Thursday January 30th, 2014
The Mission Creek Park Stewards sponsored an informal community forum to highlight the ecological importance of Mission Creek and its watershed, share how we can all contribute to improving its health and the health of South Puget Sound, and encourage broader neighborhood stewardship of our valuable urban natural resource.
Presentations
Geologic Setting of Mission Creek Watershed
Wendy Gerstel, Qwg Applied Geology (wendy@qwgappliedgeology.com)
Mission Creek Estuary Restoration
Lance Winecka, South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group (lancew@spsseg.org)
Green Stormwater Infrastructure
Erica Guttman, WSU Extension Office; Native Plant Salvage (erica@nativeplantsalvage.org)
Nature Scaping
Linda Andrews, Patterns in Nature (plantgrl@hotmail.com)
Represented Organizations
Northeast Neighborhood Association (http://www.neneighborhood.org/ )
Mission Creek Park Stewards (badgert@earthlink.net )
Olympia Parks, Arts, and Recreation Department (http://olympiawa.gov/community/parks )
South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group (http://spsseg.org/ )
Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team (http://www.deschutesestuary.org/ )
Sound Native Plants (http://www.soundnativeplants.com/ )
Salmon Habitat Recovery Lead Entity (http://www.rco.wa.gov/salmon_recovery/lead_entities.shtml )
Maurice Major, Cultural Landscapes (culturallandscapes@gmail.com )
John O’Brien, Austrian scything (johnandmaia@gmail.com )
Kathy Gore-Fuss, local landscape artist (gorefuss@comcast.net )