Panel Begins: 1:15pm
Opening & Welcome: Gabrielle Lund & Beau Jay (LEAD Co-Directors)
Master of Ceremonies: Beau Jay
Ripples Panel: 1:15-2:15pm
Ripples (Water) Panelists:
1. Cindy Elliser (WWU Faculty)
2. Aquila Flower (WWU Faculty)
3. Rachel Benbrook (WA DNR)
Rachel Benbrook has built a diverse skillset and wide knowledge of Salish Sea/Western Washington ecology, watersheds, and communities through 20+ years of working on the water and in the woods. Her career includes time with local businesses and nonprofits, with a focus on salmon recovery, habitat restoration, scientific monitoring, and community engagement projects. She has been with the Washington Department of Natural Resources since early 2023, where she leads the Watershed Resilience Program, a coordinated, “trees to seas” effort to support salmon recovery and ecosystem resiliency in three Puget Sound watersheds.
Break: 30-45 mins (Tabling and Club Hosted Games)
Roots Panel: 3-4pm
Roots (Land) Panelists:
1. Mark Turner (WNPS)
2. Abe Lloyd (WWU Faculty)
T. Abe Lloyd is a Senior Instructor at WWU, where he has taught field class at both Fairhaven College and the ESCI Department at the College of the Environment for the last 13 years. Abe’s academic training is in ethnobotany but he has broad interests in natural history and loves birding, mushrooming, and especially botanizing.
3. Sky Hawk Bressette (COB)
Guest Speaker: Ginny Broadhurst - “Hope for the Salish Sea”: 4-4:15 PM
Event Ends: 4:30 PM
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