Skagit CONSERVATION NEWS. Soil water woodland. Volume 27, Number 2 SUMMER 2011 SKAGIT CONSERVATION DISTRICT PAGE 1

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1 Voume 27, Numbe 2 Skagit CONSERVATION NEWS SUMMER 2011 Soi wate wooan Summe 2011 SKAGIT CONSERVATION DISTRICT PAGE 1

2 AGRICULTURAL HAPPENINGS Cicken Rancing BACKYARD YARD Cicken Cae Afte Fist 60 Days, Genea Cicken Cae: So, you e tinking of aising cickens in you backya? Raising you own cickens can be a ewaing an satisfying obby fo te entie famiy. Some of te benefits of aving you own fock incue eggs tat ae supe fes, fetiize fo you compost pie/gaen, cemica fee bug an wee conto, an a way to teac you cien about wee tei foo comes fom. Befoe you buy tose fuffy itte cicks, it s best to etemine if you can egay own an aise backya cickens. Ceck te oinances in you city. Fo exampe: te City of Buington aows te aising of cickens, but BANS oostes. Buington aso as oinances on te books egaing nuisance smes an noise. Once you cea tat ue, o a itte eseac on te species of cicken you want to aise. Eac bee as its own points an awbacks. Stop by you oca fee stoe tat ses cicks in te sping. Tey often ave a vaiety of cicks an tey can ep you coose wat bis wi best suit you nees. Caing fo You Cicks - Fist 60 Days: Young cick booe - Can be as simpe as a stuy caboa box o a sma anima cage ike one you use fo abbits. Fooing - Pine savings wok best. Tempeatue - 90 to 100 eg. fo te fist week, ecease 5 eg. pe week. A 100 watt bub pointing in one cone (not te woe booe) woks we. Foo & wate - cick cumbes/state & a cick watee. Genty ane you cicks wen young to get tem accustome to being aoun peope. Outsie time - Section off an aea in you ya wee te cicks can expoe, scatc, etc. Be sue you can catc tem wen it s time to come in. Tey move fast!! Cicken coops - Once featee out you want to move you cickens into a cicken coop! Rue of tumb is about 2-3 squae feet pe cicken insie te enouse an 4-5 sq/ft pe cicken in an outsie un. Keep oca peatos in min an make a safe ome fo you fock! Don t foget tose eages an awks! Reseac on te web wi give you abunance of coop pans evey size imaginabe an fom inexpensive to ove te moon in cost. Fooing - Pine savings wok we, o you can use te eep itte meto. Tis meto aows te itte to accumuate moe on te bottom of te coop an can be of ep uing te winte monts in keeping te coop wam as te cicken waste composts. Foo & wate - Most peope go wit cicken aye fee/peets, vegetabes, bea, cicken scatc (cacke con, mio, weat). Fee stoes wi ave gavity feees an watees. Cickens ike to oost, so insta a oizonta pec fo tem. Cicken Tivia Most ens wi stat to ay aoun 4-6 monts of age. As a ue of tumb, you can te wat coo te egg wi be by te eaobes of te en. A wite obe en wi ay wite eggs, e obe bown eggs. Tee ae a few exceptions to tis ue in te moe exotic bees. Ceck wit you fee stoe. If you want you ens to pouce a ozen eggs a ay, you wi nee to aise 18 ens, give o take. Statisticay speaking, a en wi pouce 0.7 eggs a ay. Hens wi pouce fo yeas, some up into tei teens, but may sow own in tei pouction as tey age. An tat bings us to te own sie of aising cickens. It s migty a fo te kis to enjoy tat ome-mae cicken nooe soup wen te stock as been mae fom Miss Cickee. Fo moe infomation, contact te Consevation Distict o go to: cickens.com Livestock in te steam? Do you own ivestock? Do you ave steams an/o wateways tat nee potection? We can ep! You may be eigibe fo: Fencing to excue ivestock fom eigibe steams an/o wateways wit off canne wateing. Estabisment of vegetate buffes aong eigibe wateways. Annua enta payments an signing bonus fo an eicate to buffes. Consevation Reseve Enancement Pogam (CREP) pays anownes to estabis vegetate buffes aong eigibe ceeks an wateways. Vegetate buffes can consist of native tees o a combination of a sub egeow an fite