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2010 Events Calendar
Mountain Beaver Habitat Restoration We have expanded our efforts in to the greater Lake Washington Watershed! Join us along with our new project partner, the Lake Forest Park Stewardship Foundation. Grace Cole Park is a beautiful urban park home to owls, mountain beavers and spotted towhees. Help us remove the remaining invasive ivy patches that are threatening their habitat! This park has already undone dramatic results thanks to volunteer efforts at multiple volunteer work parties earlier this year. Please register in advance by emailing, nisa@cedarriver.org. Watershed Celebration 2010 Thursday, Sept 9 ~ 6:00pm Hosted at The Ruins 570 Roy St, Seattle, WA 98109
Celebrate the Cedar River Watershed and all of the difference we've made it in this year. Dinner will be served in the ballroom at The Ruins, and
will feature a unique signature cocktail and seasonal, locally sourced, fresh cuisine. Vegetarian and fish entrée options.
Trail Improvement Project - FULL Saturday, Sept 11 ~ 9:00am-2:30pm Cedar River Municipal Watershed
Come spend a day in the Cedar River municipal watershed improving
an educational loop trail along the shores of Chester Morse Lake!
Volunteers will help gravel and grade this trail for improved barrier-free
tour-access. A history of the watershed and Chester Morse Lake will
be provided. This is a rare opportunity to enjoy the beauty of Chester
Morse Lake! Come prepared to have fun and work hard! This event
is restricted to volunteers aged 15 and up. Space is limited so
please sign up in advance by emailing, nisa@cedarriver.org Aquatic and Riparian Habitat Restoration with David Chapin Sunday, September 12 ~ 9:00am - 3:00pm Discover a variety of aquatic and riparian habitat restoration projects that Seattle Public Utilities is implementing in the Cedar River Municipal Watershed. Highlights include the Landsburg Diversion Dam fish passage facility and stream and riparian restoration projects in a major tributary. You will learn about past land use impacts on habitat and how restoration projects are designed to work with a stream's geological and biological setting. View Flyer. A Conversation About Sustainable Design Tuesday, Sept 14 ~ 5:30pm Reception, 6:30pm Program 1119 Eighth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101 Design plays a pivotal role in the sustainability of our buildings, communities and products, as well as in the systems we use to handle transportation, energy and water. Can we change our perspective on the built environment from "projects that are created and finished" to a more sustainable one of "systems that perform over time"? Join us as Ash Awad, Vice President of Energy and Facility Services at McKinstry and Daniel Friedman, Dean of the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington explore these and other considerations of sustainable design and its impact on our future. For more information, visist Sustainable Path Foundation.
Forest Restoration with SPU Ecologists Sunday, September 19 ~ 9:00am - 3:00pm After a century of resource extraction the primary goal of forest management in the Cedar River Municipal Watershed is now to facilitate the restoration of second-growth forests. Watershed scientists and managers would like to share with you how and why they are turning these young forests into old-growth forests. Join us on a field tour of restoration sites, we will visit the oldest forest in the watershed and discover forest biodiversity and tree growth with hands-on sampling.View Flyer. 14th Annual Frog Frolic 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 us! For more informaiton, please email mikhaila.gonzales@shadowhabitat.org or call 425-432-4914. National Day of Caring: Mountain Beaver Habitat Restoration Join us along with the Lake Forest Park Stewardship Foundation. Grace Cole Park is a beautiful urban park home to owls, mountain beavers and spotted towhees. Help us remove the remaining invasive ivy patches that are threatening their habitat! This park has already undone dramatic results thanks to volunteer efforts at multiple volunteer work parties earlier this year. Please register in advance by emailing nisa@cedarriver.org
National Day of Caring: Cedar River Restoration Project - FULL Help us restore critical wildlife habitat at the 44-acre Cavanaugh Pond Natural Area! This site is noted as spawning sockeye salmon habitat and is listed as the only Class-1 wetlands in the Cedar River basin. Help clear out invasive plant species to make room for planting natives later this fall. If you still have not visited this natural area, this event is your chance! Please register in advance by emailing nisa@cedarriver.org
Facility Hours
at the Cedar River Watershed Education Center The Cedar River Watershed Education Center is free and open to the public. This award-winning facility has walking trails, exhibits, indoor activities, a gift shop, and plenty of parking. Come explore what sustainable architecture looks like! Bring your family out to your "backyard Education Center" any time of the year. Call (206) 733-9421 for more information.
Cedar River Council
Meetings The Cedar River Council offers an excellent opportunity to be informed about the Cedar River management issues watershed-wide. Every month, specialists come to speak to the council about everything from flood control to the Growth Management Act to the Puget Sound Partnership. Join community members and stakeholders for monthly meetings. For more information about the Cedar River Council, click here. |
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Opportunities
To learn more about or volunteer for one of the following opportunities, please contact info@cedarriver.org.
