Pierce County homeowners and homeowner association members are invited to attend a free workshop in August to learn how to prepare their neighborhood stormwater systems for the rainy season. Homeowners will learn simple steps to maintain storm drains, swales and stormwater ponds located within their neighborhood. Additionally, homeowner associations will learn how planning in advance for…
Category: Ecology
Columbia Sportswear settles with EPA for mislabeled clothes containing insect repellent
Hats, socks containing insect repellent did not meet federal labeling standards (Seattle—July 22, 2014) Columbia Sportswear Company has reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for distributing mislabeled clothing containing insect repellent and violating federal insecticide laws. According to the settlement, the Portland, Oregon company distributed the clothes without the full label…
Dedication of Jacobs Point Park
On Saturday, July 19, the residents of Anderson Island held a celebration to dedicate a new park. Jacobs Point Park is an 80 acre peninsula that extends into Oro Bay. The land belonged to the Jacobs family who sold it years ago to Young Life who did not find it feasible for a camp complex. Young Life…
Toxic Algae present at Ohop Lake, Spanaway Lake, Twin Lakes, and Whitman Lake
CAUTION: Toxic Algae present at Ohop Lake, Spanaway Lake, Twin Lakes, and Whitman Lake July 17, 2014 Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department wants you to know there is a toxic algae bloom in the above lakes. These lakes are unsafe for people and pets. Keep children and pets away from areas with algae Do not swim,…
Shoreline Master Program – July 21 hearing
This is notice of Community Development Committee and final Council hearings on Proposal No. 2013-45s. An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Relating to the Pierce County Shoreline Master Program; Amending Chapter 1.22 of the Pierce County Code (PCC), “Pierce County Hearing Examiner Code”; Title 18 PCC, “Development Regulations – General Provisions”; Title 18A PCC,…
Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council
Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council Agenda for: Wed., July 16, 2014 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM Lakewood City Hall 6000 Main St. SW, 3rd Floor Conference Room 3:30 Introductions / Additions to the Agenda Greg Vigoren, Chairman 3:40 Waste Water Treatment Plant Expansion Project Ryan Dooley, Pierce County Public Works 4:10 — BREAK— 4:20 Information Sharing…
Motorists should fix leaks so they “Don’t Drip and Drive”
PIERCE COUNTY — Vehicle leaks can cause havoc for drivers and the environment. Motorists in Pierce County can find an affordable repair and keep pollutants out of Puget Sound, thanks to Puget Sound Starts Here’s “Don’t Drip and Drive” program. As part of the program, participating repair shops across Western Washington will conduct a free…
Up the hill – it’s melting and blooming
By Marianne Lincoln The last day of the Independence Day weekend and I, like many others, took a drive up the hill to Mount Rainier National Park. In my case, I was inspired by a friend who is 83 and hadn’t been there since the Nisqually Glacier was near the bridge over the river. For…
New facility will allow processing of storm drain waste
Construction of a new facility that processes roadside storm drain waste will begin June 9 at Pierce County’s Central Maintenance Facility in Frederickson. The new waste processing facility is expected to be complete in November 2014. The facility will allow the county to separate, process, reuse and dispose of liquid and solid waste generated when…
Carbon River Forum June 17
Dear Carbon River Stakeholders: Over the past two years, the National Park Service at Mt. Rainier and Forterra have conducted substantial outreach with local governments, Native American tribes, businesses, landowners, conservation organizations, recreational groups and other stakeholders within the Carbon River corridor to discuss 1) economic development and expansion of recreational opportunities, and 2) conservation…
Pierce County wins award for Puyallup River project that protects Orville Road
PIERCE COUNTY, WA — Pierce County recently won a Project of the Year Award from the Washington State chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) for a project that protects Orville Road from severe erosion created by the Puyallup River. Pierce County Public Works and Utilities designed and built 700-feet of riverbank protection and…
Pierce County ditch maintainance too much?
[Letter to the Editor] Midland, WA — 5/22/2012 These are 2 different mother ducks. One had 4 babies the other had 5. Both were driven from their nests when public works mowed their ditch here despite all of our yearly efforts to gain their protection by getting PW to delay mowing. They showed up in…
Pierce Prairie Post 