Sound Education and Action (SEA) Kayaker Program
WWTA provides helps paddlers protect precious public shorelines by teaching people low-impact skills and ethics. WWTA's Sound Education and Action Kayaker Program reaches the public during summer weekends with direct, in-field outreach at public beaches and Cascadia Marine Trail campsites throughout Puget Sound.
The SEA Kayaker Team is a pair of trained Leave No Trace educators ready to share activities, skills, and ideas with individuals and groups they encounter along the water trail. Be sure to check out the Team's summer destinations & read their Weekend Reports!
The SEA Kayaker Program is made possible by direct support from WWTA Members, REI, Delta Kayaks, Werner Paddles, BumbleBar, Kokatat, Outdoor Research, and the Norcross Wildlife Foundation. Interested in supporting the cause with gear or financial support? Contact seakayaker@wwta.org
2008 SEA Kayaker Team On the Water
WWTA is happy to have North Moench and Ella Goodbrod as the 2008 Sound Education & Action Kayaker Team. North and Ella are Leave No Trace Master Educators and spent the past two years as the Subaru/Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers, sharing low-impact recreation skills and ethics with individuals and groups across the United States.
North and Ella will be happy to talk to you or your group about WWTA and how to "reduce your paddle print" while enjoying the Cascadia Marine Trail.
SEA Kayaker Summer Destinations*
*Subject to change due to conditions
June 27-30: Odlin Park, Shaw County Park, and James Island
July 4-7: To lessen the impact on limited recreation resources in Puget Sound, the team takes the holiday weekend off.
July 11-14: Burrows Island, Bowman Bay, and Skagit Island
July 18-21: North end of Vashon Island, Blake Island, Manchester State Park, Fort Ward State Park. North & Ella will be accompanied by the Subaru/Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers.
July 25-28: Cypress Head, Pelican Beach, and Strawberry Island
August 1-4: Roche Harbor, Jones Island, Posey Island, and Blind Island
August 8-11: Boston Harbor, Hope Island, and Jarrell Cove
August 15-18: To be determined
August 22-25: To be determined
SEA Kayaker Team Weekend Reports
We launched from Odlin Park on Lopez Island after a great meeting with Nick Teague from the Bureau of Land Management and Heidi from Cascadia Kayaks. We met to discuss how Washington Water Trails could work with the BLM to develop BLM property into future Cascadia Marine Trail sites, the meeting went well and we all left excited about the next steps. After a sunny paddle and uneventful crossing 
of Upright Sound we arrived at Shaw County Park, right in the midst of an Outward Bound kayak re-entry drill. That evening we had the opportunity to meet up with the Outward Bound course and spend an hour talking with them about Washington Water Trails, the Cascadia Marine Trail, and Leave No Trace. We had some good question and answer sessions as well as a great game of Step on it! (all about durable surfaces).
The following day we paddled back to Odlin, said goodbye to Reed and headed over to James Island, with a brief stop at Spencer Spit for lunch. As we pulled in to Spencer Spit we saw another big group and realized that we had found the other Outward Bound group that was on the water. We were able to spend a little bit of time talking to them and then we both headed on our separate ways. We arrived at James in late afternoon, made camp and then had the opportunity to hike up to the bluffs to watch the sun set over Decatur. Both of us marveled at how lucky we are to have a job that allows us to educate, talk to so many different people, and spend time in an incredible area like Puget Sound.
