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Farewell as Executive Director of ESC!
I have cherished my time at ESC and all of the amazing people who have entered my life through this organization. Thank YOU!!! Now I am inspired to start my next adventure...
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Farewell as Executive Director
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Congratulations on a job well done Tara. And best wishes on your next exciting adventure!
We're sad to see you go but so excited for your new adventure! Thanks for all your hard work.
Thank you for your incredible dedication and commitment to ESC for all these years, Tara. You have transformed the organization in many positive ways and will be missed!
You will be missed! All the best on your new life adventure!
Thank you for all your hard work, Tara. This area will miss you for sure.
So proud of you sister❤️
Help birds for the holidays! Take part in a Christmas Bird Count for local Audubon groups, such as Seattle Audubon Society or Rainier Audubon Society, in one of these circles. Find out more below:
www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count
www.seattleaudubon.org/sas/About/Science/CitizenScience/ChristmasBirdCount.aspx
www.rainieraudubon.org/cbc.html
Thanks, friends! We have an option for families and youth, too, for their own CBC on Saturday, December 14. We'll have a younger group and an older teen group counting at Discovery Park. Details and registration here: my.seattleaudubon.org/youthcbc2019
We are fortunate to get support from the King County WaterWorks for Salmon Heroes. Check out their blog post on Salmon Heroes and get out and see spawning salmon while you still can!Fall is here, it's Halloween eve 🎃 and salmon🐟are returning to streams and rivers. You can watch for spawning sammies at viewing sites listed here: bit.ly/2PxpFkU You may also come across young “Salmon Heroes” too: bit.ly/2BUSIqH
It's Salmon SEEson and the season for Salmon Heroes! Thanks to the WaterWorks Grant Program, South King County students continue to get outdoors and into conservation efforts.
Young “Salmon Heroes” are out at salmon spawning locations
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Blog by Mirna Ali, a college intern working with the WaterWorks Grant Program. Mirna is a senior at the University of Washington Tacoma majoring in environmental science. Fall salmon spawning seaso…Thursday you can learn plant names in the Native language of this land, Lushootseed, how Burien can become a refugia for bird climate refugees and how to help in local bird counts to create a better future for them. We hope to see and hear from you at the community center!
envsciencecenter.org/events/protecting-our-watershed-series/
What makes a good start to a fall field trip?
Rainbows. We'll take some more, please!
The Cedar River was in good hands during World Water Monitoring Day last month thanks to help from Sartori 4th graders, EarthEcho International, Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association and Xylem Inc. Keep up the great work, everyone!!!
Renton’s little salmon scientists | Renton Reporter
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Students work with nonprofit to learn about and protect Renton’s salmonIf You Can Count, You Can Help Birds: Kharli Rose
Thurs 10-24 at 6 pm in the Burien Community Center
Birds can inspire and enlighten us, so let's uplift them. They face increasing threats, but you can help by simply counting them. Scientists and bird enthusiasts can learn a lot by knowing where the birds are. Their populations are dynamic and constantly in flux, which makes monitoring them challenging. Community science projects, such as the Great Backyard Bird Count, Audubon Christmas Bird Counts, Project Feeder Watch and eBird submissions provide the “big picture” about what is happening to bird populations. The more data is collected, the more scientists can investigate far-reaching questions about birds, the environment, and our role within theirs. Regardless of your birding skill level, Kharli Rose will share resources and information about upcoming counts and community projects that you can sometimes do from your own home. Kharli spent a decade in the news industry and began birding in the middle of it. This joy soon revealed many natural connections and a desire to share them with others. Working with national estuary programs, county conservation and natural resource departments and local Audubon groups were wonderful conduits. As the community engagement manager at the Environmental Science Center, Kharli is thrilled to fuse environmental stewardship with community involvement, especially in spreading the bird word.
envsciencecenter.org/events/protecting-our-watershed-series/
Native Plants of the Salish Sea: presented by Eir Cheeka
Thurs 10-24 at 6 pm in the Burien Community Center
Come learn some Native plant names in the Native language of this land, Lushootseed. Eir Cheeka will discuss the importance of these plants and the importance of being outside and knowing the place where you live. She will share stories and ideas of how she teaches children and adults, of how she was raised and how she raises her kids outside, learning the Native plants and animals of this beautiful place in both English and Lushootseed. Seahurst Park is a special place for her. She recently delivered weekly Native Play and Learns there for the White Center Community Development Association and she has helped ESC incorporate Native learning into a variety of programs and projects, including in the production of plant trail signs that were created by Big Picture Middle School students last season and are viewed by parkgoers daily.
envsciencecenter.org/events/protecting-our-watershed-series/