stip. Native pant buffes impove fis an wiife abitat, incease steam bank stabiity, an contibute to impove wate quaity. CREP is a nationa vountay pogam tat in Wasington impoves abitat an wate quaity in samon steams. Lan enoe in yea CREP contacts is emove fom agicutua pouction an gazing. In etun, pouces eceive annua enta payments (enta payments can ange fom $218 pe ace to $662 pe ace epening on soi type), contact signing incentives an financia incentives of neay 100 pecent eimbusement fo ceating new wiife abitat. Appove consevation pactices can incue ivestock fencing an wate quaity impovements. Wooe buffes ae pante wit native tees an subs suitabe to te teain an soi types. Hegeows consist of native subs. Non-native pants suc as Himaayan backbeies an ee canay gass ae contoe in te buffe. PAGE 2 - SKAGIT CONSERVATION DISTRICT Te bounay of te vegetate buffe is fexibe aong te steam segment an can be move towa o away fom te steam at iffeent ocations to meet anowne nees, as ong as te wit is at east 35 feet. Lage ives may equie a buffe geate tan 35 feet. Lanownes can eno a o a potion of eigibe steams on tei popety. Is You Fam Reay fo Fa an Winte? Te summe an eay fa monts ae te optima times to begin wok to ensue tat pastue fies an ivestock confinement aeas ae eay fo te winte monts. Now is te time to pan fo impementation of tese pactices on you fam. Pastue Management Pactices Pope pastue management in te fa an eay winte monts wi ensue eaty, vigoous pastues fo te sping an summe monts. Wen te coo, wet weate aives in te fa, estabise pastues wi equie some specific cae to emain pouctive in te futue. Typicay, te aiva of fa ains esuts in a enewe ife, fa fus in pastue fies an some anownes ae tempte to aow gazing animas to ovegaze te pastues uing tose monts, wic eas to sevea etimenta factos tat can ea to ecease foage pouction fo te next gowing season an possibe wate quaity issues. Te fa fus is te time wen te gass pants pepae fo winte. Tee wi be some geen-up an top gowt, enabing te pant to stoe enegy an nutients in its owe (2 4 ) potion an oots. Tey wi aso fom te meistemes o gowt bus neee fo next yea s top gowt. Damage can occu to te gass pants uing tis time if te pants ae ovegaze o tamping occus wen sois become wet. Possibe wate quaity issues may occu fom unoff fom ovegaze an o tampe aeas in te fa an eay winte monts. Maintaining a vigoous stan of gass may ecease unoff into wateways by tapping seiment-boun contaminants, suc as feca coifom bacteia. Summay of ecommenations fo fa an eay winte pastues: - Do not aow ivestock to gaze gass sote tan 3 inces. - Use a aow to spea manue eveny tougout te pastue fie(s). - Cip (mow) pastue fies to emove o see eas. - Remove ivestock fom pastue fies befoe sois become satuate. - Ovesee aeas tat ae eite voi of vegetation o ae in nee of aitiona gass popuations wit an appopiate gass see mix. - Appy a fa fetiize mix, suc as an ime to povie neee nutients fo stong oot eveopment. - Insta fencing to excue ivestock fom citica aeas o aeas tat may ea to unoff into wateways. Tis ban as newy instae guttes tat ivet ainwate away fom te ivestock confinement aea. Recommenations fo ivestock confinement aeas: - Divet oof wate fom confinement aeas by instaing guttes, ownspouts an outet ines to convey te oof wate away fom confinement aeas. - Constuct a sacifice aea. o Coect manue on a aiy basis. - Constuct a manue stoage stuctue. o Manue sou be stoe on an impevious suface an covee wit eite a oof o tap to ivet ainwate fom te manue. - Insta ainage aoun confinement aeas. o Use Cutain ains o Fenc ains. - Povie foage an ote feestuffs in bins o manges, instea of feeing on te goun. o Tis wi ecease waste fee, wic wi ecease fee costs. Livestock Confinement Aeas Livestock wi nee suitabe confinement aeas wen it is not appopiate fo tem to ave access to te pastue fies uing te fa an winte