PIERCE COUNTY, WA — Pierce County homeowners and homeowner associations are invited to attend a free workshop this fall to learn how to prepare their stormwater systems for the rainy season. Homeowners will also learn how to manage their neighborhood associations or start one. “These free workshops will help homeowners learn how to protect the stormwater systems…
Category: Ecology
Toxic Algae concentration high in Spanaway Lake
email sent to residents around Spanaway Lake Friday afternoon: To our Algae Watch Participants on Spanaway Lake, We already have a toxic algae caution advisory in place for Spanaway Lake but preliminary results for an algae sample collected from the lake on August 26, 2013 show a very high concentration of toxin. Please use extra…
Nisqually Land Trust @ Hogum Bay remembered
By Marianne Lincoln It was 1934. There was a 100 acre parcel on the Nisqually Reach, Hogum Bay available in a tax sale. Six educators from the Tacoma area pooled their money and bought the land. Eventually two, Morris E. Ford and Christian Miller would own the land. They had lots of family picnics and campouts there,…
Biotoxin Closure: Commencement Bay and South Narrows
The Washington State Department of Health has closed Commencement Bay and the Narrows south to Point Fosdic and Days Island are closed to all species of shellfish harvesting. Click here for more information.Tacoma-Pierce Health Department’s Surface Water and Shellfish Advisories, here.
Bethel Community Open Market
August 10th was the second Bethel Community Open Market for 2013. There is one more on November 9. Local vendors showed off their wares at the Bethel Learning Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There was music, organic food, a bouncy house for kids, disc golf, healthcare options and so much more. Thank you…
State urban forestry restoration project focuses on Swan Creek Park
PIERCE COUNTY , WA — =Invasive plants will be removed from Swan Creek Park and adjacent Pierce County property over the next few weeks as part of the Washington State Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Urban Forestry Restoration Project. Non-native invasive plants such as English ivy and Himalayan blackberry will be removed by a Puget…
Nisqually Land Trust gets accreditation
Message / News from the Nisqually Land Trust We’ve done it! The Nisqually Land Trust has been awarded accreditation by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission. We are excited and honored to announce that your Nisqually Land Trust has been awarded national accreditation by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission. Accreditation is independent confirmation that the Land…
CAUTION: Toxic Algae present at Spanaway Lake, August 5, 2013
CAUTION: Toxic Algae present at Spanaway Lake, August 5, 2013 Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department wants you to know that there is a toxic algae bloom in Spanaway Lake and this makes the lake unsafe for people and pets. Keep children and pets away from areas with visible algae Do not swim, wade, water ski, or…
Port of Tacoma settles with EPA, Department of Justice for damaging wetlands in violation of Clean Water Act
Port of Tacoma agrees to spend over $3 million to restore critical Puget Sound wetlands, salmon habitat CONTACT: Hanady Kader, EPA Public Affairs, 206-553-0454, kader.hanady@epa.gov (Seattle—Aug. 5, 2013) The Port of Tacoma and two contractors have agreed to pay a $500,000 penalty and restore wetland habitat at an estimated cost of over $3 million to compensate for…
Friends of the Carbon Canyon meet to preserve their jewel
On August 3rd, the ‘Friends of the Carbon Canyon‘ held their annual meeting and potluck at Brian & Sue McCluskey’s. Their home is south of the historic O’Farrell Bridge over the Carbon River and another smaller one-lane bridge that re-crosses the river closer to Mount Rainier Park. At 5:00 p.m. the meeting began with discussion…
Jim Woods of Makah Tribe continues as EPA senior tribal policy advisor for Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
(July 30, 2013 – Seattle) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Jim Woods, of the Makah Tribe in Neah Bay, Washington, will continue as the region’s Senior Tribal Policy Advisor for an additional two-year term. Jim, or K’a’s•cak•a•b’lkh to the Makah, will continue to work with over 271 tribes in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington,…
Countywide Stage 1 burn ban effective July 29
Due to the continuing hot and dry weather, Pierce County Fire Marshal Warner Webb announced that a Phase One burn ban was implemented at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, July 29. All burning permits are suspended and outdoor burning is prohibited, except for small recreational fires less than three feet in diameter, fires in barbecues and…
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