OCTOBER LUNCHEON
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 11:30AM-2:30PM
The last day to reserve is Friday, October 3, 2025
THE BIG ELK RESTAURANT
707 East Washington Street, Sequim, WA 98382
We return to the Big Elk Restaurant in Sequim for our October Luncheon and will be doing so for the balance of 2025 through 2026. Members were able to order exactly what they wanted from the many items on the Big Elk Breakfast or Lunch/Dinner menu and paid the restaurant directly. The food was delicious and very reasonably priced, with almost all selections $18 and under. The Big Elk staff handled our more than 30 attendees in a timely fashion, and their meeting room was well suited for our club’s needs. Our members almost unanimously agreed on the survey that the Big Elk should be our permanent venue. There is plenty of parking available. Beer and wine are available.
Program
Our speaker this month is Lisa Hillier, Senior Biologist in the Marine Fish Science Unit with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), and her talk is “The Sharks of Puget Sound.” Washington is home to a variety of shark species, which play an essential role in the coastal and Salish Sea ecosystems. Her presentation will focus on the sharks that share our waters and how the WDFW is monitoring and managing these species. She will also focus on new scientific research on two species that have moved deep into South Puget Sound and how climate change is shifting shark populations.
Lisa has worked with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for over 20 years helping to manage groundfish, shellfish, and forage fish species. She is the Washington representative on the Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team for the Pacific Council and represents Washington in the North Pacific where she sits on both the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska Plan Teams. Lisa is active in the field conducting surveys and research via SCUBA, remotely operated vehicle, trawl, and hook-and-line, and is currently working on several shark research projects collaborating with universities and management agencies on both the West and East coasts.