What's New in the Snoqualmie Watershed

2008 Meeting & Event Calendar

2008 Opportunity Fund Grant Program
Small grants of up to $30,000 is now available for projects that improve habitat conditions in the tributaries and headwaters of the Snoqualmie Watershed. Read more...

Rural Stewardship Planning Workshop - March 12
Trying to build a house in rural King County? Did you know that planning is your strongest tool in building a low-maintenance and beautiful home? Attend this free workshop, sponsored by the Rural Stewardship Planning Program to get information and assistance with site planning, critical areas, stewardship and permitting. Get help in making informed choices about the development and long term management of your land.

Workshop Logistics: Preston Community Center. Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 6 p.m. For more information or to register, contact Beth Cullen at 206-263-6242.

2008 Forum Meeting Schedule Now Available
Print format available. Meeting minutes from 2006 and 2007 are now also available. Read more...

Welcome New Forum Members
The Snoqualmie Watershed Forum welcomes four new members and one new alternate to its roster. Read more...

2007 Forum Accomplishments
Highlights of the Forum's 2007 accomplishments including projects to aid in salmon recovery, water quality and flooding hazard reduction. Read more...

Tolt Middle School students help salmon by planting 700 trees at McCormick Park
One hundred students from Tolt Middle School, including (pictured from left to right) Aaron Kersten and Taylor Cramer, recently took a field trip to McCormick Park in Duvall to plant 700 trees along the Snoqualmie River to help salmon.

The field trip is part of the Stilly Snohomish Fisheries Enhancement Task Force’s classroom- and field-based education program, and was sponsored by the Snoqualmie Watershed Forum. Read more (Acrobat, 34KB)...

Snoqualmie Watershed Forum Receives KCD's "Rock" Award
The King Conservation District* recently awarded two local efforts their "rock" for excellence in assisting local natural resource conservation efforts. The Snoqualmie Watershed Forum received a Best Partnering Organization award and North Bend residents Mike and April LaLande received the Conservation Landowner award.

• Read the news release (Acrobat, 45KB).
• Read the Seattle Times Article.*

Snoqualmie Watershed Forum responds to steelhead listing
Puget Sound steelhead were listed by the National Marine Fisheries Service as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act on May 7. Much of the Forum's efforts to protect the health of the Snoqualmie Watershed will prove helpful in protecting steelhead, too.

• *View NMFS information on listing.
• Learn about what we're doing
• Learn about what you can do

Snoqualmie 2015 Report Available Online
This report covers a 10-year vision for safeguarding the Snoqualmie watershed's remaining natural resources and restore habitat for salmon listed under the Endangered Species Act. Read more...

The Snoqualmie Valley Trail Project
Learn about salmon in the Snoqualmie River and the unique features of the Snoqualmie Watershed through educational signage and salmon-inspired student artwork installments along the Snoqualmie Valley Trail. The project, sponsored by the Snoqualmie Watershed Forum, involved local schools and professional artists who created artwork with salmon and watershed themes.
Read more...

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