Cool Things for you to do to help Puget Sound!

	Take the Puget Sound Pledge We all must help protect Puget Sound waters.  What will you do?  Print out your own Pledge Card to get started.  Bring your completed pledge card to the Marine Discovery Center during open hours to receive a special prize! Need Ideas? Visit PugetSoundStartsHere.org

Do you Love Seafood? Seafood Watch is a program that helps you choose sustainably harvested seafood.  Download and print your own foldable 2010 Seafood Watch Pocket Guide.  Carry it with you to help you buy or order seafood that is healthy for you and the ocean! You can also view the Seafood Watch Card with your cell phone, just log on to www.seafoodwatch.org.

Home is Where the Habitat Is!
Every animal needs a home, and you can help animals living here in Washington by providing them a home in your own backyard.  Click on the following links and download your very own instructions to make a bat house, a songbird nest box, or a toad abode.

Thank you Ocean!
Have you thanked the ocean today?  Oceans provide us with lots of important things, such as food, adventures, and medicines.  Oceans are places to create lasting memories and to see amazing animals.  They also affect the weather, give us jobs, and define world cultures.

Find out some ways to say thank you at Thankyouocean.org

Print out this Dolphin Coloring Page and say Thank You Ocean.

Trek the Tidepool!
Plan your adventure to a local beach with these great guides:

• Find out where to go and how to care for your local beach with this Explore the Shore Map.   
• This Beach Field Guide will help you find amazing creatures at the beach.   

Look Who Else is Helping Puget Sound!
   National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   Citizens for a Healthy Bay
   Ocean Project
   People for Puget Sound
   Puget Soundkeeper Alliance
   Harbor Wild Watch
   Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Protected Areas