by AARON KUNKLER, Bothell Reporter Reporter Salmon runs used to be a prominent feature of Lake Washington and Puget Sound, but their numbers have dramatically declined following decades of shoreline development, contamination and increasing wetland urbanization, prompting ecology experts to galvanize governments and private landowners to try and carve out a […]
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Salmon habitat restoration efforts have thousands of miles to go in King County. Hundreds of those miles are on private property, which is why King Conservation District is launching a new Urban Shorelines program to assist with restoration costs. Read & view more here… http://www.king5.com/story/tech/science/environment/2015/12/31/king-conservation-district-salmon-habitat-restoration-urban-shorelines-program/78158964/
The Sno-King Watershed Council (SKWC) has appealed the Snohomish County Airport’s Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) decision to construct a stormwater detention pond in a high value Category II wetland near Paine Field and the headwaters of Swamp Creek. We are asking the County to withdraw its DNS and prepare an […]
Sno-King Water Watchers Program Sno-King Watershed Council recently was awarded two grants to start a community-based water monitoring (CBWM) program in the north King /south Snohomish county area. Our goal is to foster watershed stewardship through the development of volunteer water monitors. Citizens will monitor physical, chemical and biological indicators […]
Randy Whalen and Mark Ericks are honored on April 22, 2015 (Earth Day) for their work to protect Hooven Bog. Randy worked tirelessly for years to make this happen, and then found the right person (Mark) to help bring it to completion. http://www.king5.com/story/tech/science/environment/2015/04/21/challenge-will-protect-wetland/26153541/
The Sno-King Watershed Council just received a $10,000 grant from the Rose Foundation to implement a volunteer water monitoring program. The grant will fund equipment purchase, volunteer training, data collection and data sharing. Our intent is to inspire local citizen and student involvement, highlight stormwater and water quality issues affecting […]
Squire’s Landing Park Riparian Restoration A $70,000 SRFB grant was given to the Sno-King Watershed Council, partnering with the City of Kenmore and Adopt-A-Stream Foundation to initiate restoration of riparian forest habitat at the confluence of the Sammamish River and Swamp Creek. The long term goal of this effort is […]
Dedicated to Community-Based Watershed Stewardship through Citizen Volunteer Monitoring Alabama Water Watch (AWW) is a citizen volunteer, water quality monitoring program covering all of the major river basins in Alabama. AWW is a part of the Global Water Watch network. The AWW vision is to have a citizen monitor on every stream, […]
There are a lot of watershed and salmon recovery groups in Puget Sound. Did you ever wonder what they all do, and how they inter-relate? Maybe only if you are already part of a group. This somewhat technical report from Puget Sound Partnership lays it all out. Follow the link […]
Stormwater Activism 101 How to Report Construction Stormwater Violations By: William Lider, PE, CESCL Construction Stormwater Runoff: Stormwater runoff from developed commercial and residential sites can carry pollutants that are harmful to our streams and the aquatic organisms that rely on clean water. But developments under construction can generate even […]
From the Seattle Times online: Filtering rain runoff reduces its threat to salmon, study suggests Stormwater runoff that results from everyday activities — oils from leaky cars, pesticides from lawns and other pollutants — killed fish within four hours in a recent study. The salmon were fine when the same […]