Environmental Information
Report Your Environmental Problem to the Washington State Department of Ecology at
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/reportaproblem.html.
“Whatever its condition, the environment is, after all, a reflection of ourselves, our tastes, our aspirations, our successes, and our failures.”
-Lady Bird Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
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A Wealth of Water
The abundance of natural resources found in Mason County includes 250 miles of marine shoreline, 223 lakes and 312 miles of streams. These marine and freshwater resources are valued for countless recreational and commercial (employment) opportunities as well as for their importance to a traditional diet and way of life. The on-going quality of these water resources is the concern of Mason County, the Squaxin and Skokomish Tribe, the City of Shelton and state and federal agencies and to all citizens of the county.
Link to Oakland Bay Clean Water Distict - Friends of Oakland Bay.
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Informational Links
Hello, These links give information on several aspects of stream stewardship and area rivers.
This first link is a guide called Salmon Smart. It is the attempt to provide an introduction to Salmon Recovery projects and activities and an overview of how people can get involved through a wide variety of steps repairning the damage to habitat. Whether one chooses to change personal habits, adjust lifestyle choices, or become actively involved in salmon stream and habitat resotration, participation WILL make a difference.
Salmon Smart (PDF)
The Mission of People for Puget Sound is to protect and resotre Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits...our living waters, the land and our common future. Here one can find 10 things you can do to save Puget Sound.
This link is for Friends of the Earth, the U.S. voice of the largest network of environmental groups. This link takes the user directly to information on the removal of Goldsborough Dam in the year 2001.
http://www.foe.org/camps/reg/nw/river/golds.html
Washington Sea Grant: Serving the people who manage, use and enjoy Washington's ocean and coasts
South Sound Green Pages
The weblog of the South Sound Green Pages, a monthly environmental journal of environmental news and commentary based in Olympia, Washington, USA.
http://www.speech-greenpages.org
The mission of the Riverways Program is to promote the restoration and protection of the ecological integrity of the Commonwealth's watersheds: rivers, streams and adjacent l.
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/river/programs/adoptastream/aaleadersmanual.htm
The Nisqually River Watershed is a land of wind and wildlife, glaciers and storms, towering firs and diminutive banana slugs. Yet it is also a land greatly affected by human decisions and activities.
The Deschutes Watershed Center is a proposed Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife salmon-rearing facility along the Deschutes River in Tumwater, Washington. It will include improvements to existing hatchery operations at Tumwater Falls Park and a new facility upstream at Pioneer Park. The project will also include an environmental learning center, interpretive exhibits and programs, and a Deschutes River corridor trail that eventually will link Pioneer Park to Puget Sound.
http://www.deschuteswatershedcenter.org
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