LYW Episode 37, June 12, 2025: Vessel Turn-in Program w/ NW Straits' Dana Oster

Dan Tucker • June 16, 2025

Vessel Turn-in Program with Dana Oster, from NW Straits


This week, Dan sits down with Dana Oster from NW Straits to discuss the upcoming free Vessel Turn-in Program happening in Whatcom.

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Dana Oster, Marine Program Manager with the NW Straits Commission

Dana Oster is the marine program manager with the Northwest Straits Commission where she works to support locally-driven marine conservation efforts. She has a background in coastal geomorphology and nearshore oceanography. She earned a B.S. in Geology from Bates College, and a M.Sc. in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia. Previously, Dana worked as an environmental consultant in Vancouver BC studying nearshore processes and water quality in fjords across Canada, the Caspian Sea, and Lake Tanganyika, and coastal processes in the Salish Sea. Dana joined the Northwest Straits Commission in 2018 and loves helping Marine Resources Committees take on local marine challenges and solutions!

News in this episode:

Working Waterfront Foundation launches Buoyant Beginnings
Bellinghistory with the Good Time Girls offer "Shore Leave" waterfront tours

WTA expands waterfront line 47 service and bus gets a trolley-wrap

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