The North Olympic Salmon Coalition offers a free six-session class about marine wildlife, water quality, shoreline erosion, restoration and more this month.

The course called Citizen Action Training School (CATS) is led by experts from around the Olympic Peninsula and the Salish Sea.

Four classroom sessions run at 6-8:30 p.m. on Thursdays beginning Aug. 25 at the Dungeness Schoolhouse, 2781 Towne Road, and two field trips will be offered with the first on Saturday, Aug. 27.

Deadline to apply is Thursday, Aug. 18, and applicants will be notified by Aug. 19.

Organizers seek participants from diverse backgrounds and occupations, such as beach visitors, shoreline landowners, interested citizens, students and families. Contact Emily Bishop, Salmon Coalition Education & Outreach Assistant, at outreach@nosc.org or call 379-8051 with any questions.

Space is limited and applications are required. Apply on the North Olympic Salmon Coalition website at http://nosc.org/events/citizen-action-training-school-summer-2016/.

Funding comes from the United States Environmental Protection Agency through the Washington State Recreation Office as an education component to the Salmon Coalition’s Three Crabs Restoration Project.

The intent of the Three Crabs Restoration Project is to restore the landscape to its historic condition, and the CATS class aims to educate local citizens about what makes a healthy beach system and why historic conditions benefit both wildlife and people.

Organizers say the key message is that beaches, bluffs, and streams are interconnected, beautiful and sensitive to development.

North Olympic Salmon Coalition last offered a class like this in 2014.

The goal of this in-depth workshop is to motivate and engage residents to not only appreciate local beaches, but also to take an active role in their restoration and protection.