LYW Episode 32, February 13, 2025: National Working Waterfront Conference

National Working Waterfront Conference

Dan travels to the National Working Waterfront Conference in San Diego and speaks with organizations and individuals from around the nation about working waterfronts, and the efforts underway to save them.

Featured in the interviews:

Adam Mistler - National Outreach Manager, Ocean Conservancy

Bryan Fluech - Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant | Associate Marine Extension Director

Shannon Hogan - Urban Harbors Institute / School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts

Chris Gilpin - Marketing Coordinator - Maritime Museum of San Diego

Each of the individuals above are working on various aspects of preserving maritime heritage, working waterfront infrastructure, and the ecology and science that benefits waterfronts everywhere.

We're not along in our struggles with waterfronts here in the Northwest, and the National Working Waterfront Conference highlights the work being done all around the nation, and in attending, Dan notes that it fosters conversations and dialogue that connect our Whatcom waterfront, to the world.

Georgia's working waterfronts are facing challenges felt across the nation, with similar hurdles that we face here in Whatcom County. Photo: Bryan Fluech

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News in this episode:

Working Waterfront Hosts Crew Connections

State Department of Ecology put out call for comments on Fairhaven Shipyard

WA Sea Grant Skills & Drills Classes

Wild Seafood Connection Comes to Bellingham