In honor of AmeriCorps week (March 13th-19th), I’d like to share a bit about my experience as an AmeriCorps member for the Nisqually River Education Project. I have been serving as an environmental educator for the NREP for just over 6 months now and have learned a lot about what […]
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This December, the NREP team has been busy with salmon dissections! These last few weeks we were able to visit 10 science class periods at Nisqually Middle School and 8 classes at various local elementary schools to demonstrate salmon dissections for students. Our salmon were graciously donated to us by […]
It’s officially tree planting season! NREP is partnering with the Nisqually Land Trust, and the Nisqually Tribe to plant over 4,000 native trees and shrubs in riparian habitats. Riparian zones are the areas that border rivers and play a vital role in salmon recovery. A healthy riparian zone is rich […]
It is officially the end of our fall water quality monitoring season! While this year looked a bit different than water testing in the past, we were still able to have an amazing time testing with elementary and middle schools all around the Nisqually Watershed. Our efforts allowed us to […]
Hello, Hello! My name is Layne Perkins and I’m so excited to be joining the Nisqually River Education Project family as the Environmental Education AmeriCorps! I was born and raised in Tacoma, WA and am overjoyed that I get to be giving back to my community. I received a Bachelor […]