Art contest connects youth with nature
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"We cannot overstate how thankful and appreciative we are...it was a very special project for us.” - David Jackson
Photos and story by Kalvin Valdillez, Tulalip News
Read MoreRain Gardens in Lynnwood - Article and photo credit - Lynnwood Today
Read More“Farming has been taking resources from the land in a sense,” Brausieck (SCD Resource Planner) said.
But agroforestry allows farmers to harvest food in a way that’s protecting natural resources and regenerating the land.
“It’s creating a way for farming to be part of the solution,” she said.
Photo credit: Kevin Clark, Everett Herald
Read MoreJackie Emmerton, right, and granddaughter Sayler Pattison dig a hole to plant a tree at the Earth Day event from the city of Marysville on April 27. - Photo credit: Christopher Andersson
Read More“Through the district’s “manure spreader” program, Hipp shows property owners how to turn horse waste into fertilizer through composting and to use one of the district’s two manure spreaders — a trailer that distributes compost evenly over pastures. “
Photo by Andy Bronson with the Everett Herald
Read MoreThe volunteers that came to help plant the garden beds this month represent the area’s largest minority community, Riley said. The district staff worked with the Monroe Public Library, the Edmonds Community College Latino Education Training Institute and other organizations for outreach, she said.
Monroe has one of the highest populations of people who are Latino and Hispanic in Snohomish County, Riley said.
Ten percent of Snohomish County’s population is Hispanic or Latino, according to the most recent census data. That number is closer to 20 percent for Monroe, according to the City of Monroe.
“It takes all of us to do something on our own property, and that is what the chamber wanted to exemplify,” Riley said.
Read MoreQuestion and Answer session with Cindy Dittbrenner, SCD Natural Resource Program Manager
Photo by Hannah Letinich with The Nature Conservancy
Read MorePhoto of Barbara Brock and story by Lizz Giordano of The Herald.
Read MoreSnohomish Conservation District partners with the city to install green stormwater infrastructure.
Photo by Katie Metzger - Tessa Anton, WCC crew member, puts the finishing touches onto the Bothell rain garden.
Read MoreThe city and Snohomish Conservation District teamed up for the planting project, which was conceived in 2014. That’s when Bertrand and Alex Pittman got together, “when the emails started flying.”
Pittman was looking for a way to cool down water in the French Creek sub-basin. Warm temperatures affect the amount of dissolved oxygen in its tributaries. Low levels create a chronic barrier to fish passage, according to the conservation district.
Cripple Creek enters the Monroe Wetlands to the north, and then exits via the southwest corner. The waterway connects with French Creek, which then flows into the Snohomish River.
The conservation district has been focused on French Creek for a while, according to Pittman. Salmon struggle to survive in its warm waters.
Photo Credit: Kelly Sullivan, Monroe Montior
Read MoreThe 13th Place Garden is still thriving about a month after it was established by Denise Tarter and her neighbors in June. Denise attended one of SCD’s Lawns to Lettuce classes.
Photo courtesy of Denise Tarter.
Read MoreThe New family, owners of Nourse Tree Farm in Snohomish County, has won Tree Farmer of the Year honor in Washington state.
Photo credit: Washington Tree Farm Program
Read MoreUpdate to Everett Herald article about our Vet Crew plus the recognition of Washington Department of Veterans Affairs as Conservation Partner of the Year.
Read MoreThe Snohomish Conservation District held its Better Ground Showcase honoring local individuals, businesses and nonprofits for their work to conserve natural resources.
Read MoreWashington food and wine producers are used to natural weather variations, but things are growing less predictable.
Photo credit: Julie Allen
Read MoreMcMahon won the Conservation Leader of the Year Award for her use of SCD cost-share program to install a rain garden in her front yard in 2013. In 2017, district officials were happy to hear that she had also expressed interest in being the recipient of free rain barrels for its partnership project with the City of Lynnwood.
Read MoreEmily McLaughlin Sta. Maria, president of the Students Saving Salmon Club at Edmonds Woodway High School, will be honored April 12 at Snohomish Conservation District's Better Ground Showcase in Mukilteo.
Photo courtesy of club advisor, Joe Scordino.
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