Leadership Board of Directors: Friends of the Cedar River Watershed is soliciting motivated people who are interested in serving on our Board of Directors. We are a collaborative, resourceful, and fun organization that offers board members opportunities to build or expand professional skills, develop the FCRW mission and donor base, give back to the community and the environment, and engage citizens in conversation efforts related to regional water supply and water quality issues. If interested in serving on the Board of Directors, contact Sue Rooney, Executive Director, at the FCRW office at (206) 297-8141. Outreach & Education Committee: This committee is the face and voice of FCRW to the public. Committee members work to broaden awareness and appreciation of the Cedar River Watershed and increase participation in FCRW programs and events. This often includes interacting with both adults and children while staffing the FCRW booth at fairs and festivals. There are also creative opportunities available for assisting with display design and new outreach ideas. Event tabling is often busiest on weekends and during spring and summer months.
Administrative Work Database Management: Our eTapestry database is the lifeblood of this non-profit organization. FCRW is seeking a computer-literate person with database experience to develop best-practices and provide guidance on creating queries, reports, and targeted mailing lists. Website Management: We are seeking assistance with regular updates to our web-site and add pages as necessary. Experience with Contribute is a must. Expertise on developing forms is strongly desired. Minimal training available.
Cedar River Salmon Journey Naturalists
What is the purpose of the program? The program will train volunteer naturalists to provide interpretive programs to the public at sites along the Cedar River during the salmon spawning season. Naturalists will present information about the Cedar, its watershed, fish populations, natural and human history. How will the volunteer naturalists be chosen? Interested volunteers will fill out a simple application listing their relevant experience and explaining why they would like to participate. Participants must be over 18 and must sign an informal letter of commitment. When and where are the trainings? Volunteers receive about 20 hours of training, including three weekday evening sessions of 2-3 hours, and two Saturday sessions of 6-8 hours. Training will be weekday evenings: September 16, 23 and 30, and two Saturday field trainings: September 25 and October 9. Most trainings will be held in the Renton area or in the field, with the September 23 training at the Seattle Aquarium. What will volunteers learn in the training? Volunteer naturalists will learn about the natural history of the Cedar River and the Lake Washington System and how the system has been altered. Fish experts will present information on the salmon life cycle and habitat requirements, challenges facing Cedar River salmon and other Cedar River wildlife, information about the Endangered Species Act, and how citizens can help salmon. Volunteer naturalists will also learn about uses and management of the Cedar River and the different agencies involved. Trainers will discuss interpretive skills: how to plan a presentation, interact with the public and present an outdoor talk. Field trips will include an all day field trip through the watershed and a "dress rehearsal" of the interpretive skills learned. What will happen at the interpretive sites? Once trained, volunteers will work at selected sites on the Cedar -- including Renton Library, Cedar River Park, Riverview Park, Cavanaugh Pond and Landsburg Park -- for three of six fall weekend days: October 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 and 31. Naturalists will be present at their sites from about 11 to 4, "roving", talking to small groups and answering questions as they arise. During the training, naturalists pick the dates and sites they would most like to work; we do our best to accommodate preferences. What kind of support will naturalists have? Staff from the participating agencies will be available on the interpretive days to help handle emergencies, bring additional supplies and so on. Naturalists will be provided with hats, name tags, handouts, maps and other props. Who is sponsoring the Cedar River Salmon Journey? Sponsors include the Brown Bear Car Wash, City of Renton, the Friends of the Cedar River Watershed, King Conservation District, the Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed (WRIA 8) Forum, the Seattle Aquarium, Seattle Public Utilities (Cedar River Watershed), the Wal-Mart Foundation, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Erin/Esther - please remove the Wal-Mart Foundation from this list, as they are no longer funding the program. A brief overview of this volunteer opportunity and a volunteer application are available as PDF downloads. For more information or to sign up, call Charlotte Spang at (206) 245-0143 or email her at: charlotte@edarriver.org.
Restoration Work Parties: These ongoing work parties engage youth (12 years of age and older) and adult volunteers in hands-on restoration activities in the Cedar River Watershed. Past volunteer activities have included the removal of invasive plants, weed suppression and planting of native flora in reclaimed sites, and continual management of adopt-a-site restorations. In 2008, almost 1000 volunteers contributed 3700+ hours. Upcoming events are regularly advertised via eCurrents, FCRW's electronic newsletter, and are posted on our online events calendar. FCRW hosts about 24 restoration events per year. Crew Leader: Regular participants in restoration projects and other individuals skilled in restoration efforts can become crew leaders, assisting community volunteers in safely accomplishing restoration work projects. Crew Leaders may also develop, with guidance from FCRW and Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), ongoing self-supervised restoration efforts in the Rattlesnake Lake Recreation Area e.g., ongoing noxious weed management efforts (see below). Recruitment Networking: People like to volunteer alongside their friends. Habitat Restoration events provide a social gathering with a purpose. We are seeking community leaders who can help recruit their friends and associates for restoration projects. Sometimes a recruitment networking volunteer will recruit enough people for their own event. Other times, a this volunteer will recruit a bunch of people to bring along to a scheduled event providing an opportunity to make NEW friends with a similar bent toward conservation and restoring ecosystems. FCRW gives recruitment networking volunteers a schedule of events. Volunteers commit to a minimum number of recruits.
Cedar River Watershed Education Center For volunteer opportunities at the Cedar River Education center, please refer to this site. |
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