Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department wants you to know that there is a toxic algae bloom in Silver Lake, and this makes the lake unsafe for people and pets. Keep children and pets away from areas with algae Do not swim, wade, water ski, or fish in with algae You can easily identify a toxic algae…
Category: Ecology
Toxic Algae Advisory for Spanaway Lake lifted
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has lifted the Toxic Algae Advisory for Spanaway Lake. The toxic algae bloom has decreased in size and no longer presents a public health concern. Toxic algae are capable of producing toxins and, if present in large amounts, can pose a risk to pets and people. Swallowing or prolonged skin contact…
Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council, July 17
Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council Agenda for: Wed., July 17, 2013 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 3:35 Chambers Dam Removal Study Update 4:10 Clover Creek TMDL: 1st Quarter Report Al Schmauder, Cindy James, DOE 4:40 …
Work starts in July on Larchmont Wetland Reserve in Midland
PIERCE COUNTY, WA — Midland residents will see work start in mid-July on the nearly 17-acre Larchmont Wetland Reserve to reduce flooding in the surrounding neighborhood and provide habitat for wildlife and improve the quality of stormwater runoff. The Pierce County Public Works and Utilities project is located east of McKinley Avenue East and between 91st…
Puyallup River Projects this summer, near Orting and Electron
Pierce County expects to reduce flood risk along two sections of the Puyallup River with projects set for this summer. Construction has begun on a 2,000-foot-long side channel near Orting, and work on another project that will use engineered log jams to prevent damage to the roadway between Electron Road and 249th Street East begins…
Getting your historical bearings – Parkland, Spanaway to Roy
From the time Lewis and Clark reached the Pacific Ocean, until 1846, the United States and Great Brittain competed for the Pacific Northwest. The area north of the Columbia River was particularly controversial. With considerably more American settlers around Oregon City and a Hudson’s Bay outpost at Vancouver, it was thought highly likely the area…
Look up your personal care products for safety
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has developed a Skin Deep Cosmetics Database where you can look up your shampoo or moisturizer. EWG developed Skin Deep to be your go-to online resource for personal care product ingredient safety information. Their researchers are constantly updating Skin Deep’s database with new products. It now rates more than 65,000…
Help remove invasive plants in the Ohop Valley, July 15-16
Join the Nisqually Land Trust for a two-day volunteer event as we take on invasive plants in the Ohop valley! Monday & Tuesday, July 15th & 16th 10 am – 2 pm We’ll be using brush cutters, a mower, and hand tools to intensively clear out blackberry, reed canarygrass, and other trouble weeds from NLT-protected land. Clean-up will…
Algae Advisory for Ohop Lake has been lifted
TPCHD — NOTICE, July 3rd, 2013 The Toxic Algae Advisory for Ohop Lake has been lifted. The toxic algae bloom has decreased in size and no longer presents a public health concern. Toxic algae are capable of producing toxins and, if present in large amounts, can pose a risk to pets and people. Swallowing or prolonged…
Impact of smelting operations on arsenic in urban lakes
UW Tacoma — The ASARCO smelter in Ruston, Washington contaminated the south-central Puget Sound region with heavy metals, including arsenic and lead. This study finds that arsenic is highly mobile in these urban lakes. Current knowledge of the chemical, physical and biological factors affecting arsenic mobility in regional lakes will be discussed and initial data on…
JBLM Outdoor Expo June 22
Dozens of Hunting, Fishing Guides and Vendors to Host Outdoor Expo for Service Members at JBLM Lewis-Main Exchange JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – The Army and Air Force Exchange Service management at the JBLM Lewis-Main Exchange, along with more than 50 hunting and fishing guides, vendors and outdoor experts, will host an outdoor expo for…
Workers in Alaska and Washington to receive training for environmental safety and cleanup jobs
(Seattle – June 13, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $400,000 in federal job training grants to the City of Tacoma and Zender Environmental, Alaska through the EPA Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training program. EPA’s Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training program provides environmental and health and safety training and helps graduates…
Pierce Prairie Post 