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Stillwaters is Taking the Next Step!

Our facilities have been developed to accommodate the growing need for a comprehensive environmental interpretive center. Not surprisingly, a fire lane must be part of the campus plan in order to have any public access in the future.

The acre we would like to acquire has just become available! We would also like to make the Tree House usable for public use. In order to do that we need some minor remodeling, plumbing and electrical work, sewer and water hook up.

The total to achieve our goal (including the remodeling, property and driveway) is about $250,000. For more information, please click here.

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Stillwaters Annual Auction

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Suquamish Tribe Education Center

15828 Sandy Hook Road, off Hwy 305

(Adjacent to the Suquamish Museum)

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To order tickets online:

1. Send your request for admission tickets or Golden Raffle tickets to the Stillwaters Office. Be sure to include number of tickets.

See the auction flyer for details.

2. Click on the "Donate" button at the top of this page and pay for your tickets via PayPal.

3. Your tickets will arrive in the mail!

Information on the the Carpenter Creek Restoration

Calendar

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RAIN GARDENS FOR YOUR

HOME & LANDSCAPE

A rain garden is a garden designed to soak up rain and runoff from your roof, driveway, and lawn. It is a shallow depression or excavation (not a wetland), generally 4" to 8" deep, that is planted with wildflowers and other native vegetation rather than lawn.

A rain garden, which absorbs about 30% more water than conventional lawn, is one of many tools or strategies used to lessen the amount of storm water runoff .

We know that during wet periods, excessive stormwater runoff erodes and degrades stream channels, and salmon eggs and juveniles may be swept away. Flooding and drainage problems occur, and our storm water systems may become overloaded, resulting in release of untreated sewage and other pollutants.

In addition, rain gardens provide a way in which residents can personally contribute to cleaner water, healthier fish and wildlife populations, and a more beautiful and functional environment. Though each rain garden seems small, collectively they would help to restore a portion of the land's ability to hold or retain water to perform ecological services. For example, freshwater would be captured and infiltrated to recharge groundwater/ drinking water supplies, to sustain vegetation and wildlife, and to provide adequate flows in streams during dry spells, which sustains fish and other aquatic life.

Rain gardens are a simple and attractive way to absorb stormwater, while providing habitat for birds, butterflies, and dragonflies, and enhancing the beauty of our homes, neighborhoods, and communities.

For more information about this and other aspects of beneficial landscaping, contact Elaine Somers at 206-553-2966, 1-800-424-4372, somers.elaine@epa.gov.

Information from “EPA News”, April, 2005.

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