This week’s blog post features 2015 Nisqually Stream Steward Sharon Heath. Sharon recently completed her 40 hour volunteer requirement and shares her thoughts on what it means to be a steward of the Nisqually Watershed. Sharon has joined the Nisqually River Education Project on multiple field trips, monitored spawning salmon, […]
Monthly Archives: May 2016
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The Nisqually Watershed Festival is an annual celebration of the people, plants, and animals of the Nisqually Watershed. Each year, students in grades 1st-6th have the opportunity to submit their original artwork to the Nisqually Watershed Poster Contest, with artwork featured at the Festival! This year’s theme is “Migratory Birds […]
Every September Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge hosts the ever-wonderful Nisqually Watershed Festival. The festival is put on by the Nisqually River Foundation and its partners, including the Nisqually Indian Tribe, Nisqually Reach Nature Center, and Tacoma Public Utilities. Included among the booths and various activities is the […]
Every September Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge hosts the ever-wonderful Nisqually Watershed Festival. The festival is put on by the Nisqually River Foundation and its partners, including the Nisqually Indian Tribe, Nisqually Reach Nature Center, and Tacoma Public Utilities. Included among the booths and various activities is the […]
Several small towns, cities, and unincorporated centers lie within the Nisqually Watershed, including Ashford, Eatonville, McKenna, Yelm, Roy and the Nisqually Reservation. Each of these communities has its own identity, from Ashford at the gates of Mount Rainier, to the Nisqually Tribe along the banks of the Nisqually, or Yelm […]
Upon completion of the analysis of the accomplishments of the original 1987 Nisqually River Management Plan, the Council decided that it was time to update the plan. Instead of an update, what came out of that process was a whole new plan: The Nisqually Watershed Stewardship Plan. Where the original […]