Dish Garden workshop at Chase Garden 16015 – 264th St. E. Orting, Sat. March 8 1:30 – 3:00, $20.00 fee, Chase members $15.00 All materials provided to create your outdoor miniature garden in a ceramic or wooden container. Reservations required: 206 242-4040 http://www.chasegarden.org
Category: Ecology
Request for Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration Project Proposals
The Pierce County (WRIA 10/12) Lead Entity is soliciting project proposals for high priority salmon habitat protection and restoration projects in the Puyallup/White River and Chambers/Clover Creek watersheds. Project proposals will be evaluated, ranked, and submitted to the Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) and Puget Sound Partnership (PSP) for funding consideration. Acquisition, planning, restoration,…
Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council Meeting
Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council Agenda for: Wed., February 19, 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, Chair 3:40 Spanaway Lake Plan Update Barbara Ann Smolko 4:00 — BREAK— 4:10 4:50 CCWC Retreat Review and Draft…
Applicants sought for Surface Water Management Advisory Board
Pierce County is seeking applicants to fill vacancies on the nine-member Surface Water Management Advisory Board. Advisory board members will be involved in such issues as storm drainage and surface water management; water quality; storm drainage plans; rate structures; capital improvement projects; financing; and annual program goals for the Surface Water Management Division of Public…
Swan Creek residents invited to meeting on study and action plan
Swan Creek residents and business owners can learn about an effort by Pierce County to improve the creek’s water quality at a community meeting on Feb. 19. Pierce County staff will share information about the development of a watershed characterization and action plan for Swan Creek at the meeting, which will be held from 6…
Waterfront owners meeting tomorrow, Wed 1/29 @ 6:30
Just a reminder, we are having a lakeowners meeting at Spanaway Elementary School’s library upstairs at 6:30 – 8 pm. The elevator will be working. Bring your laptops, tablets, paper and pens. Our speaker from last week will be returning and helping us to understand the plan better and helping us with our wording for…
Water quality levels normal at Chambers Creek Regional Park after discharge
The water quality levels at Chambers Creek Regional Park in University Place tested normal and an advisory cautioning people to stay out of the water was lifted Jan. 27 by the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department following an incident last week at the Chambers Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. On Jan. 22, a brief mechanical failure…
Register for Pierce County Landfill and Composting tour
PIERCE COUNTY — Last chance to register for Pierce County Landfill and Composting tour What happens to the trash? To find out, take a tour of Pierce County’s Landfill and Composting Facilities on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 9:45 a.m. to noon. You’ll gain insight that not many get to experience and you’ll change the way…
The shoreline proposal, from Debra Hyde
By Marianne Lincoln Wednesday afternoon I had an interview with Debby Hyde from Planning and Land Services regarding the proposal for Pierce County shorelines. There is a proposed plan working its way through the process. There will be public hearings on it in March and the county is likely to have it before the council…
Letter from a lake homeowner
Dear Councilman Roach: Thank you so much for coming to our Spanaway Lake meeting about the Shoreline Management Plan. I am one of the concerned home owners on the lake. My house would be one of the homes that would be the label “Non Conforming” It was built in the early nineteen hundreds. Over the years…
Waterfront homeowners – Spanaway Elementary, 6:30 p.m. Thursday Jan. 16
If you own a home near a body of water anywhere in Pierce County, you should join the Spanaway Lake folks at Spanaway Elementary Thursday, January 16 at 6:30 p.m. From the organizers: Hi neighbor, my name is Sherry Haviland, I live on Spanaway Lake in the cove. I’ve received your emails and am notifying you…
For Your Health: Test Your Home for Radon
USA.gov — Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States and is estimated to be responsible for 15,000-22,000 lung cancer deaths each year. You can’t see, smell, or taste radon. It’s a radioactive gas that comes from the natural breakdown of the elements uranium, thorium, and radium in soil and rock. Radon can…
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