Environmental Sustainability: A viable, healthy natural resource base The Nisqually River Council has been working on environmental sustainability since it’s inception in 1987. Most of it’s successes have been in this realm and the membership of the Council has always had a natural resources management bent. In order to track […]
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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 […]
This week’s blog post features a 2015 Nisqually Stream Steward graduate, Warren Bergh, who has in just 6 months completed the 40-hours of Community Service we request from participants! Warren has participated in: Eatonville Salmon Fest, NatureMapping with our partners from Northwest Trek at Powell Creek, Tree planting/habitat restoration at Ohop Creek with […]
The greatest success of the Nisqually River Council has been that it is a forum where citizens and representatives from government agencies can meet together and learn from each other. The original Nisqually River Management Plan (NRMP) of 1987 called for 160 specific actions. Of these 44 have no measurable […]
One of our favorite programs to implement is the Nisqually Stream Stewards. We work with a group of 20-30 community members who agree to attend our free 8 week course, which includes some of the hottest science and exciting field trips our watershed has to offer. In exchange, Nisqually Stream […]
The Nisqually River Council has been working to provide stewardship of the economic, cultural and natural resources of the river watershed since 1987. However it’s history goes back much further than that. The Nisqually people have called this watershed home since time immemorial, and the first non-native settlement in Puget […]
The Nisqually Indian Tribe is currently requesting grant proposals for salmon habitat restoration and protection projects in the Nisqually River watershed. Approximately $1,815,000 in federal and state funds are available for on-the-ground habitat restoration projects, land acquisitions, or assessments that will lead to projects. The Nisqually Tribe is the salmon […]
Please join the Nisqually Stream Stewards and the Nisqually Land Trust for an important restoration planting event along Ohop Creek near Eatonville, WA. We will be restoring native vegetation to an important salmon spawning and rearing area. Date: Saturday, November 1 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Place: Ohop Creek […]
Last week, dozens of volunteers descended on Eatonville to build three rain gardens and a fish-friendly parking lot. The volunteers toiled under the hot sun for three days, helping Eatonville stay one of the most salmon-friendly small towns in the United States. Native Plant Salvage Foundation, a non-profit arm of […]