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…
Category: Ecology
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…
Help save the Enchanted Valley Chalet
Rain Forest Horse Rides (FB) — The Olympic National Park is requesting public comments on a plan to move the Enchanted Valley Chalet away from the Quinault River, which has undermined its’ foundation and put it at risk of falling into the river. Citizens from all over America have joined together to provide funding and…
NASA’s Earth Day Global Selfie 2014
On Earth Day in April 2014, NASA asked people around the world, “Where are you right now?” More than 50,000 people responded across social media. NASA has pulled more than 30,000 of those images into an interactive mosaic that resembles the Earth. Take the mosaic for a spin
Nature Walk June 7
Come join us for this spring’s first Nature Walk on Saturday, June 7th on the Van Eaton property, in Eatonville. There will be two free guided tours held at 12:30pm – 2pm and 2:30pm – 4pm. This is a unique opportunity to learn about the history and important ecological characteristics of the site from the…
JBLM to Break Ground Friday on $91 Million Waste Water Treatment Plant Project
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. – JBLM and local community leaders will come together for a ground breaking ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday to mark the beginning of a $91 million project to upgrade the base waste water treatment plant. Puget Sound water quality is a major environmental concern for the Environmental Protection Agency, Washington State,…
Celebrate Puget Sound Starts Here Month in May
Pierce County is teaming up with hundreds of organizations across Puget Sound to challenge residents to take at least one Sound-healthy action during May’s Puget Sound Starts Here Month. The goal of Puget Sound Starts Here Month is to raise awareness that Puget Sound is in trouble due to a variety of pollution sources, and…
May 7 workparty for the Nisqually Land Trust
Nisqually Land Trust You’re invited to help us remove invasive weeds at a site in Yelm! Wednesday, May 7th from 9:00am to 12:00pm We will be working at a beautiful site along the Nisqually River removing noxious weeds from recently planted roads. It’s another step forward in the restoration of this site. We hope to…
$99,108 Raised at Anniversary Auction
From the Nisqually Land Trust 4-28-2014 WE DID IT! Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, item donors, attendees and volunteers, the Nisqually Land Trust 25th Anniversary Auction was a huge success! We raised a record $99,108 for land protection and restoration. We are very grateful to our friends and partners who help us…
Prairie flowers in the morning sun
On Saturday, April 26, I got up early to get some good light on prairie wildflowers and a new camas masthead.
New County shoreline hearings
It is the intention of the Council to hold additional hearings on Proposal No. 2013-45s, Shoreline Management Program. The Final hearing date of April 22, 2014 has been rescinded and reset for July 29, 2014. The Council encourages your participation in the public hearing process. Public Meeting Notice 2014 Shoreline Management Program Pierce County Community…
April 29 County hearing on wildlife grants
This is notice of the Rules and Operations Committee and final Council hearings on Proposal No. R2014-50. A Resolution of the Pierce County Council Authorizing the Pierce County Executive to Submit Applications for Grant Funding Assistance for Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program Projects to the Recreation and Conservation Office as Provided in Chapter 79A.15 RCW,…
Pierce Prairie Post 