Audubon society gives conservation scholarships

BREE DAIGNEAULT, also a Coupeville High School graduate, is enrolled in marine biology and the honors in Distinguished Marine Scholars program at Western Washington University, with an emphasis on public relations/communications. Her high school experiences included collecting and examining sea-water samples for plankton and nutrient content, while training another volunteer to do the same for the Penn Cove Shellfish. She participated in training and research in the study of harmful algae bloom at the San de Fuca marine lab. She wishes to become a public relations person for an environmental agency such as NOAA.