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…
Category: Waterfront
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…
March 2014, record rainfall
By Marianne Lincoln As March 2014 breaks the recorded history for rainfall in a Washington March, I noticed the oxbow in Pioneer Valley is filling up this morning. This oxbow, part of the local water table appears to be part of an older waterway that may have drained historically as a waterfall into the Orting Valley…
Packed house for public hearing on lake land use
The Pierce County Council had a room full of people at PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center Thursday for the public hearing on their rules to comply with DOE’s Shoreline Management Plan. The crowd was polite, mostly stuck to their allotted times and had some very significant things to say about “their” lake. Patrick Heade was the one…
Battle with a Steamroller – for Spanaway Lake
SPANAWAY, WA — The Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) came up with new shoreline regulations and has charged counties and cities to implement the new guideline. Although Pierce County was dragging its governmental feet in doing so, the DOE rattled their cage this past year with reminders of the state benefits that could be taken…
Lake Owners! Prep meeting Wednesday March 19
By Sherry Haviland Just a reminder — we are having a quick meeting tomorrow — Wed, March 19th at Spanaway Elementary School library at 6:30 pm to 8 pm! Bring your friends, neighbors and letters that were signed by your neighbors! We will be preparing for Thursday’s hearing at PLU at 5:30 in the Scandinavian…
Anderson Island on a quiet Saturday in March
By Marianne Lincoln Saturday afternoon I wandered to the Town of Steilacoom, parked my car and bought a ticket for the Anderson Island Ferry. As a walk on, I spent $5.15 for the ticket, but since I needed more than two hours on the island, parking was $6. In between the interruptions by trains rolling…
Spanaway Lake and waterfront home owners
By Sherry Haviland We need everyone to be in attendance at Spanaway Elementary School’s library this Wednesday, March 12 by 6:30 pm. We will be talking with everyone about the new changes to the shoreline plan. This new plan was presented to the Council last week at the County-City Building, community meeting was held up…
SPANAWAY LAKE OWNERS!
SPANAWAY LAKE OWNERS! Meeting on the 12th of March at 6:30 pm at Spanaway Elementary Library upstairs till 8 pm! BE THERE. Please plan to attend. This will be the final meeting before the council hearing at PLU on Thursday, March 20th! Which you also need to plan to attend if at all possible. We…
Council meetings near Lake Tapps, Parkland and Gig Harbor seek input on shoreline regulations
The Pierce County Council seeks public input as it prepares to update its shoreline development regulations for the first time since the 1970s. Based on changes to state law enacted by the Washington State Legislature in 2003, the county must regulate development along marine waters, rivers, wetlands, floodplains, and certain lakes and streams. State law…
Public Meeting Notice – 2014 Shoreline Management Program
Public Meeting Notice – 2014 Shoreline Management Program Pierce County Community Development Committee Councilmember Rick Talbert, Chair Monday, March 3, 2014 – 1:30 p.m. County-City Building, Room 1045, 930 Tacoma Ave. S, Tacoma, WA 98402 Thursday, March 6, 2014 – 5:30 p.m. North Lake Tapps Middle School, 20029 12th Street East, Lake Tapps, WA 98391 Thursday,…
Pierce Prairie Post 