monts. Unsuitabe confinement aeas may ea to te eveopment of mu, incease eat isks to ivestock, ecease pouction, oss of income an te potentia fo wate quaity impaiment. Mu can make coe time unpeasant an can ceate an unsigty an uneaty envionment fo ivestock. In aition to ceating a beeing goun fo insects, suc as fies an mosquitoes, mu ceates sick, unsafe footing, inceasing te isk of injuy fo bot ivestock an umans. Aong wit mu comes amp stas, oof isease, wet fee, ay an being, an execise aeas wic go unuse in te winte because of poo ainage. Mu can aso incease te potentia fo contaminate unoff to ain into suface wateways, suc as ainage itces, steams, akes an wetan aeas. A sacifice aea esigne to confine oses uing times wen tey sou not ave access to te pastue. A CREP pactices must be estabise accoing to USDA Natua Resouce Consevation Sevice (NRCS) tecnica stanas an specifications. NRCS an oca consevation isticts povie tecnica assistance on te esign an instaation of te pactices. Skagit County anownes may sign up fo CREP wit te Skagit Consevation Distict o FSA at any time. Fo moe infomation about CREP, contact te USDA Sevice Cente o visit SKAGIT CONSERVATION DISTRICT PAGE 3

3 AGRICULTURAL HAPPENINGS FIRE & FORESTRY RY (CONTINUED) Fames Makets SKAGIT COUNTY Anacotes Fames Maket Opens May 17, 2008 Sat -9 am to 2 pm - May to Octobe 7t Steet & R Avenue (Depot Ats Cente) Kei Knapp info@anacotesfamesmaket.og Bow Litte Maket 1-7 pm evey ote Tusay Juy 29 - Octobe 28 On te geen in font of Befast Fee Stoe at te east en of Bow Hi Roa on O Hwy 99 Hoiay Festiva, 10 am - 4 pm, Novembe 13 (Sat.) at Beau Loge, Woo R., Bow Contacts: bowittemaket@yaoo.com; Buington Pubic Maket 10 am - 4 pm Toug Octobe Next to Fe Meye Contacts: buington.maket@yaoo.com; Concete Sat Maket Sat -9 am to 4 pm - June to Labo Day Senio Cente Raioa Steet Maty Smit Isan Hospita Fames Maket Toougy Fes Tusay Run fom June 2 toug Sept 8 noon - 2 pm on Tusay Sevea fams eiveing pouce, fes bake bea, an weness poucts venos We aso give cooking emos w/sampes, ecipes, etc aong wit te weness info t St Anacotes, WA supuis@isanospita.og Mount Venon Fames Maket Opens May 31, 2008 Satuay - 9 am to 1 pm - May to Octobe Te Revetment (on te ive at Gates & Main) Wenesay - 3 pm to 5 pm - June to Septembe Skagit Vaey Hospita at 1415 Kincai Ron Fae mvfame1@otmai.com PAGE 4 - SKAGIT CONSERVATION DISTRICT Rexvie Fames Maket Sunay - 10 am to 6 pm Next to Rexvie Gocey Best Roa, Mount Venon TakToUs@exviegocey.com Seo Wooey Fames Maket Wenesay - 3 pm to 7 pm - May to Octobe Hamme Heitage Squae (Fey an Metcaf) Gia Go swfamesmaket@fiago.net Skagit Vaey Fames Maket 3-7 Fiays toug Septembe Higway 534, Conway, East of I-5 Pouce Stan open aiy Fee space fo venos Toy Fie skagitvaeyfamesmaket@yaoo.com WHIDBEY ISLAND Bayview Fames Maket Sat & Sun -10 am to 2 pm - Api to Octobe Higway 525 at Bayview Roa Micae Yocco info@isannatuameats.com Coupevie Fames Maket Satuay - 10 am to 2 pm, Api to Octobe Aexane Steet, bein te Libay (at te sout en of 8t Steet) Peg Tennant coupeviemaket@ao.com Geenbank Fam Sun Maket Sunay - 10 am to 3 pm - Api to Octobe Higway 525 & Wonn Roa (caena of events) Oak Habo Pubic Maket Tusay - 4 pm to 7 pm - June to Septembe Higway 20 next to Visito Cente Peg Tennant oakabomaket@yaoo.com Sout Wibey Tit Fames Maket Satuay - 10 am to 3 pm - May to Octobe Wenesay - 4 pm to 7 pm - Juy & August Higway 525 at Tompson Roa, Langey Anza Muencow Oak Habo Pubic Maket Tus - 4 pm to 7 pm - June to Septembe Higway 20 next to Visito Cente Peg Tennant oakabomaket@yaoo.com Sout Wibey Tit Fames Maket Sat - 10 am to 3 pm - May to Octobe Wenesay - 4 pm to 7 pm - Juy & August Higway 525 at Tompson Roa, Langey Anza Muencow NORTH SNOHOMISH AND CAMANO ISLAND Aington Fames Maket Satuays fom 9 to 3 uing te season. Legion Pak in owntown Aington Mak Lovejoy Uncommon