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It’s Giving Tuesday and we invite you to make a donation to Sno-King Watershed Council. 100% of your donation goes directly to supporting our legal and water watch programs. We work to: Connect and empower people working to protect streams and watersheds Advocate for laws and policies that protect streams […]
Interesting article from the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound! https://www.eopugetsound.org/magazine/is/orca-social-bonds
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/
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 […]
The Citizen Action Training School is a civic engagement and watershed and marine ecology program that will train future community leaders to support Puget Sound recovery efforts locally and regionally. NEW: Now accepting applications for Olympic Peninsula and Everett CATS sessions! Applications are due 8/18 for Olympic Peninsula CATS and […]
“Raptors On the Wing” at the Northwest Stream Center Want to see a very large Golden Eagle “up close and personal?” Curious why Great Horned owls are referred to as “Tiger Owls?” What does the screech of a Barn Owl sound like? Did you know that there is an owl […]
Thornton Creek in Seattle, an important urban stream, is getting some needed attention with a new bridge that will permit salmon passage and reduce flooding. Read more in the Seattle Times article linked here. http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2023717661_thorntoncreekxml.html