Archives for October, 2008
Green Drinks
Title: Green Drinks Location: Iron Rabbitt (on Harrison Ave, 40 yds West of Harrison & Division on South Side) Description: If you care about the environment and want to meet like-minded folks, join us for a glass of beer or wine. There are no programs at Green Drinks. No one will talk at you for [...]
Salmon trail offers close view of spawning
By John Dodge | The Olympian • Published October 27, 2008 South Sound’s premier trail for watching salmon spawn is about to open to the public. – South Sound’s premier trail for watching salmon spawn is about to open to the public. If you go The Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail will be open to the [...]
Docent Training and Creek Conditions
Approximately 25 dedicated and eager docents, and SPSSEG and MCD staff congregated in the Kennedy Creek parking lot on that crisp, sunny, autumn day. All enjoyed a fascinating talk on salmon biology Steve Schroder, a WDFW salmon research biologist, a salmon dissection by Bruce Stewart, fish pathologist from the NWIFC, and a guided walk through [...]
Setting up Kennedy Creek
Today, folks from Mason Conservation District, Kennedy Creek Quarry, and Mason County Jail, along with yours truly, pruned vegetation, set up netting, and put up the signs for the Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail. After some rain, it turned out to be a crisp, sunny fall day. We were accompanied by the splashing of male chum [...]
Kennedy Creek Trail CLOSED
THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR AT THE TRAIL! We hope to see you again next year! Kennedy Creek is one of the most productive salmon runs in South Puget Sound. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity EVERY NOVEMBER to experience these wild salmon on the 1/2 mile, ADA accessible trail, with 11 viewing [...]
Where have all the salmon gone: an evening with Gary Loomis
Title: Where have all the salmon gone: an evening with Gary Loomis Location: Thurston County Courthouse Complex, 2000 Lakeridge Dr. SW, Olympia, Bldg 1, Rm 152 Start Time: 6:00 pm Date: 2008-10-08 End Time: 8:00 pm If you are not a sport fisher you may not know who Gary is: Gary started G.Loomis rod manufacturing [...]
Nisqually Estuary Restoration Brochure
Check out this brochure to find out about the historic restoration of the Nisqually Estuary.
A building ban near rivers?
Last updated September 29, 2008 9:51 p.m. PT A building ban near rivers? Feds call for moratorium in bid to protect salmon, orcas By ROBERT McCLURE P-I REPORTER To protect salmon and orcas, federal fisheries managers are calling for a moratorium on development near rivers in the Puget Sound region. In a potentially far-reaching decision [...]
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