COASST is greatly assisted by sponsors and partners, and is fortunate to receive private donations from individual donors. Please click here if you would like more information on how to make a contribution to COASST.
Consortium
The COASST Consortium is a group of data users supporting long-term data collection, curation, interpretation and use in the coastal marine environment of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
Consortium funding secures access to specific COASST natural resource datasets. Partners may elect to receive raw or formatted data files, data maps and other data summaries, and reports of data collection effort, among other products.
Sponsors
COASST would like to thank our current and past sponsors; the agencies and organizations who contribute financially to sustain our basic operations and support our special research and outreach projects.
Past Sponsors
- Bird Studies Canada
- ConocoPhillips
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Marine Ecosystem Health Program (now the SeaDoc Society)
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- NOAA Fisheries – Protected Resources Division
- NOAA Fisheries – Pacific Coast Ocean Observing System
- NOAA Fisheries – West Coast Groundfish Observer Program
- Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
- Oregon Community Foundation (Denison Family Fund)
- Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development
- The Russell Family Foundation
- US Fish and Wildlife Service—Alaska Endangered Species Program
- World Wildlife Fund
Partners
COASST depends on partnerships with agencies and organizations providing on-the-ground organizational support. The following groups lend people, expertise, logistics, and research resources, working with us to recruit and manage our vast volunteer network much more effectively.
- Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
- Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council
- Alaska Sea Grant, Unalaska
- Alaska Wildlife Alliance
- Aleut Community of St. Paul Island, Tribal Government, Ecosystem Conservation Office
- Alaska Wildlife Alliance
- Becharof National Wildlife Refuge
- Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
- Burke Museum of Natural History
- California State Parks
- Cape Krusenstern National Monument
- Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies
- Clallam County Beach Watchers
- Coastal Interpretive Center
- CoastWatch Program, Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition
- Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge
- Feiro Marine Life Center
- Glacier Bay National Park
- Hatfield Marine Science Center
- Islands and Oceans Visitor Center
- Katmai National Park
- Kachemak Bay Research Reserve
- Kenai Fjords National Park
- LEO Network
- Makah Natural Resources
- NOAA Marine Debris Program
- Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
- Olympic Coast Discovery Center
- Olympic National Park
- Oregon Coast Aquarium
- Port Townsend Marine Science Center
- Quileute Natural Resources
- Quinault Division of Natural Resources
- RE Sources
- Seattle Aquarium
- Sitka Sound Science Center
- Sitka Tribe of Alaska
- Sound Water Stewards
- The Tongass National Forest
- University of Alaska Fairbanks, Bristol Bay Campus
- University of Washington – Olympic Natural Resources Center
- Washington State Parks