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Donate any time between now and DECEMBER 1st.
Thanks to generous donors like Keith and Michelle Beebe, your donation to Stillwaters for Giving Tuesday will be FULLY MATCHED.
Donate NOW on our regular donation page
– just click on “Giving Tuesday” in the Comments section.
Or you can send a check to Stillwaters, marked "Giving Tuesday". THANKS!!
Donate any time between now and DECEMBER 1st.
Thanks to generous donors like Keith and Michelle Beebe, your donation to Stillwaters for Giving Tuesday will be FULLY MATCHED.
Donate NOW on our regular donation page
– just click on “Giving Tuesday” in the Comments section.
Or you can send a check to Stillwaters, marked "Giving Tuesday". THANKS!!
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EBB & FLOW Silent Auction & Benefit Event is concluded.
Thank you for your support! 
Even though Covid-19 has meant limited volunteers, Stillwaters has continued monitoring and restoration efforts for a healthy Puget Sound.
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Joyful Work: Monitoring ecosystem recovery in the lower Carpenter Creek Watershed with Melissa Fleming
Melissa Fleming, Ph.D., Program Director, received the science reins from founding partner Joleen Palmer at the first of the year. Melissa earned her doctorate from UW in Animal Behavior, has taught several undergraduate research courses and did her post-doctoral fellowship at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She subsequently worked in conservation genetics studying endemic mammals of the North Pacific coast. She’s lived in Kitsap County since 1999 with her husband, John Ellsworth, and their daughter Katherine (Kit). She is a life-long learner who has thoroughly enjoyed her immersion into environmental science since joining Stillwaters in early 2018.
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Estate Planning During A Pandemic:
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Volunteers Needed!
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Stillwaters Environmental Center has an urgent need for volunteers who can help our Board President, Ken Patterson, with the building of a fence. All materials are in place; we need help digging holes to set the posts and then building the fence that will represent the new division in property. If you can help, please contact Ken Patterson at (360) 697-6511.
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Estuary Monitoring Continues
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Estuaries are classified as bodies of water that sit between freshwater bodies and saltwater bodies, like between a bay and a river. Because of this, they have mixed amounts of salinity in the water, changing based on the tides, waves, and activity of the river, and can be very different in certain parts of the estuary even at the same time. This means that a mixed bag of species can survive here: some species that like the salty ocean water, some that prey on the fish that live in the ocean, and some that need a little freshwater every now and then.
Stillwaters collects information on Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, Turbidity, pH, Fecal Coliform and Salinity. There is also benthic survey work and analysis. As with any scientific endeavor, protocols must be strictly adhered to; these include time, tide and the order in which the tests are done. |
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Stillwaters Partners to Protect - Carpenter Creek Conservation Easement
Stillwaters Environmental Center, Kingston, WA, has announced the conservation of almost 1,100 feet of Carpenter Creek and the last section of Carpenter Lake that is not yet in Carpenter Lake Park near Kingston.
“With this project closing, Stillwaters Environmental Center achieved a goal to partner with the Beebes to protect and restore Carpenter Creek as it feeds our estuary, and as the Kingston Urban Growth area develops,” said Program Director Melissa Fleming. “The restoration plan was made possible by the combined efforts of the Kitsap Conservation District, Kitsap County, wetland biologist Joanne Bartlett and the support of Stillwaters members.”
Click here to read full press release.
“With this project closing, Stillwaters Environmental Center achieved a goal to partner with the Beebes to protect and restore Carpenter Creek as it feeds our estuary, and as the Kingston Urban Growth area develops,” said Program Director Melissa Fleming. “The restoration plan was made possible by the combined efforts of the Kitsap Conservation District, Kitsap County, wetland biologist Joanne Bartlett and the support of Stillwaters members.”
Click here to read full press release.
"The property is a key piece of the Carpenter Creek watershed and this action by Stillwaters works to help protect the creek habitat and move forward on trail and education opportunities for the future. There is much work to be done, and community involvement is encouraged."
- Melissa Fleming
"The property is a key piece of the Carpenter Creek watershed and this action by Stillwaters works to help protect the creek habitat and move forward on trail and education opportunities for the future. There is much work to be done, and community involvement is encouraged."
- Melissa Fleming
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Our friends at Salish Magazine - a nonprofit online magazine based in Kitsap - have just released an article Stillwaters directors Melissa and Terry provided about the Carpenter Creek Salt Marsh focusing on the vegetation communities there. Check it out, as well as the rest of their September issue on Wetlands and back issues full of photos of the natural beauty of our region!
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Thank you to CREOi - Conservation, Research and Education Opportunities International
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A grant from Conservation, Research and Education Opportunities International (CREOi) supports our research documenting how changes in hydrology since the culvert removals (which restored natural tidal exchange and creek flow to the estuary) are affecting native and invasive plant communities in the salt marsh on Carpenter Creek.
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Senator Christine Rolfes receives the Leon G. Billings Environmental Achievement AwardThe National Caucus of Environmental Legislators (NCEL) presented Washington State Senator Christine Rolfes with the Leon G. Billings Environmental Achievement Award. The award was announced at NCEL’s seventh annual National Forum, which took place online August 6-7. The forum had 200 attendees from 39 states.
“It is an honor to receive this prestigious award,” Senator Rolfes said, “Washington state is a place of spectacular natural beauty. I’ll never stop working to ensure we protect and preserve our environment for generations to come.” Click here to view more. |
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