JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – The annual prescribed burn season at JBLM for ecological restoration, habitat maintenance and wildfire prevention is underway, according to JBLM Directorate of Public Works’ Environmental Division. JBLM conducts ecological burns throughout the spring and summer for two reasons. First, the dry conditions ensure invasive species such as Scot’s Broom are…
Category: Ecology
Need to shred documents?
Free Shredding Events GRAHAM: August 1, 2015 LOCATION: Frontier Park, Home of the Pierce County Fair TIME: 10:00 AM CONTACT: Betty Backstrom @ 253-847-4754 Free Document Shredding, Food drive and opportunity to purchase discount Fair Tickets TACOMA: August 1, 9 am – 1 pm Sound Credit Union, 3633 Pacific Avenue. Shredding provided courtesy of…
Inaugural Nature Walk on New Bud Blancher Trail
The Nisqually Land Trust is hosting its first-ever Bud Blancher Trail Nature Walk, along the Mashel River near Eatonville, on Saturday, August 8th, from 12:30 to 2:30 pm. The easy, approximately five-mile walk is part of the Land Trust’s free Summer Nature Walk series. Executive Director Joe Kane will guide the group on the trail, which…
Project to restore salmon habitat on Fennel Creek begins July 1
A project to restore salmon habitat on Fennel Creek where it joins the Puyallup River will begin July 1 and continue through the end of August. Truck traffic along McCutcheon Road between 96th Street East and 128th Street East may increase during the work. Crews will build a new, meandering stream channel for Fennel Creek. The…
Eco-Campers in Graham this summer
In Graham, Eco Campers start to explore on Tuesday July 7 and meet every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday untill the end of August at Frontier Middle School and Nelson Elementary from 9am-2pm. See g-kcc.org for details. July 7-August 27 Tues.-Thurs., 9am-2pm at Frontier Middle School Room 113 Cost: $75 per week* please call or visit……
All Things Green – Eco Class at Chambers Creek Park, July 8th or August 12th
Please help us spread the word of this new workshop we are trying this summer! We are partnering with Parks and Rec again to offer a workshop geared toward families who would like to live healthier and more sustainably. “Come learn as a family the simple skills that can help our local environment as well…
Schibig-Lakeview Nature Preserve – Walk & Talk June 17
Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council Invites you to join us for an interesting and fun Walk and Talk Wednesday, June 17th from 2-4 PM Please RSVP for van space (253) 798-7620 This is in lieu of our regular monthly meeting. We will be visiting Schibig-Lakeview Nature Preserve and the 11.85 acre Ellingson Property bordering Morey Creek…
Puget Sound Starts Here Month challenges residents to protect local waters
PIERCE COUNTY — Pierce County is teaming up with hundreds of organizations across Puget Sound to challenge residents to commit to at least one Sound-healthy action during May’s Puget Sound Starts Here Month. “In Pierce County, we have many scenic vistas of mountains and Puget Sound reflected in our public waters,” said Pat McCarthy, county…
Puget SoundCorps to help restore habitat of wetland preserve
A Puget SoundCorps crew will remove Himalayan blackberry, English ivy and other invasive plants and remove trash from Pierce County’s Larchmont Wetland Reserve in Midland May 4 through 29. Getting rid of these invasive plants and trash will improve the health of the wetland the county has worked to rehabilitate for several years. Pierce County…
INVASIVE PLANTS TRAINING SCHEDULE
2015 EARLY DETECTION, REPORTING AND IDENTIFICATION OF INVASIVE PLANTS TRAINING SCHEDULE in WA/OR (March-June) About the Program The Pacific Northwest Invasive Plant Council (PNW-IPC) is a non-profit conservation organization (http://www.pnw-ipc.org/) working in partnership with the USDA Forest Service, Washington Dept. of Agriculture (WSDA), Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and other state and local groups on a…
Council passes shoreline regulations, sends final plan to state for approval
After years of tinkering, debate and listening to public input, members of the Pierce County Council passed a Shoreline Management Plan at the March 10, 2015, council meeting. Council Chair Dan Roach says he hopes it’s the end of what turned out to be a longer journey than expected. “Hundreds of citizens were involved in…
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