Cascadia Research, a non-profit Washington State corporation recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, has conducted scientific research and education for 45 years. Since incorporation in 1979, Cascadia Research has received grants and contracts, primarily from government agencies, to pursue research in a variety of areas. Most of this research has been in the fields of marine mammal and bird biology, animal behavior, ecology, and pollution ecology. Members of Cascadia Research put a premium on publication of research results in the scientific literature and thus research is conducted and reported with an emphasis on high quality as well as timely completion. Cascadia also makes educational presentations to a variety of audiences from technical talks to scientists to presentations to elementary school children. Based out of offices in downtown Olympia, Cascadia has conducted field research in the Canadian Arctic, Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Hawai’i, Mexico, and the waters off Central America.
Cascadia acknowledges that many members from the diverse areas where we conduct our research are not represented in Cascadia or in our programs and therefore, we are missing out on important voices, values and perspectives in our research. Although Cascadia is unable to support undergraduate students at this time due to funding concerns, we strive to make our research accessible to as many people as possible through accepting volunteers for work on the Hawai’i field efforts, in person/virtual presentations and other collaborations.