Griffin School Watershed Day

Community education and volunteer involvement are two of the most important aspects of SPSSEG’s mission.

Spring is the time that many of our education efforts get underway and we look forward with great aniticpation to kicking off this Spring season at Point Defiance Zoo’s Earth Day on Saturday, April 18.  We plan to have a very tasty activity (hint hint) for those who join us there!  Many other groups from throughout the Puget Sound region also feature fun, family friendly activities for zoo visitors to enjoy.

Other upcoming educational events include:

Kids With Conservation Knowledge (KWICK)

Forest Festival Field Day

…two educational activities organized by Mason Conservation District

Forest Festival Field Day 2007

Recent events included plantings at Sherwood Creek and Powell Creek, where community members helped restore streams by planting a riparian buffer along the stream banks.

Sherwood Creek Planting 2009

SPSSEG is also set to begin fundraising activities for our education programming, including the Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail and Sound Gardens Save Salmon, a program that links our land and home gardening practices with the health of salmon and our watersheds.  Please stay tuned for more information on how you can help, or, if you are so inclined, support education efforts now!

AND APPLY FOR OUR NEW PROJECT MANAGER POSITION!

When: Thursday, January 22, 2009
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Where: Lacey Community Center
6729 Pacific Ave SE, Lacey, WA, 98503 map

Every January SPSSEG hosts our annual membership meeting. Of course, you do not have to be an SPSSEG member to attend this FREE EVENT. All are welcome to come enjoy refreshments, an SPSSEG restoration project showcase, and our keynote speakers!

Become a member to vote in new Board of Directors members and vote on amendments to our bylaws at the meeting.
By being a current SPSSEG member you are also eligible to elect up to three new members to the Board of Directors at the 2009 Annual Meeting. Click here to learn more about serving on the Board of Directors.

Our keynote address speakers this year are Billy Frank Jr., the Director of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission and David Dicks, Director of the Puget Sound Partnership.

David Dicks is the Executive Director of the Puget Sound Partnership. Prior to his appointment to the Partnership, David was a partner at Cascadia Law Group PLLC, where he focused on Puget Sound issues, natural resource projects and facilitated the development of numerous Habitat Conservation Plans under the Endangered Species Act. He has earned national recognition as one of The Best Lawyers in America (2007 and 2008). He has also been recognized as one of Seattle Metropolitan’s 2007 Best Lawyers, and has been named a Rising Star by the readers of Washington Law & Politics magazine every year since 2005.