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Lantern Paddle for Species

Name: Lantern Paddle for Species
Start: 2021-06-04T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2021-06-04T22:00:00-07:00
Location: Foss Waterway Seaport

June 4 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Get out those LEDs – and if you have one, a kayak or paddleboard. On Friday June 4, Tacomans will light up the Thea Foss Waterway with the first-ever Lantern Paddle for Species, a part of Tacoma Ocean Fest 2021.

With shoreside entertainment from 7-9pm, light art and paddle launch at 9pm, the event isn’t just a cool excuse to rig up lights on your paddlecraft or wave them on land.

You’ll also be helping create a magical twilight moment, celebrating all threatened marine species – like our own orcas and salmon – and reminding our world what we need to do to protect them from pollution, climate change and extinction.

SCHEDULE

7-9pm: PLU Steel Pan Ensemble & aerialist Deanna Riley

9-10pm: Projection light art

Both are outside the Foss Waterway Seaport, 705 Dock St, Tacoma. The museum will be open. Watch the start of the 70-48 paddle race go out of the waterway from the Museum of Glass at 7pm.

9pm Paddle launch anywhere along Foss Waterway. Wear/bring lights and/or watch on land.

SAFETY

Please mask up and social-distance. Wear a lifejacket and know your water limits. Human paddlecraft only, please. Beginners: Stay inside the enclosed water area outside the Foss Waterway Seaport.

NOTE: Paddling is done entirely at your own risk! We take no responsibility for your safety on the water. If in doubt, stay on land.

HOW CAN YOU HELP PROTECT MARINE SPECIES?

Join the Lantern Paddle and bring/wear something that reminds us of the beauty of ocean life
Explore our Ocean Actions and make them part of your daily life: refuse single-use plastic, avoid chemicals in your home/yard, support green energy, drive less, save salmon for orcas, eat ocean-friendly and more
Clean up a beach – do the Tacoma Shoreline Survey & Cleanup on June 5!
Talk to your friends about it. Speak up and vote for the ocean.
Donate to one of our eco-partners that protect local marine wildlife: Harbor Wild Watch, SR3, Citizens for a Healthy Bay, Washington Environmental Council, The Ikkatsu Project, 350Tacoma

WHERE TO LAUNCH?

On the west side, there are parking and launch spots at Thea’s Park (535 Dock St), the Foss Waterway Seaport (705 Dock St, park in Republic lot), and Dock St Marina (1817 Dock St, park on street or under Museum of Glass).

On the east side, try Waterway Park (1930 E D St).

For Covid-19 safety, we are encouraging people to spread out. However, we encourage paddlers to converge roughly in the area between the Foss Waterway Seaport and the 11th St bridge, for maximum visual effect.

LOOKING FOR LIGHTS? PADDLES?

This is a community light event – we don’t supply lights or lanterns. Instead, we invite you to be creative and bring your own! LEDs, holiday lights, glow lights, luminaria, even just a flashlight or two: Get creative but remember – single-use plastic harms the ocean.

We also don’t supply/rent paddlecraft. Foss Harbor Marina may be renting out.

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Details

Date:: June 4
Time:: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Event Categories:: art, conservation, water fun
Event Tags:: kayak, lantern, luminary, marine, ocean, paddle, species

Venue

Foss Waterway Seaport

705 Dock St
Tacoma, WA 98402 United States + Google Map