Interesting article from the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound! https://www.eopugetsound.org/magazine/is/orca-social-bonds
What’s Happening
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From My Edmonds News (http://myedmondsnews.com/2017/10/students-saving-salmon-students-restore-shell-creek-stream-bank): It was a perfect fall Saturday morning as the Edmonds-Woodway High School Students Saving Salmon club gathered with club advisor Joe Scordino and others to continue their restoration work along the banks of Shell Creek just south of Holy Rosary Church. “Our past work here […]
King County recently completed a grant-funded study that used environmental monitoring data to identify and prioritize stream basins across the Puget Sound region for restoration and protection. This work represents an exciting development: Instead of simply describing the conditions in streams and their contributing basins, the information derived from stream monitoring data are being used […]
Eric Adman canoes past a restoration planting site, at right, along Swamp Creek on Dec. 20 in Kenmore.(Andy Bronson / The Herald) http://www.heraldnet.com/news/illegal-parking-lot-highlights-silt-problems-in-area-streams
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 […]
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 […]