Puget SoundCorps
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Puget SoundCorps members remove creosoted waste from Shipwreck Point conservation area
More than 10 tons of creosote-soaked logs were removed from the beach at the Shipwreck Point conservation area through the hard work of a Puget SoundCorps crew sponsored by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Shipwreck Point is… Continue reading
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Urban Forestry Restoration Project – now taking applications until September 30
Great news! The Urban Forestry Restoration Project (UFRP) has been extended for the 2015-2016 project year (October 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016) and applications are now being accepted. Each successful applicant receives approximately four weeks of Puget SoundCorps crew time… Continue reading
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Guide your tree’s life: prune as it grows
If you want your trees to live long, healthy, sturdy lives, pruning is the way to go. Good pruning practices act as structural training, which develops strong ‘bones’ as trees grow and mature. In other words, less work for you… Continue reading
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Communities: Deadline fast approaching for Urban Forestry Restoration Project
Is your city located in the Puget Sound Basin? Could you use a hand maintaining public trees, green spaces, and natural areas that make up your urban forest? If you answered yes to both of those questions, read on: The… Continue reading
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Help celebrate Earth Day by cleaning up the beach at Point Robinson, Maury Island
Maury Island Beach clean-up Are you tired of seeing bottles, food wrappers and so much other trash floating around on what could be beautiful beaches and tidelands? Celebrate Earth Day with Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Puget… Continue reading
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Puget SoundCorps crew beautifies the City of Puyallup, rain AND shine!
All month long, Puget SoundCorps members are caring for trees in Puyallup’s urban forest in collaboration with DNR’s Urban and Community Forestry Program. Based out of Olympia, the crew assists city staff to care for trees through structural pruning to… Continue reading
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Puget Sound Partnership issues update on State of the Sound
The Puget Sound Partnership released its “State of the Sound” biennial report late last week. The report, an update on the progress of the recovery of Puget Sound, reveals some positive steps but a lot more work to be done.… Continue reading
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Volunteers help Puget SoundCorps team clean up Fidalgo Bay beaches
You never know what you’re going to find when you clean up a beach. Take last Sunday’s cleanup project in Fidalgo Bay near Anacortes, for example. Volunteers discovered an intact glass pipe, a headlamp, a quarter of a dollar bill, and… Continue reading
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Puget SoundCorps-WCC, shellfish grower combine efforts to clean up Dabob Bay Natural Area
A one-day beach clean-up at Dabob Bay Natural Area Preserve in early February brought in a bounty (if that’s what you want to call it) of assorted trash. The effort was organized by a DNR Natural Areas Ecologist and carried out by a Puget… Continue reading
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Tough crews work hard to restore water quality, one project at a time
Washington Conservation Corps and Puget SoundCorps crews are making great strides in restoring urban forests to improve water quality in the Lower Columbia River and the Puget Sound. First, the Washington Conservation Corps is working with the Water Resources… Continue reading