July 18 In-Person Third-Thursday Meeting
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Marsh Restoration Tours and Green Drinks Happy Hour
- 5 pm start at Edmonds Marina Beach Dog Park
- Drive to marsh boardwalk at Harbor Square
- 6 pm Salish Sea Harbor Square Boathouse Taproom
Sno-Isle Sierra Club is teaming up with the Edmonds Marsh Estuary Advocates and Pilchuck Audubon for a fun and educational event open to all. The marsh tour will explain EMEA's vision for connecting the Edmonds Marsh to Puget Sound.
Just a few steps from the boardwalk is the Salish Sea Boathouse Brewery, where we can relax and chat about our goals.
Contact: Marjie Fields Marjie.Fields@Washington.SierraClub.org |
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Electrify Everything in Your Home Series #6
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Tuesday, July 16 from 7 to 8 pm on Zoom
Indoor air quality isn't regulated by any government entity. When "cooking with gas", indoor air pollution levels can exceed regulated outdoor levels - by far!
Join us to hear about how to create a safer, cleaner, healthier home. If time permits, we'll also talk about other appliances such as gas fireplaces and dryers. Bring your questions! |
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Kicking Gas Information Session
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Wednesday, July 24 at 6 pm on Zoom
Learn how you can transition to an All-Electric Home. The Kicking Gas campaign supports electrification with subsidies and information about heat pumps and electric cooking now, adding electric hot water heaters soon. The goal is to help decarbonize our region, avoid the health dangers of indoor fossil fuel combustion, and strengthen our community in the face of climate challenges.
If you currently use propane, oil, "natural" gas or wood heat and live in Snohomish County or Whidbey Island, you are eligible for savings of 20-50% paid for by Climate Commitment Act funds. |
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Defeating Initiative 2117 is our Priority
I-2117 is an initiative that would repeal the Climate Commitment Act. If passed, it would allow more pollution and cut investments in clean air and water, forests and farmlands, jobs and transportation. It would strip away investments in every county in Washington, including:
- Transportation, putting transit service, ferries and road projects at risk across the region and making traffic worse.
- Clean air and water, like programs to reduce toxic air and water pollution that endangers our families and communities.
- Preventing wildfires, including funding for local governments to reduce the risk of fires & prepare.
- Support for Tribal nations, like programs to help keep Native communities safe from flooding and sea level rise.
- Fish habitat and salmon recovery, like grants to remove barriers that hurt migrating salmon.
The No on 2117 coalition includes leading companies and small businesses, environmental leaders, Tribal nations, labor unions, faith groups, transportation advocates, and community organizations.
You'll be hearing a lot about I-2117 and we're asking you to help the coalition defeat it. We're forming teams of volunteers to help with a variety of local actions. |
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Stop Clearcutting of Mature Forest Now
Legacy Forest Defense Coalition is filing a lawsuit against the state Department of Natural Resources to save the Stilly Revisited Mature Forest. Funds are needed to continue the legal work to stop the timber cut. Donating to the legal fund is a way to directly help stop cutting the state public land's oldest mature forests. |
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Sustainable Forest Management Webinar
Thursday, July 11 from 7 to 8 pm on Zoom
Dr. Paula Swedeen, Policy Director at Conservation Northwest, will lead a discussion about principles to guide forest management. Sponsored by the Washington League of Women Voters Environment Affinity Group, the meeting will focus on management goals such as mitigating climate change, long-term ecological health, and sustainable economic practices.
Conservation Northwest is a member of the Environmental Priorities Coalition and works to conserve and restore forest on state lands for all Washingtonians. |
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Northern Hawk Owl Management
July 11 from 7 to 8:30 pm
PUD building, 2320 California Street, Everett
and on Zoom
The Pilchuck Audubon July meeting program shares Hanna Toutonghi's research using novel telemetry methods to get a glimpse of how hawk owls move throughout the landscape. Due to their remote range in the northern boreal forests, little has been known about their habits. |
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Video: COOKED by Zip Code
Sunday, July 14 at noon
Edmonds United Methodist Church
828 Caspers Way, Edmonds
In 1995, Chicago suffered a tragic heat wave disaster when heat-retaining pollution drove the heat index above 125 degrees. During that week 739 Chicago citizens died, most of them poor, elderly, and African American. The film asks us to confront the question of whether this was an isolated tragedy or an appalling trend.
