Coyotes, Bears, and Deer...
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Program Director, Melissa Fleming, adds perspective to the size of the bear.
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Check out Melissa's video of deer in the marsh.
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Outreach & Education Resumes Post-Covid
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Friends of the Library, Poulsbo
Stillwaters is beginning to resume education and outreach activities within the community. In June, Melissa spoke to the Poulsbo Friends of the Library regarding Stillwaters' early role in Washington state's effort to remove culverts that block habitat for salmon and steelhead. She also summarized our monitoring and restoration efforts since culvert removal in the local Kingston area, and stirred up some interest in a variety of volunteer opportunities. |
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Kingston Public Market
Stillwaters hosted an outreach booth at the July 18th Kingston Public Market. Special thanks to Monitoring Assistant, Jenna Wright, Intern, Celina De Jong, and Admin. Assistant, Ann Rivers, for their outstanding efforts to share the Stillwaters story. Charming the kids with her beaver mask, Jenna lured the young ones to pet the river otter pelt, and look closely at the skulls of a blue heron, beaver, and coyote. Thanks to all our visitors - you made our day! Look for us again on the third Sunday of August and September! |
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Three Summer Interns Join Stillwaters
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Stillwaters welcomes Quinn Habedank from the University of Washington and Celina De Jong and Valerie Mansfield, both from Western Washington University. They each have a different focus and direction of internship with Stillwaters. Thank you for all the work you've already done!
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Quinn Habedank
University of Washington Environmental Studies Focus: Data Science |
Celina De Jong
Western Washington University Environmental Policy Focus: Educational Outreach |
Valerie Mansfield
Western Washington University Environmental Science Focus: Monitoring |
Why donate to Stillwaters?
Three amazing testimonials from our donors.
"The reason I continue to donate to Stillwaters Environmental Center is because its focus pertains to taking care of our environment, to keeping it healthy for all of us to have good breathing air, healthy water, lots of green forests, etc. It is up to us to do so, for without the healthy environment, anything else we think we need to do will not matter! So, let's all work together to keep our environment healthy and whole... And donating to Stillwaters will help to do so! " |
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"Like many people around the world, I am very concerned about the welfare of our planet and the effects of climate change. But, like most people around the world, I am also not wealthy, so sometimes it is frustrating, in the face of big corporate polluters and politicians who are being paid not to care, to know what I can do that will make a difference!
I can send a small amount of support to big organizations - like National Resource Defense Council and Greenpeace - and I do. But what I can send barely amounts to "a drop in the bucket." I can go to an occasional rally and adopt as many power-saving practices as I can afford. But it still seems very small in the face of all that needs to be done.
That's why I am so pleased to be able to support STILLWATERS as a regular monthly donor. I still cannot afford to give very much, but my gift makes much more of a difference in their operational costs. And what I get in return for my gift is so very satisfying! At Stillwaters, you can actually see how nature is being healed and restored! Volunteers do much of the work, and are enriched by the experience, as well as keeping costs low. I consider my contributions to Stillwaters as a way of doing what I can to care for one little corner of Mother Earth. I'm grateful to my sister for introducing me to Stillwaters, as well as being a partner in its support."
- Ron & Jackie Nitz
Idaho
I can send a small amount of support to big organizations - like National Resource Defense Council and Greenpeace - and I do. But what I can send barely amounts to "a drop in the bucket." I can go to an occasional rally and adopt as many power-saving practices as I can afford. But it still seems very small in the face of all that needs to be done.
That's why I am so pleased to be able to support STILLWATERS as a regular monthly donor. I still cannot afford to give very much, but my gift makes much more of a difference in their operational costs. And what I get in return for my gift is so very satisfying! At Stillwaters, you can actually see how nature is being healed and restored! Volunteers do much of the work, and are enriched by the experience, as well as keeping costs low. I consider my contributions to Stillwaters as a way of doing what I can to care for one little corner of Mother Earth. I'm grateful to my sister for introducing me to Stillwaters, as well as being a partner in its support."
- Ron & Jackie Nitz
Idaho
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"I pledge and donate to Stillwaters because I value their watershed research and education programs. I currently volunteer with a watershed council in Oregon, and in the past enjoyed doing outreach and education for the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Sandy River Basin Watershed Council. Stillwaters is one of the best! With the help of volunteers and donations, Stillwaters can monitor and improve watersheds, and educate people about the value of a healthy environment. " |
Summer Volunteer Opportunities in Community Science at Stillwaters
Melissa Fleming, Ph.D., Program Director
In early July, Melissa trains a new group of volunteers in the salt marsh for vegetation monitoring.
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Stillwaters monitors a variety of environmental variables to assess the recovery of the lower Carpenter Creek watershed. We accomplish this with a part time staff, college and high school interns, and dozens of volunteers. We are excited to be able to ramp up our training of new volunteers again for the first time in more than a year. We have opportunities for volunteers of varying abilities and energies, from very agile to more sedentary, all of which make critical contributions to our work. Follow the link below for more details of some ongoing and upcoming projects!
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Restoration & Climate Change by Terry Pereida, Admin. Director
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With the threat of wildfires close to home and the potential for more record-breaking temperatures more of a likelihood than a possibility, we must acknowledge the dangers of climate change. One thing we can do to help coastal habitats adapt to climate change is restoration, which will make these ecosystems more resilient. For over 20 years now, Stillwaters Environmental Center has been working to monitor and restore our local estuary, salt marsh, and watershed. Just this month, with the help of many volunteers, Stillwaters conducted multiple vegetation surveys, sediment analyses, invasive green crab monitoring, bird surveys, stream and estuary monitoring, and beach profiling. The fate of coastal communities and habitats are intertwined, and we work to provide data that tell the whole story.
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Volunteer Gloria Hill measures wind velocity at Arness Park.
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Just a reminder that you are always welcome to drop off books at the Tree House front porch. And don't forget to pick up a receipt form (on the porch wall) to document your tax donation.
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Thank you book donors!Because of YOUR donations, Stillwaters volunteers have been busy selling books through our online bookstore. Special thanks to Nancy Dumcum, Sue Michaelis, and Naomi Maasberg for their hours of hard work. Their combined efforts have raised over $5,000 this year, strongly supporting Stillwaters' general operations!
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Art of Water Contest - Call for submissions
We invite you to collaborate with us in our partnership with Barbara Krystal of the University of Washington, in a project celebrating WATER. Water shapes our world, our imagination, and moves us to create. Following the spirit of community science, THE ART OF WATER PROJECT honors public scholarship and carries that inclusivity into the realm of the arts and humanities.
Exhibits include: Music, Material Art, Photography, Performance, Film, and Written Verse.
We welcome displaying your creative work in the online gallery: theartofwater.global
Click here to submit
For any questions email Barbara Krystal at theartofwater.global@gmail.com or bjk9@uw.edu
We welcome displaying your creative work in the online gallery: theartofwater.global
Click here to submit
For any questions email Barbara Krystal at theartofwater.global@gmail.com or bjk9@uw.edu
Upcoming Events
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Sunday, August 15th |
Kingston Public Market |
Saturday, September 18th 1:00 PM |
Adopt-A-Road Cleanup Barber Cutoff Road |
Sunday, September 19th |
Kingston Public Market |
Sunday, September 19th - Sunday, September 26th |
Online Silent Auction |
Sunday, September 26th, 3-7PM |
FALL BENEFIT EVENT |
Thank you to
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A grant renewal 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.
on Carpenter Creek.
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