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Lynnwood PAWS - Their New Wildlife Center |
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May 16, 7 to 8 pm on Zoom
Based in Lynnwood, PAWS is opening their new Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, featuring an emergency hospital on a 25-acre site in Snohomish.
This specialized recovery facility will rehabilitate sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife, restore them to full health, and return them as functioning members of their wild population.
Heidi Wills Yamada, PAWS CEO, will lead a touching presentation about PAWS, its new center, and its guests - some wild, some adoptable, and all adorable. |
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Electrify Everything in Your Home Series |
Which Electric Vehicle Is Right For You?
Tuesday, May 21, 7 pm on Zoom
Next in the Electrify Everything series, Bill Trueit will present the latest information on electric vehicles -- of all kinds.
Electric vehicles are quiet, powerful, fun to drive and emission-free, but what about those nagging questions? Range anxiety? Battery components? Sufficient electricity for them all? Get answers and find out what vehicles fit your needs. |
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Stop Rural Cluster Subdivisions
Wednesday, May 15 at 10:30 am
County Council chambers, Admin Building
3000 Rockefeller St. 8th floor, Everett or Zoom
Come and speak out against proposed county code amendments that would increase urban style rural development and negatively impact our farm and forest lands. They would require more water resources, impact fish and wildlife habitat and add more greenhouse gas emissions that increase climate change impacts. |
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Support Protections for Critical Areas
Tuesday, May 28 at 5:30 pm
In-Person and on Zoom
Snohomish County Admin Building
3000 Rockefeller St., Everett
Meet with the Planning Commission at this public hearing on code amendments to the county Critical Areas ordinance. Your voice is important for protecting fish and wildlife habitat, wetlands, streams, rivers, lakes, landslide areas, and potable water. We now know that we also must plan to protect our communities from sea level rise. Help make the codes stronger and ensure they are not weakened. |
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| Snohomish County Comprehensive Plan Presentation |
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Saturday, June 1, 10 am to noon
Mt. Baker Room, Everett Station
3201 Smith Ave., Everett
Learn about the county's 2024 Comprehensive Plan Update. Presenters will explain and answer questions about important policy and land use issues that will affect the future growth and development of our urban communities, rural areas, farms and forests. To reserve a seat, contact Kristin Kelly at edpas2016@gmail.com. |
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Bring Your Items Needing Repair
Saturday, May 11, 10 am to 2 pm
Mukilteo Library, 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd.
You can get help fixing such things as vacuums, lamps, bikes, jewelry, electronics, small appliances and more. Volunteers with the Sustainable Community of Stewards of the Snohomish County WSU Extension can help you extend the use of items and keep them out of the landfill. Repair Cafes are offered bi-monthly at locations around Snohomish County.
Maybe you are talented at fixing things yourself? Your assistance at a Repair Cafe would be welcomed.
For more information, contact Kellee Byard at kellee.byard@wsu.edu |
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Sammamish Valley Pollinator Fest
Saturday, May 4, 10 am - 3 pm
21 Acres, 13701 NE 171st St., Woodinville
Garden walks, guest speakers, information booths, market and craft vendors, and release of native bees are all part of the Pollinator Fest fun. Field trips include a bird walk, a pollinator scavenger hunt, and an introduction to native plant relatives with Indigenous scientist Linzie Crofoot.
Speakers will discuss topics such as healthy soil, successful habitat gardens, and developing a pollinator habitat with insects. This event is a good follow-up to our April program on pollinators and electric yard tools. |
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Killer Whale Tales: Fun for Young and Old
Saturday, May 11, 1 pm
Northwest Stream Center
600 - 128th St. SE, Everett
Whale researcher and photographer Jeff Hogan, who is also an actor and storyteller, will delight and inform the audience. A research webcam temporarily attached to a Killer Whale's dorsal fin offers an exciting whale's eye view of life in a whale pod. Learning to sing like a whale will add to the fun of the many whale tales that bring joy. |
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Strategize to Protect Mature Forests
Tuesday, May 14, 10 am on Zoom
Find out how you can help protect mature forests and get an update on the current status of efforts to influence the Department of Natural Resources. The current goal is to get DNR to defer all timber sales of carbon-dense mature forests until the DNR's Carbon and Forest Management Group can provide their recommendations for forest management policy changes. |
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Watershed Fun Fair
Saturday, May 18, 11 am to 3 pm
Willow Creek Watershed Education Center
95 Pine St., Edmonds
A free family fun event with games, crafts and activities especially for kids. Feed a fish, pet a turtle, and learn about backyard wildlife habitat. The first 30 families take home a free potted native plant. For more information, call 425-771-0227. |
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Puget Sound Bird Fest
Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2
Multiple locations in Edmonds
This annual celebration of birds and nature in Edmonds offers a weekend of fun. Opportunities include presentations from local authors, artists, scientist and naturalists as well as educational exhibits and guided birding walks. Kids will have opportunities for owl pellet dissection, crafts, games, and hands-on exploration. A boat cruise and native plant sale are great options.
