37th Annual Nisqually Watershed Festival The large avian orbs of the eurasian eagle owl scan the dozens of faces in front and behind itself with ease as the audience stares back with rapt attention watching each bob and turn of the large bird’s head. John the Falconer explains that since […]
Yearly Archives: 2026
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Hello! My name is Adeline Cruise. I am extremely excited to be the new AmeriCorps Environmental Educator with the Nisqually River Education Project for the 2026 – 2027 school year. This June I graduated from The Evergreen State College with my Bachelor’s degree. My undergraduate studies focused on the interdisciplinary […]
Summer Institute for Teachers 2026 Each year, three watershed organizations come together in the last week of June to host “Summer Institute for Teachers” (SIFT), a three-day teacher training for 50 local educators. Although the idea of spending your first few days of summer break engaged in daylong professional development […]
Daniel J. Evans Nisqually Stewardship Award Honoring Karen Fraser On a warm evening in late summer of 2024, Mount Rainier shines brilliantly while the Nisqually River winds its way past Wilcox Family Farms. In between conversations with friends and guests, former state senator Karen Fraser looks out at the mountain […]
There are many indicators of Spring in the Pacific Northwest from the flowering of Oso and Salmon Berry to the return of sunshine and songbirds with their accompanying rainbows and melodies. However, for our local environmental educators there is perhaps no greater indicator that the season has begun than the […]