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To reserve your seat call Gayla Shoemake 425-418-7673
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Wilderness Survival Essentials
Saturday, July 20 at 1 pm
Northwest Stream Center
600 128th St. SE, Everett
Learn practical life-saving skills that enhance your outdoor adventures. The presentation by Jason Knight of Alderleaf Wilderness College also features a book signing of his new book Wilderness Survival. |
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Candidate Forums Live and Recorded
The League of Women Voters of Snohomish County are conducting candidate forums. You can hear directly from candidates as they respond to questions from the moderator.
Their forums have started for the August primary and will be followed by forums for the November general election. See the LWV website to submit forum questions, listen to podcasts, and to watch recordings on YouTube. |
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Kicking Gas Project in the News
Sierra Club work with Kicking Gas made the news in the Everett Herald, thanks to the environmental reporting of Ta'Leah Van Sistine.
After helping more than 118 Whidbey Island residents, Kicking Gas has expanded to Snohomish County. The program provides information about financial incentives and loans to make it easier to switch from burning dirty oil, gas or wood, to using clean heat pumps and induction stoves. Everyone benefits from reduced carbon pollution! |
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Successful Forest Day of Action
June 13 was officially a day of action to protect mature and old growth forests. In observance of the day, many of our local tree heroes waved banners from freeway overpasses, and others rallied at the regional headquarters of the US Forest Service in Portland, OR. Rally participants delivered a letter from more than 70 organizations calling for a halt to logging mature and old growth forests. |
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County Council Members Protect Forests
The Snohomish County Council just submitted a letter to the state Commissioner of Public Lands and the Board of Natural Resources, supporting the preservation of a minimum of 10-15% of mature and old-growth forests. The letter, signed by all members of the council, stated their belief that these forests play a critical role in avoiding wildfires, ensuring clean air and water, sustaining diverse plant and animal life, and addressing global climate challenges. Thank you to Kate Lunceford and the League of Women Voters for their leadership in educating council members. |
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Sierra Club Speaks Up for Mature Trees
Speaking for the Sierra Club, Brian Huntoon recently made a presentation to the Northwest Forest Plan Federal Advisory Committee regarding the upcoming revision to the Northwest Forest Plan. He pointed out that much has been learned about climate change in the 30 years since the plan was developed, and the plan needs to acknowledge the role of old growth and mature trees in mitigating impacts of that change. Huntoon also emphasized the need to eliminate loopholes in the current plan that allows the Forest Service and BLM to log old growth forests. |
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Edmonds Marsh Restoration Featured
The Spring 2024 Salish Magazine features a comprehensive look at the Edmonds Marsh Estuary past and present. The article describes how human actions reduced the marsh from 100 acres to the current 22 acres. It additionally explains the importance of estuary ecosystems for carbon sequestration, wildlife habitat, and salmon development. The article also reports the role of the Edmonds Marsh Estuary Advocates in promoting restoration of the Marsh to a functioning estuary. |
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Help Restore Native Ecosystems
Nice summer weather makes outdoors work in local parks a pleasant way to make a difference. Cutting back ivy, blackberries and other invasive plants is typically the focus for those working to restore native ecosystems.
A group of dedicated volunteers have been working in Edmonds since 2015. Edmonds Park Stewards work parties are at Yost Park every Saturday morning, at Pine Ridge Park every second Saturday morning, and at Hutt Park every third Saturday morning. Similar work is ongoing at many sites throughout Snohomish and Island counties. Find out how to help at a park near you. |
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Those who contemplate
the beauty of the earth
find reserves of strength
that will endure as long as life lasts.
~ Rachel Carson
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