See Bird Fest schedule for listing of events and locations. Field activity locations include the Edmonds Marsh-Estuary, plus local area parks and watersheds. |
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Poster Art Contest Winner
by Lilla Fromm |
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| Sierra Club at SnoPUD Energy Block Party |
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We provided information about our new Kicking Gas campaign, demonstrated induction cooktops, answered questions on how home electrification will make homes healthier by reducing dirty fossil fuel use, and discussed other Sierra Club projects. Our volunteer leaders pictured are Kathleen Sears and Nancy Johnson. Meanwhile, Bill Trueit, our EV sage, was nearby in the maze of EV's. |
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Washington State's Climate Action Plan
The state Priority Climate Action Plan offers a collaborative vision for reducing climate pollution, and aids communities in securing potentially millions in federal funding. With this plan, Washington communities have a guide to secure federal Climate Pollution Reduction grants for greenhouse gas reduction. The plan also lays the groundwork for propelling the state toward connected, effective, and equitable climate solutions.
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Restoring Quilceda Creek Salmon Habitat
On a recent Saturday, more than 80 volunteers recruited by the Tulalip Tribes and the Adopt a Stream Foundation teamed up to plant 3000 trees next to the West Fork of Quilceda Creek. The new trees will expand the small ribbon of trees growing next to the creek to form a 100 foot wide riparian zone on both sides of the stream. |
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Who To Contact For Injured Wildlife
If you see an injured large or medium sized animal or bird, contact the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement office at 360-902-2936.
For smaller animals and most birds, call the PAWS Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at 425-412-4040. |
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Green Snohomish River Cleanup Project
Green Snohomish members and friends hauled out 41 bags of garbage, a full mattress and assorted large items from along the Pilchuck River in their most recent cleanup event. Lions Club members helped in the effort. If you or your group would like to join next time, contact Don Dillinger at don.dillinger@comcast.net
We love to hear about work our allied organizations are doing. Report your group actions and events to newsletter editor Marjie Fields at mvfields@me.com |
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Can You Offer Foster Care For Baby Trees?
Trees make our communities healthier and more pleasant places to live. One way to help create urban tree canopy is to raise trees that, after two years, can be planted to improve quality of life in neighborhoods lacking trees. To participate, contact Jim at 206-445-2343.
If you value trees, contact the Snohomish County Council to support the county Urban Tree Canopy Policy. Save the date: Speak up for trees at the council meeting focusing on tree canopy on Tuesday, June 4 at 11:30.
Watch for action alerts during the month of May about the Urban Tree Canopy Policy. |
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League of Women Voters members planted and will care for these 100 baby trees for two years |
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PAWS Wildlife Rehab Center Needs Help
The new PAWS Wildlife Rehabilitation Center needs volunteers. The 25 acre facility is located off Hwy 9 and south of the city of Snohomish.
Volunteers and interns must be at least 18 years old and commit to a six month assignment if interested in direct animal care. Volunteer programs allow groups to work together on projects of interest. Send questions to volunteer@paws.org |
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Help Restore Our Parks
The Edmonds Stewards program is looking for volunteers to help remove invasive plants and return native shrubs and trees to our parks. Volunteers are welcome at:
Yost Park every Saturday from 9 to 11 am, meeting in the parking lot.
Hutt Park on third Saturdays from 9 to noon, meeting at the 187th St. entrance
There is also a restoration effort at Southwest County Park every Saturday from 9 to noon, meeting at parking area on Olympic View Drive. Contact Mikael Ohman at EdmondsIvyLeague@gmail.com. |
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors,
We borrow it from our children.
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