Imagine an interactive and interpretive center, that creates opportunities for the public to learn about this amazing South Puget Sound environment, its estuaries, geology, natural and cultural history, marine life, and human impact on the Puget Sound (2nd largest estuary in the U.S.). It will be a place of learning and recreation for the whole family. The new center is visioned to be located somewhere along Budd Inlet in downtown Olympia, Washington.
Estuaries are important places where tidal salt water and fresh water from streams, rivers and creeks come together. All of Puget Sound is a large estuary – the 2nd largest in the U.S. with 2000 miles of shoreline.
Our Puget Sound Estuary is unique and it is in trouble! At the center you will learn why our estuary is special, the pressures on it, and how each of us can be part of the solution to make it a healthier place for marine and estuary life to live.
Located at the back-reaches of the Puget Sound, South Puget Sound has special characteristics because of the this location. Human and natural history have shaped the land and influenced the water.
The SSEA Marine Estuary Interpretive Center will provide a place where interactive hands-on, on-site, in the field, on-the-water, and in the classroom education opportunities will exist for people of all ages.
Artist’s concept of the center by Michelle Thompson.
(Thank you Michelle for your fabulous work!)
