A feed about news and events in the Salish Sea. http://www.serviceeducationadventure.org/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:30:37 -0700 Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:29:05 -0700 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Frog Frolic is SHADOW's annual community open house to celebrate our community and natural environment with family activities, tours, potluck, music and art! Please invite family and friends to celebrate with Shadow Lake Bog. September 18th, about 1:00-6:00pm at Shadow Lake Bog, 21656 184th Avenue SE; Renton. http://www.cedarriver.org/events/event-descriptions#14th-annual-frog-frolic A3240C07-2475-4CE9-9CAD-44C9879A6D43 Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:29:05 -0700 Salish Sea Expeditions will be hosting a training for both our marine science program and a training that orients teachers to an innovative stormwater research extension program we’ve designed to complement our popular boat program. Trainings will be held on September 18th and 25th. http://www.e3washington.org/events/item.html?id=221 96BC67F4-444E-4255-9D2D-A8ECAA504AEC Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:05:30 -0700 Wild Within is a group of teens who adventure as a tribe one weekend a month to explore our connections to the wildness found in nature, community and self. http://wildernessawareness.org/youth/wild-within.html 1AF19B4D-BEFD-4A4F-98EF-1057C462BDD8 Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:03:20 -0700 The Puget Sound Partnership is broken, but the Sound really needs better eco-monitoring and new land-use patterns. And that will require the hardest change of all: cultural change. Crosscut. http://crosscut.com/2010/09/07/puget-sound/20127/Fixing-the-group-that-s-supposed-to-fix-Puget-Sound/ 2BEE37AA-4986-41FD-8DE1-7310C434449B Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:57:45 -0700 The end of summer is a good time to look back at what we've accomplished recently in restoring and protecting salmon and their habitat here in Western Washington. Everett Herald. http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100907/OPINION03/709049997 5A8C2D91-CF91-4B16-BFDD-DE8C130918DE Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:53:55 -0700 It never made sense to Washington taxpayers who were investing their hard-earned dollars to improve water quality while their neighbors to the north were polluting those same waters. Olympia Olympian. http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/07/1360690/victoria-bc-needs-to-get-real.html 90420D39-1D3E-40D4-A369-A7E41604B466 Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:50:39 -0700 Discover a Place Where Trees Grow Salmon, and Salmon Grow Trees. In Alaska’s Tongass rain forest, one of the rarest ecosystems on Earth, everything is interconnected. Thursday, September 16th, 7-8:30pm, at the NW Stream Center Auditorium, Snohomish County’s McCollum Park, Everett. Advance registration and payment are required. http://www.streamkeeper.org/aasf/Sep_Classes.html 2C0CF91C-FE90-4031-9246-7B5BF2333B11 Sun, 5 Sep 2010 16:38:30 -0700 What can combat obesity, clear the air, minimize the cost of your commute, make our community quieter and reduce your carbon footprint? Try the two-wheeled wonder. Tuesday, September 14th 5:30-6:30pm at Oak Harbor City Hall. http://www.oakharbor.org/page.cfm?pageId=167 D6D88BAF-DF92-489E-B8CF-3D59D8F5AE86 Sun, 5 Sep 2010 16:33:59 -0700 Our environment, health and economy are all threatened by the current trends in Puget Sound's decline and we must be relentless and purposeful in our work to protect this priceless natural resource. Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2012804759_guest04dock.html 94E3B8F2-2A89-448B-AE76-6C3D8AA6981C Sun, 5 Sep 2010 16:26:17 -0700 The revised shoreline program combines local plans for future development and preservation with new development ordinances and related permitting requirements. Department of Ecology. http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2010news/2010-228.html 43FCDD42-376D-4351-A05D-3D5BF465DDEC Sun, 5 Sep 2010 16:25:25 -0700 From late summer through winter, millions of squid return to spawn in Puget Sound, and before they do that they pack a hearty appetite gorging on small baitfish and crustaceans. Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2012813128_outn05.html CA8BB5D5-63DA-4BB6-AF70-25253C9D650F Sun, 5 Sep 2010 16:24:19 -0700 Environmental Education & Training Partnership (EETAP) and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point offer four online courses for students and professionals in the field of environmental education. http://www.uwsp.edu/natres/eetap/index.aspx 4F9A5633-67E3-4AC5-8E37-834EB8F7CF31 Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:13:36 -0700 A free self-guided tour of 19 working farms on Whidbey Island will feature locally grown food and products. http://whidbeyfarmtour.wordpress.com/ F28000A4-483D-44A7-9975-68B5416A794D Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:08:24 -0700 Join Friends of the Cedar River Watershed in restoring wildlife habitat along the Cedar River. Restoration projects require continual stewardship for successful recovery of native plants and wildlife. Bring your friends, pack a picnic, and spend the day along the Cedar River. Saturday, September 18th, about 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. http://www.cedarriver.org/events/event-descriptions#cedar-river-restoration-project 67CA774E-06EC-47F7-9D91-DD3C10051026 Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:06:44 -0700 An EPA investigation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers uncovered the destroyed wetlands on property the port planned to develop. US Environmental Protection Agency. http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/2b6b305fd6e3206485257792005f1446?OpenDocument BEE667E1-0AF6-43E0-8A51-FEB6DCC6A974 Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:04:55 -0700 Vegetated roofs, walls and land together make a "green skin," a system that integrates the built with the natural environment. Daily Journal of Commerce. http://www.djc.com/news/en/12021307.html 38B9B5CF-785D-4BCA-9B79-ACEC929DA5B4 Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:03:30 -0700 The center would feature the art, history and culture of Coast Salish tribes, the native people of the Salish Sea, from South Puget Sound into British Columbia Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012795353_native03m.html 68E32CCA-D1D8-4E38-B096-2D1F6413CB48 Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:02:22 -0700 The 37th annual festival is moving to a temporary home this year centered at Port Plaza because its usual location on the Percival Landing boardwalk is being torn out. Tacoma News-Tribune. http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/01/1323093/harbor-days-finds-new-home.html 78556BC0-7FF5-4846-9850-FC2523E2059C Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:57:52 -0700 The Stories From Our Watersheds film contest has awarded $4,100 to seven independent Northwest short films (10 minutes or less) that highlight large-scale, high-priority, fish-and-community-friendly restoration projects in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Enhanced Online News. http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20100831006795/en 64BEE91C-76BF-4D3A-BF6C-4881C3BA6965 Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:55:07 -0700 Before the city of Everett, Puget Sound Clean Air Authority, and the Washington departments of Health and Ecology consider any additional permits or expansion for Cedar Grove in Everett, these issues of odor, "fugitive dust" and water pollution must be completely and satisfactorily addressed. Everett Herald. http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100901/OPINION02/709019991 54208CE2-93E4-476A-B222-309420847C92 Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:51:15 -0700