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…
Category: Ecology
$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 The Final hearing date of April 22, 2014 has been rescinded and reset for July 29, 2014.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,…
Christine Gregoire at PLU – April 22
Christine Gregoire at PLU April 22 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM Location: Phillips Center: Eastvold Auditorium Stage Think of Puget Sound as a bathtub, former Gov. Christine Gregoire advises. Then ask: Is this a tub you’d want to dip your toe in, or let your kids play in? More Details: https://www.plu.edu/news/2014/03/earthday/home.php
April 17, work session for new shoreline bill
Protect your waterfront rights, show up and let your voices be heard. Senator Roach and others will be there, hope you can be also. We will get together as a Lake Tapps/Spanaway Lake property owners group in May after this hearing to make a plan. This is a work session of the Governmental Operations Jt….
April 16 – Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council
Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council Agenda for: Wed., April 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 3:40 Tacoma Urban Forestry Program Ramie Pierce, City of Tacoma 4:10 — BREAK— 4:20 5:00 5:20 DePave Project – CCWC Site Suggestions CCWC…
Call for Citizen Science Invasive Species Volunteers:
Call for Citizen Science Invasive Species Volunteers: Join the effort to help locate and eradicate invasive plants from WA State! About the Program The PNW Invasive Plant Council is a non-profit conservation organization (http://www.pnw-ipc.org/) working in partnership with the USDA Forest Service, Washington Dept. of Agriculture (WSDA) and other state and local conservation groups on a…
Peninsula High, April 3, 5:30pm Shorelines meeting
Hello everyone: There is an important meeting tomorrow night on shorelines. Thursday, April 3, 5:30 p.m. Peninsula High School auditorium, 14105 Purdy Dr. NW, Gig Harbor Come to the county’s shoreline management plan update. Speak up to protect the environment. Keep and impose shoreline buffers as required by the state. To read more go…
Gala for Nisqually Land Trust Anniversay April 26
Nisqually Land Trust to Celebrate 25th Anniversary at Annual Auction and Conservation Dinner Protection of Petersen Ranch to Be Highlighted Olympia, WA— The Nisqually Land Trust will celebrate its 25th anniversary at its annual Conservation Auction & Dinner, to be held from 4 to 9 p.m. on April 26th at St. Martin’s Worthington Center. The…
Five Washington companies comply with chemical emergency planning laws
Five Washington companies comply with chemical emergency planning laws Laws intended to inform, protect communities and first responders during chemical emergencies (Seattle—March 25, 2014) Five companies in Washington have agreed to correct errors in reporting hazardous chemicals as required by federal laws designed to protect communities during chemical emergencies. The companies failed to report…
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