Maket Satuays fom 10 to 4 uing te season. In te commons at te cente of te buiings at Tey s Cone, off SR 532, Camano Isan Bonnie Bine at Bine s Maket WHATCOM COUNTY Beingam Fames Maket Satuay - 10 am to 3 pm - Api to Decembe Raioa & Cestnut Wenesay - 3 pm to 7 pm - June to Septembe Faiaven Viage Geen Robin Cowe To ocate Fames Makets in ote egions go to: Wasington State Fames Maket Association 13 t Annua Skagit Vaey Festiva of Famiy Fams! Satuay, Octobe 1st, 10 a.m. 4 p.m. Sunay, Octobe 2n, 10 a.m. 4 p.m. Visit fo moe etais. Back Home At Te Skagit Fai Te Skagit County Fai is August 10 13, an te Skagit Consevation Distict wi be seeking vountees to ep wit cow miking contests. Tis yea we wi be ocate in te Ki s Zone, so we ae sue to be a popua exibit. Vountees wi eceive fee entance into te fai fo eac tee-ou sift. If you wou ike to vountee, pease ca Ciny Piece at (360) EQIP an You Foest If you ae a pivate foest anowne wo wou ike to aess natua esouce management concens by impementing aitiona consevation pactices on you an an if you wou ike to impove o maintain existing stewasip pactices, te Envionmenta Quaity Incentive Pogam (EQIP) maybe igt fo you. Foests povie abunant natua esouce benefits: fis an wiife, cean wate, cean ai, foest poucts, eceation an beauty. Te Consevation Distict an te USDA - Natua Resouces Consevation Sevice can ep foest anownes bette unestan te benefits of a manage foest an impoving te eat of foest stans. Tee ae sevea ways we can assist you to maintain, potect, an enance you foest pouctivity toug EQIP. EQIP pactices can aso make you ome As concens about goba waming an cimate cange incease, scientific eseac sows tat te oe of foests an wifies ave impotant impacts on tese canges: 1. Ou foests ae citicay impotant in cabon cycing an baancing te atmospee s cabon ioxie an oxygen. 2. Tees ae te most powefu concentatos of cabon on eat. Toug potosyntesis, tees absob CO2 fom te atmospee an stoe it as woo. 3. Foests can be net sinks o net souces of cabon, epening on foest eat an occuence of wifie an ow te foest is manage. 4. Foest management an use of woo poucts a to te capacity of foests to mitigate te effects of cimate. 5. Geenouse gas emissions can be euce toug te substitution of foest biomass fo fossi fues to pouce eat, eecticity an tanspotation fues. 6. Avoiing foest convesion ais in sequesteing cabon. 7. Sustainabe foest management pactices enabe foest anownes to enance cabon sequestation an moify wifie beavio. Heaty foests ae moe esistant to catastopic wifies, wic eease stoe cabon uing te wifie event an continue to eease cabon as te foest ecays afte a wifie. in te woos (wian uban inteface) moe fie safe. As a foest anowne, you ecie wat type an eve of consevation assistance is appopiate in meeting you foest management nees. By eveoping a consevation pan, you may be eigibe fo financia assistance to impement consevation pactices. EQIP povies an incentive to eestabis foest stans an teat eate natua esouce concens suc as: foest eat, wifie mitigation, wate quaity, wiife abitat. A foest consevation pan wi aess issues suc as: foest stan impovement an foest eat, site pepaation, efoestation wit site specific species, soi potection, eosion an seiment concens, sas teatment, puning, wiife abitat an pest management. August 12t is te sign-up eaine to appy fo EQIP funing. Contact NRCS fo te appication pocess: Katy Kicoyne (360) Contact te Consevation Distict fo Tecnica Assistance: A Caney (360) Woo is te most enewabe an sustainabe of te majo buiing mateias. Compaing te envionmenta effects of common buiing mateias, woo as te east impact on tota enegy use, geenouse gases, ai an woo poution, an soi waste. Fo evey biion boa feet of woo we use instea of ote buiing mateias ike stee an concete, we save 720 miion tons of cabon ioxie fom enteing ou atmospee. Fom Foest, A