Film festival highlights Stillaguamish River basin
/Read the full article at Stanwood Camano News by Izzie Lund covering the second of two film festivals tied to Tales of Two Rivers under the Sustainable Lands Strategy banner.
Community offers ideas about priorities for local watershed improvements
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The City of Mountlake Terrace and the Snohomish Conservation District hosted an online discussion Thursday about local watersheds to gather residents’ ideas on which local creeks and lakes are most in need of improvement.
During the hour-long webinar, Stormwater Program Manager Laura Reed provided an overview on the status of the city’s watersheds, talked about fish use and passage in local creeks and Lake Ballinger, and also discussed other watershed-wide factors such as growth potential, water, quality, pollutants and the impacts of heavy traffic.
Read this article by MLTnews.com here.
Read MoreWashington State district explores forest farming opportunities
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Agroforestry has made its way into Snohomish Conservation District (WA), with landowner interest flourishing and new programs specific to forest farming in the works.
The conservation district has been implementing about a half a dozen agroforestry practices around the north Puget Sound for the past five years, but the rising interest in forest farming is taking the lead and shaping the district’s vision of the region’s future.
Read this article by the National Association of Conservation Districts here.
Read MoreOrca Recovery Day event draws 100 to nature walk, scavenger hunt at Ballinger Park
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Participants in a local Orca Recovery Day event gathered for a nature walk through Ballinger Park in Mountlake Terrace Oct. 16. Attendees learned about local native and invasive plants, how to create bird habitat, and why that kind of conservation work benefits Puget Sound and can also help the area’s Southern Resident orca populations.
Read MoreAgencies, nonprofits help farms adapt to changing landscape
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Photo credit: Bill Pierce, Photovoice 2017
Read MoreBy necessity, local farmers grow resilient to climate change
/From the Herald with story published on May 23, 2021 by Julia Titone -
Snohomish County’s diverse agricultural community is learning to survive a bushel of challenges.
St. Anne's New Rain Garden Features Native Plants
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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 MoreNeighborhood rain gardens protect environment, give military veterans jobs
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Rain Gardens in Lynnwood - Article and photo credit - Lynnwood Today
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Farming with trees: food in a future with climate change
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“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 MoreCommunity helps restore Allen Creek
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Jackie 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 MoreSaving streams from the manure of more than 3,000 horses
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“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 More[Monroe] Chamber trades lawn for rain garden
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The 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 MoreQ&A: How Will Snohomish Farms Endure Climate Change?
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Question and Answer session with Cindy Dittbrenner, SCD Natural Resource Program Manager
Photo by Hannah Letinich with The Nature Conservancy
Read MoreNew Camano Island culverts open 1.6 miles of fish habitat
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Photo of Barbara Brock and story by Lizz Giordano of The Herald.
Read MoreBothell neighbors ‘conserve’ their community with rain gardens
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Snohomish 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 MoreBoosting Cripple Creek’s ecosystem City, conservation district using native plants to buffer waterway
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The 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 MoreBothell neighbors plant seeds for vegetables and community
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The 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.
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