The following articles were published in the Padilla Bay Newsletter and can be read online.

• Discovering inconvenient truths about mussels By Cynthia Hansen Published Summer 2009

  A quick look at the research by Rebecca Gooding, graduate student at University of British Columbia. She studied the extent to which mussel size and mussel bed temperature impacts epifaunal communities.

• Vegetation mapping By Suzanne Shull Published Spring 2009

  Padilla Bay researchers used a combination of GPS, “ground-truthing” and high-resolution aerial photography to map the vegetation in Padilla Bay.

• Back to school thoughts By Emily Mendell Published Fall 2008

  An educator at Padilla Bay reflects on her past teaching experiences and looks ahead to the coming school year.

• What do seals in Padilla Bay eat? By Amy Campbell Published Winter 2007/8

  A look at the research of WWU’s graduate student Katie Luxa, who studied the diet of harbor seals in Padilla Bay and Drayton Harbor, WA.

• Graduate research studies effects of Macroalgae on crabs By Liz Leavens Published Summer 2007

  With the help of Dr. Stephen Sulking from the Shannon Point Marine Center, WWU graduate student, Elizabeth Harvey studied the effects that macro-algae in high densities may have on crabs.

• Lights, camera, action — starring the March Point Herons! Published Spring 2007

  In 2006, volunteers from Leadership Skagit teamed up with Skagit Land Trust to install a video camera at the March Point heron colony. The “Heron Cam” is linked to the Padilla Bay website and is viewable in the exhibits at the Breazeale Interpretive Center.

• Western High Arctic Brant Published Spring 2007

  Maynard Axelson, founder of the Washington Brant Foundation, has recently been involved in an international effort to monitor the migration of the rare Western High Arctic Brant, using radio transmitters and satellite technology.

• New facilities completed Published Winter 2005/06

  A facilities dedication and 25th Anniversary open house occurred on October 1st, 2005 to celebrate the completion of a new meeting room, research laboratory, bunkhouse, public library, office spaces, and the restoration of several historic buildings located on the reserve’s property.