RAY Fellow Emi Okikawa reflects on her year-long Fellowship as Ocean Conservancy’s Community-Based Storyteller.

NOAA’s 29th NERRS designation celebrates the convergence of Native Hawaiian traditional ecological knowledge and modern research and science for ‘āina momona/future generations.

Paul Williams, shellfish management policy advisor to the Suquamish tribe, talks about the importance of environmental education in mitigating the effects of ocean acidification and why he’s optimistic about the future.

A Conversation with Ivy Frignoca, the Casco Baykeeper

A conversation with Maggie Sanders, the Executive Secretary for the Nisqually Department of Natural Resources, about the importance of storytelling, the transference of traditional ecological knowledge and how to reclaim your voice.

RAY fellow Emily Okikawa chats with Bill Mook to talk about Mook Sea Farm, what cuts to NOAA would mean for his business and what the ocean means to him.

Rampant overharvesting and pollution decimated the Olympia oyster population until one family finally found a solution.

Karen Matsumoto talks about Ecosystem Pen Pals, a cultural and natural history exchange that brought together elementary school students from different regions in the Pacific Rim – the Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa and the western coast

Ocean Conservancy’s Emily Okikawa chats with Glenn Nelson, founder of The Trail Posse, a non-profit journalism initiative devoted to highlighting and increasing visibility of people of color in the outdoors.