August Field Trip Join the Chambers Clover Watershed Council to learn about the Chambers Bay Estuary Restoration project’s efforts to remove the Chambers Creek dam. The dam is an active fish passage barrier, but this also requires replacing the existing Chambers Creek bridge, and restore roughly 180 acres of estuary habitat. This project will open…
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July 19 Flett Creek Work Party
Hi all, Just a reminder about the habitat stewardship event on CPTC’s Flett Property this Saturday, July 19th from 9:00 AM to noon! I have attached the flyer with pertinent details and all of the 2025 dates for our remaining habitat stewardship events. For this event, we will focus on removal of invasive plant species (focus on tansy ragwort and blackberry regrowth)…
Dupont, my testimony to everyone who disturbs an historic place
By Marianne Lincoln The following is the full written testimony I submitted to the Hearing’s Examiner for the City of Dupont as it considers the Pioneer Aggregates South Parcel Expansion Project. With 68 years of knowing Dupont and its history, I had several options of how to approach this topic. Don Russell, 96, left me…
Killing Sequalitchew, a watershed in danger
By Marianne Lincoln Sequalitchew Creek runs from Sequalitchew Lake, through Edmund Marsh, to Puget Sound’s Nisqually Reach, through the City of Dupont, Washington. This is the same Dupont where the Nisqually Indians lived and later welcomed and worked for the Hudson Bay Company at Fort Nisqually. The Fort had two sites above the Sequalitchew. The…
June 18 Seminar on toxic algae
Join your neighbors to learn what causes toxic algae! • Get the toxic algae basics.• Learn what you can do to prevent algae.• How can natural yard care help? Join the Tacoma Pierce County Health Department from 6-8 p.m. on June 18 in the Alder Room at Sprinker Recreation Center! You can also join online…
Habitat Stewardship opportunities at CPTC
Just a reminder about the habitat stewardship event on Clover Park Technical College’s (CPTC) Flett Property this Saturday, June 7th from 9:00 AM to noon! The attached flyer with pertinent details and all of the 2025 dates for our remaining habitat stewardship events, July 19, August 9, October 11, November 15, and December 6. For this event, we will focus on removal…
May 23 court reconsideration hearing for Spanaway Concerned Citizens
UPDATE: The Court stood by its decision, 5/23/2025, 9:34 a.m. Testifying were Atty David Bricklin for Spanaway Concerned Citizens, Atty Margaret Archer for TRM, and Dave Owen for Pierce County. The Honorable Thurston County Superior Court Judge Carol Murphy has asked for responses from Tacoma Rescue Mission and Pierce County to our motion for reconsideration,…
Learning to be drought aware
By Marianne Lincoln How much water do you use when you wash your hands? How much when you brush your teeth? Laundry, showers, and flushing the commode all take water too. The average person uses 80 to 100 gallons a day. Multiply that by the houses in your neighborhood and the houses in your community….
Clover Creek Restoration Alliance May 14
CCRA’s next public meeting scheduled for May 14th at 6 PM with guest speaker Councilwoman Jani Hitchen! The meeting will be held at the Parkland Community Center (Formerly the old Parkland School). This is a hybrid meeting and is hosted by the Parkland-Spanaway Kiwanis to showcase the amenities at the new Parkland Community Center. Date: May 14th, 2025Time: 6 PMLocation:…
Watershed small grants deadline April 30
REMINDER! The Pierce County 2025 Watersheds Small Grants Program application deadline is April 30, 2025. This program funds community projects that improve water quality, restore habitats, and protect the environment. This grant is open to everyone! Nonprofits, schools, teachers, tribes, local governments, and individuals are encouraged to apply for up to $2,500 to start neighborhood cleanups, build…
Is There Enough Water for 48,000 More Residents Moving to Spanaway this Decade?
By Kirk Kirkland and Al Schmauder Will Pierce County be able to meet future demand for clean drinking water required by increasing population and development in the Chambers-Clover watershed? Two years ago, Pierce County altered zoning along Pacific Avenue, 112th Street, Meridian, and 176th Street to allow up to 5 story buildings within one quarter…
Where is Clover Creek?
By Marianne Lincoln Today at the Sustainability Expo in Tacoma, I worked at the table for the Clover Creek Restoration alliance. We were next to the booths for the Nisqually Land Trust. Everyone walking by knew of the Nisqually River, yet they looked puzzled at our banner for Clover Creek. So, I asked everyone who…
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