Hello! I’m Alex Zinck, and I’m so excited to be the AmeriCorps Environmental Educator with the Nisqually River Education Project for the 2023-2024 academic year. In June of this year, I graduated from The Evergreen State College with my Bachelor of Science degree. My undergraduate studies primarily involved interdisciplinary learning […]
Yearly Archives: 2023
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The Nisqually Watershed Festival is back this September at Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge! Now in its 34th year, the festival serves as an incredible opportunity for our community to come together and celebrate the rich history, culture, and environment that makes Nisqually such a unique and beautiful […]
During a beautiful Tuesday morning on May 30th, the Nisqually River Education Project (NREP) hosted its first ever clam dig with Wa He Lut Indian School! When students and staff met at the lower parking lot of Tolmie State Park, AmeriCorps members talked with 6th and 7th grade students about […]
When it comes to creating a healthy environment one thing never changes: if there’s trash, you’ve got to pick it up! The Nisqually Watershed community did just that this spring during the Annual Nisqually River Clean Up event on April 2nd! Over 55 volunteers from the Washington Recreational River Runners […]
There are always a few perfect winter days on the mountain and students from Wa He Lut Indian School were treated to one such day during our recent winter field trip to Mount Rainier National Park. As the bus approached Longmire, the sound of crunching snow under the chained-up tires […]
While visiting an elementary school in Lacey, WA for a salmon dissection, our staff was treated to an amazing sight! We have worked with students from this school several times prior, including taking them out to the Nisqually River to monitor the health of the river by testing the pH, […]