November 22ndThe earth movers have left. It's time to plant the site. Congratulations to North Olympic Salmon Coalition on completing one of the largest estuary restoration projects on the peninsula! Helping NOSC with the restoration planting will be a great opportunity to see the extent of the construction and restoration. NOSC has over a thousand plants to put in the ground. You can be part of the return of a natural system to Discovery Bay. RSVP to volunteer@nosc.org or 379-8051.
Flow
November 14th - 20thWSU Beach Watchers has a table at the Rose Theater this week during the showing of the film FLOW. I would encourage all of you to see this award-winning documentary on the privatization of water. "Water is the sleeping giant issue of the 21st Century and we all need to wake up about it. FLOW opens our eyes about the greatest threat of our time - the global water crisis. It is a compelling and passionate film. Its engaging narrative will grip the viewer." Robert Redford http://www.rosetheatre.com/movies/index.html#Flow
Chimacum Beach Restoration Planting
December 6th and 13thHelp put natives back on the beach! Many of you helped NOSC remove invasives at the mouth of Chimacum creek this summer and fall. Burt Howells has waged a personal battle with those noxious critters! RSVP to volunteer@nosc.org or 379-8051.
Summer Chum Survey
Late summer chum went extinct on Chimacum creek in the late 1980's. With your help and hundreds of volunteers over 20 years, the chum returned. Al Latham, director of the Jefferson County Conservation District compiles the data each year on the summer run. Click on the graph to make it larger and easier to read.
Proposed Protection Island Reserve
Kyle Murphy of the Department of Natural Resources has asked for input from Beach Watchers on the nomination by People for Puget Sound of Protection Island as an aquatic reserve. Protection Island is a state-owned aquatic lands managed by DNR. DNR and People for Puget Sound would like to organize a beach walk within the proposed reserve boundaries to discuss how Beach Watcher volunteers might be involved in the planning, future restoration, monitoring, and research projects for the aquatic reserve, should it be designated as such. The beach walk would take part along the part of the Quimper Peninsula shoreline that is included in the proposed aquatic reserve boundary. If you are interested in attending a beach walk please contact Kyle Murphy, Aquatic Reserves Program Manager: 360-352-2593 or kyle.murphy@dnr.wa.gov.Puget Sound Partnership
November 17th deadline for input Puget Sound Partnership is seeking your input on the ambitious Action Agenda to save Puget Sound. The new Action Agenda (link below) identifies some alarming facts and trends related to the health of Puget Sound. A new report on the amount of toxins polluting the Sound is underscoring the urgency of this clean up. “These disturbing numbers are putting more than 40 species in Puget Sound at risk, including the Sound's Orca population, where we just saw a decline of nearly 10 percent in the past several months,” said the Partnership‚s Executive Director David Dicks. The primary sources of toxics to Puget Sound are the day-to-day activities of people, as the population grows and land gets more and more developed. The estimates are based on current knowledge about toxic pollutants from surface runoff, air deposition, wastewater from discharge pipes, direct spills into the water and combined sewer/stormwater overflows only.
http://www.psp.wa.gov/downloads/DRAFT_ACTION_AGENDA_2008/Draft_Action_Agenda.pdf
NOAA Fisheries Ocean Indicator Updates
COSEE sponsors free event to learn about current ocean research and effective science communication
Saturday November 22nd
University of Washington Seattle campus 9:00am – 4:30pm
Keynote speaker on communicating science to diverse audiences.
Formal and informal presentations by marine scientists on current ocean research. To learn more or reserve your spot now contact:
Susan Bullerdick 206. 838. 3916 susan@aquariumsociety.org or
Janice Mathisen 206.386.4365 janice.mathisen@seattle.gov
More info on COSEE http://coseeolc.org/
DNR completes removal of Fort Flagler Dock
For those of you that helped with creosote removal at Fort Flagler Dock. Your work is done.
