Sno-Isle News May 2022

Third Thursday Meeting
May 19 at 6 pm via Zoom

Community Transit Survey: Get Involved
 

Watershed Fun Fair: A Family Event

Sat. May 14 from 11 am to 3 pm
Willow Creek Salmon and Watershed Education Center, 95 Pine St. Edmonds

Pet a turtle, feed a fish, play games, explore crafts, and join other activities especially for kids. Workshops on natural yard and home care will help you learn about backyard wildlife habitat, soil and water conservation and more. Free, no registration required. 
For more information call 425-771-0227

Pesticides in Skykomish Watershed
Thurs. May 26 at 7 pm via Zoom

This online workshop is hosted by Gold Bar Community Rights for the safety of residents and communities. The focus is pesticide spraying on local industrial tree plantations in the Skykomish River Watershed. 

Information and Registration 

Go Birding With Pilchuck Audubon
 
Field trips are free and open to all. A variety of trips accommodates birders of all skill levels and most are great for beginners. Select from locations nearby or farther afield. For dates and locations

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Energy, the Environment & Everyday Life
Mon. May 23 at 7 pm via Zoom

The 350 Everett group invites you to join them and explore what the coming years will look like as climate change forces us to rethink how we live. Join at 6:30 if you want to participate in informal conversation before the topic discussion begins at 7 pm.

Recent research has exposed a tire preservative chemical as deadly to Coho and Chinook salmon, plus rainbow trout. This finding has generated major attention, with a local tribal leader calling the chemical the DDT of our times. A recent webinar attracted over 300 attendees, from tire manufacturing companies and other sectors as well as environmentalists.

Project Drawdown for Climate Hope
On YouTube at your convenience

We're hearing rave reviews of six short videos from Project Drawdown called Climate Solutions 101. They are full of information and -- best of all -- they give hope for the future.

If you missed the recent screening and discussion with Meaningful Movies, you can still find the videos on

YouTube 
(Scroll down below the trailer)

More Endorsements for Urban Tree Policy

The Tulalip Tribes, the Snohomish Conservation District, and a member of the Marine Resources Committee have added their support for the League of Women Voters of Snohomish County's proposal to the county council to add goals, objectives, and policies focused on the presevation of urban tree canopy.  The next step is consideration by the Snohomish County Planning Committee.

Thousands of Baby Salmon Given A Start

More than 5,000 baby salmon were recently released into Edmonds' Shell Creek after being reared in the Willow Creek Hatchery holding pond. The many volunteers helping in the effort are celebrating that not a single fish was lost in the process. Almost 100 high school students are part of the Edmonds Stream Team that works with Sound Salmon Solutions to foster salmon runs in local streams.

When he was in Seattle for Earth Day, President Biden issued an executive order recognizing the need to protect mature and old-growth forests on federal lands. These environments store huge amounts of carbon, protect clean drinking water, and serve as essential habitat for many at-risk wildlife species.
   The Interior and Agriculture secretaries will be required to conduct an inventory of such forests and develop new policies for their management and conservation.

Sound Water Stewards of Island County
 

 

Whether you want to learn about beached bird surveying, help with beach cleanup, or dig into a mulching project, you will find opportunities for these and more with Sound Water Stewards of Island County. Check out their

Founded by John Muir, the Sierra Club is the oldest and largest environmental organization in our nation.  Muir (1838-1914) was American's pioneer conservationist and an outspoken advocate for the protection of forests, parks and wilderness. His interest in the forests and glaciers of the Cascades began in the 1870's and already he was concerned about "the fierce storm of steel that is devouring the forests."

This is an excerpt from local historian Ron Eber's fascinating stories. There's plenty more!