NOAA Presentation | Oil spills -  Regional and National Issues

Oil spills are headline news, costing tax payers and corporations billions of dollars. The impact of a single small spill can reverberate throughout an ecosystem and last for decades. CYC has invited Doug Helton, NOAA’s Regional Operations Supervisor to share his knowledge and experience. Bring your family, join us for dinner, learn what has happened, the state of the science, and the impact that you as an individual can make by taking care in our aqua and surrounding environments. 

Bar Opens at 6pm
Presentation at 6:30

Doug Helton is the Regional Operations Supervisor for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Response and Restoration.  The Office provides scientific and technical support to the Coast Guard during oil and chemical spill responses. Doug is based in Seattle, WA, but works on NOAA response efforts nationally.  Doug has worked on oil spills, shipwrecks, abandoned vessels, marine debris, and other emergency response efforts in almost all coastal states, ranging from Maine to American Samoa.  Doug received a BA from Reed College in 1985 and an MS from the University of Washington School of Fisheries in 1991.