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Applications for the summer 2021 Makah Fisheries Management internship are now open! You can access the announcement here or by downloading the file below. Applications must be submitted by June 10th at 5pm. The MFM Summer Internship Program aims to educate Makah youth in high school or early college in natural resource research and management … Continue reading Applications Now Open for 2021!

We are working hard behind the scenes to schedule an in-person internship program for this summer 2021! The internship will run from June 28 - August 6, and applications will open in late May. Find the application announcement on the Community Portal and look for our notice in the Whale Tale. While you're waiting, check … Continue reading Internship Scheduled for 2021!

Angelina attended the Tribal Habitat Conference hosted by the Skokomish Tribe and the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission in October 2019 to present her poster on "Eelgrass Effects on Diversity" in front of fisheries scientists and managers from around western Washington. She did a wonderful job! Congratulations Angelina!

Last Friday the interns presented their final posters at the Makah Senior Center to their friends and family and other members of the community. They all did a wonderful job explaining their process and presenting to the best of their abilities - congratulations! Check out their posters below, or stop by the display in the … Continue reading Final Projects!

On Monday and Tuesday of last week, the interns ventured to Seattle to learn more about careers in fish and wildlife beyond the Olympic Peninsula. On Monday they visited the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, where they were joined by the Students Saving Salmon group from Edmonds-Woodway High School. Both groups … Continue reading The Final Week!

On Friday afternoon (August 2) we all met at the marina, ready to head out to Tatoosh! After a bumpy ride out, we landed safely on the island and carried all our gear up to the bunkhouses. Tim Wootton and Cathy Pfister, both researchers from the University of Chicago who have been conducting studies on … Continue reading Weekend on Tatoosh!

The last two weeks signified the transition from job shadowing activities to working full time on independent research projects. During the first half of last week the interns helped with invasive European green crab trapping on the Wa'atch and Tsoo-Yess rivers by setting and checking traps, cataloging species caught, and removing green crabs from the … Continue reading Second Update!

This week the interns are hard at work fine-tuning their studies, collecting data, and planning their analyses. They each wrote a pitch to help them contextualize their study and summarize the main question they are trying to answer - read them below! Trends in observed harbor porpoise in the Strait of Juan de Fuca Laney … Continue reading Project Pitches

The interns jumped right into an exciting mix of job-shadowing activities during their first week at Makah Fisheries. Their activities mainly focused around learning about the work that is done at Makah Fisheries to manage their local resources and protect the health of the community. During the week they shadowed the Air Quality team as … Continue reading First Update!