Care about beaches? Good with people? Sign up to be a volunteer beach naturalist at an area beach this summer.

Areas include Des Moines Beach Park, Redondo Beach and Seahurst Park. Others are Carkeek Park, Constellation Park (Alki), Golden Gardens, Lincoln Park, Olympic Sculpture Park Beach and Richmond Beach.

Naturalists will attend a program orientation on Tuesday April 12, and receive training from marine and interpretative experts on four weekday evenings (April 19, May 3, 10 and 17) and three weekend days (April 23, May 7 and 21.) Once trained, volunteers spend three summer days educating visitors about beach ecology and beach etiquette.

To sign up or get more information, email beachnaturalist@seattleaquarium.org or call 206- 386-4365.
Sponsors for the Beach Naturalist Program, now in its thirteenth year, include the King Conservation District, the Forum for WRIA 9 (Green Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed,) the Forum for WRIA 8 (Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed), Boeing Charitable Trust, Amgen, Seattle Aquarium and People for Puget Sound.