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	Stream Team A Kitsap County Surface and Stormwater Management and Department of Community Development Program


Your Resource for Making a Difference in Your Community and Environment! Messages from the Stream Team Watch for potential training opportunities:
Salmon Identification Amphibian Monitoring Macroinvertebrate(Stream Bug) ID and Monitoring Training Native vs. Noxious Plants: What Can I Do? Watersheds Workbook This revision of the National Park Service's "Riverwork Book" will teach governments, citizen organizations and individuals how to effectively begin and sustain an effective watershed conservation effort. Available in hard copy or online. 2009 Salmon Stewards Thank you to all the participants in the first annual Salmon Stewards training! Handbook County Volunteer Form

Together, WE:

Implement local watershed restoration projects
Conduct stream and salmon monitoring
Educate ourselves and our community about the environment through a variety of programs and events

"So, What Watershed Do I Live In?"

Everyone lives in a watershed, or area that drains to a common waterway. This can be a stream, lake, estuary, wetland, aquifer or directly into Puget Sound.

Our individual actions, combined with those of our neighbors, can have significant impacts to our watershed's health, and ultimately to Puget Sound.

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"Want To Help?"

Stream Team is looking for dedicated individuals or groups. By adopting your stream or watershed, you will be providing valuable information through monitoring, as well as fostering a greater sense of community in your neighborhood. Want to start a group or join an existing one?

Maybe you have an idea for a project and don't know where to start? Call or email today and we can get you pointed in the right direction!
Kathlene Barnhart, Stream Team Coordinator
(360) 337-4601
kbarnhar@co.kitsap.wa.us

Calendar of Events:

Kitsap Home and Garden Show
March 19 6-10pm, March 20 10-7, March 21 9-6, Fairgrounds
Visit the many displays showcasing best management practices for your home and garden, including rain gardens and native plants. Kitsap County DCD will have a "community visioning" survey as part of the Shoreline Management Plan Update.

Work Party @ Little Anderson Creek, March 20, 9AM-12PM
Join the Little Anderson Creek Stewards for one of their regular work parties (tackling noxious weeds, picking up garbage, possibly planting trees). Site is off of Anderson Hill Rd. near Silverdale. Call or email for details.

Rain Garden Class, April 23 1-3 PM Norm Dicks Gov. Ctr.
Rain Garden Mentoring Class, March 12th and 19th 9-3:
Are you a WSU Master Gardener or Beach Watcher? Maybe you just really know your native plants and want to share that knowledge with those wanting to build a rain garden. Contact Peg Tillery for more information at ptillery@co.kitsap.wa.us or 337-7224

Weed Warrior Training, Saturday May 1, 9-4
Silverdale Community Center
Join the Noxious Weed Control Program and learn how to control Kitsap County's worst noxious weeds, many of which impact streams and habitat. The afternoon will include field surveys at a local park. Please RSVP to noxweeds@gmail.com .

Chico Creek Weed Pulls and Clean-ups:
Saturdays April 10, June 12 and August 14 9AM-12PM
Join volunteers from Stream Team, Weed Warriors and other community organizations every-other month to help get rid of noxious weeds and garbage along Chico Creek near the Chico Way bridge. Call or email for details. June 12 is also an Open House event to learn about invasive knotweed and the work being done this summer to get rid of it along Chico Creek.

Third Wednesday of the Month: West Sound Watersheds Council meeting (9:00AM-12:00PM) Meetings now being held at the Clear Creek Interpretive Center in Silverdale. WSWC is the Lead Entity organization for Salmon Recovery in WRIA 15 (East Kitsap watersheds, including Gig Harbor). Salmon recovery projects and studies discussed and presented. www.westsoundwatersheds.org Public is welcome.

"Currents":

Stream Team's biannual newsletter. Includes projects and updates, event coverage and other interesting information. Check 'em out!

Meanwhile...

Check out these links and information

Salmon

Native Plants

Invasive Plants/Weeds

Links

Puget Sound Partnership

Water Quality/Monitoring

West Sound Watersheds Council

Noxious Weed Control/Master Gardeners

Other SSWM Education and Outreach (classroom, mutt mitts...)

Kitsap County Environmental Maps

Puget Sound Benthos Monitoring and Analysis

Stream Team is a public involvement element of Kitsap County’s Department of Community Development and Surface and Stormwater Management Program. For additional information on Stream Team, contact Kathleen Barnhart, Stream Team Coordinator (360) 337-4601.

Last Updated: May 28, 2010

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