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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 Click HERE for the 2009 Round 2 Application! Congratulations to the 2009 Watershed Mini-Grant recipients! Kitsap County Noxious Weed Control Program: Chico Watershed Noxious Weed Control Outreach and Tools Lake Symington Community Club: Repair of Big Beef fish ladder and Watershed Outreach Friends of Miller Bay: Cowling Creek Culvert Removal and Stream Restoration

Together, WE:

	Implement local watershed restoration project
	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:

Low Tide Guided Beach Walks June 22-25. Join the Kitsap Beach Naturalists at one of our local beaches to learn all about the critters along our shoreline at a low tide beach walk (times are low tide, guides may be there before, during and after):
June 22, 11:05 at Lions Park (Bremerton)
June 23, 11:50 at Evergreen Park
June 24, 12:40 at Silverdale Waterfront Park
June 25, 1:30 at Waterfront Park (Bainbridge)

Kitsap County Weed ID Days, June 6-21. The County Weed Control Program will provide educational information on some of the worst noxious weeds in Kitsap County. Learn about the most effective and safe methods for controlling these invaders! See flier for dates, times and locations throughout Kitsap.

Rain Garden Workshops: Join Washington Sea Grant, Kitsap County Surface and Stormwater Management Program, WSU Kitsap County Extension and our local nursery partners at a FREE workshop on rain garden installation. Click HERE for dates, locations and registration.

Third Wednesday of the Month: West Sound Watersheds Council meeting (9:00AM-12:00PM) in the Kitsap County Administration Building (619 Division Street in Port Orchard), Commissioners Chambers. 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.

Shellfish Partners Guided Beach Walk, June 20th (10:00AM-12:00PM) Purdy Spit in Gig Harbor. Email for details.

"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

KEEP Kitsap Environmental Education Projects

Mud UP!

Water Quality/Monitoring

West Sound Watersheds Council

Noxious Weed Control/Master Gardeners

Other SSWM Education and Outreach

Kitsap County Environmental Maps

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: June 18, 2009

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