Legacy to Ou Cien 2002 Fom te 2011 Executive Summay Fiewise Communities/USA Poject Repot: In 2010, te Fiewise Communities/USA Pogam eace its 9t yea. Te Fiewise staff at te Nationa Fie Potection Association put togete a poject epot wit some impessive statistics. Duing te 2010 caena yea paticipation in te pogam gew by 26%. At te en of te 2010 caena yea tee wee 675 Fiewise Communities/ USA acoss te nation. Tis numbe continues to incease apiy. Wasington State as 75 of tose Fiewise Communities/USA, secon ony to Akansas. Skagit County as 6 (an moe in pogess) of te Fiewise Communities/ USA in Wasington State, secon ony to San Juan Isan County. $77 miion oas ave been investe by communities in wifie mitigation pojects since 2003, tougout te 40 paticipating states. Wasington State is one of nine ote states tat ave been invove in te pogam since it state. Te Rive Buff Ranc Community as been a Fiewise Community fo 9 yeas. Te Cuckanut Rige Community (in Skagit County) as been a Fiewise Community fo 8 yeas! SKAGIT CONSERVATION DISTRICT PAGE 5

4 KIDS FOR CONSERVATION 2011 POSTER CONTEST 2011 NW Regiona Envioton Te Skagit Consevation Distict oste te 2011 Notwest Regiona Envioton tis past Mac. Te competition was e at te Paia Bay Nationa Estuaine Reseac Reseve, wic was te pefect venue an ove 70 ig stuents compete in tis yea s event. Foests fo Peope Moe Tan You Can Imagine A team of stuents take a measuement at te sois station. Regiona competitions ae oste acoss te state, wit top county winnes moving on to te State Envioton Competition. Tis yea s competition was oste in May at Wam Beac Camp in Snoomis, Wasington. Stanwoo Hig Scoo was te ovea winning team, as we as te winning team fo Snoomis County. Sky Vaey, aso in Snoomis County, pace secon ovea. Mece Soug took top onos fo King County, pacing ti ovea. Seome Hig Scoo pace fist fo Watcom County an Mount Venon Hig Scoo took top onos fo Skagit County tis yea! Te Distict wou ike to give a uge tank you to te geneous an knowegeabe staff of te Paia Bay Reseve, te esouce pofessionas wo oste stations, an te countess vountees wo assiste to make tis a successfu competition. ABOVE: Ovea poste contest winne, Cayssa Tomas, poses wit BossomTM. Stuents wok togete as a team on tei wiife test. Stanwoo coaboates on tei aquatics test. Annua 6t Gae Consevation Tou Ove 800 stuents fom 30 Skagit County cassooms took pat in te 2011 Sixt Gae Consevation Tou. Te event was e once again at Pomona Gange Pak on Fiay Ceek May 10t an 11t. Te stuents paticipate in ans-on eucationa activities at a otation of seven 15-minute stations, wic incue topics on foest potection, te samon ife cyce, composting an ecycing, sois, Leave No Tace camping pactices, macoinvetebates, an foest egeneation. Te stuents enjoye a fun way of eaning, wie enjoying te outoos on te tais of te pak. LEFT: Ciny Bjokun, Pak Range wit te Not Cascaes Nationa Pak Compex, confonts an untiy campe at te Wieness Leave No Tace station. We want to tank te many expeience natua esouce pofessionas fom te Depatment of Natua Resouces, Skagit Fiseies Enancement Goup, Skagit County Maste Composte/Recyces pogam, Natua Resouces Consevation Sevice, Not Cascaes Nationa Pak Compex, an te US Foest Sevice, wo eicate tei time to assist wit tis event. We aso wis to tank te eicate vountees wo gave tei vauabe time to make tis a successfu event. ABOVE: Caie Matin, Maste Composte/ Recyces Cooinato wit Skagit County, sows te stuents ow to compost using woms. LEFT: Pi Robets, Soi Scientist wit te Natua Resouces Consevation Sevice escibes soi popeties to a goup of stuents. PAGE 6 - SKAGIT CONSERVATION DISTRICT LEFT: Skagit County Commissiones pose wit poste contest winnes at te Annua Soi an Wate Stewasip Pocamation. Te Skagit Consevation Distict oste its annua Natua Resouces Consevation Poste Contest in ono of Soi an Wate Stewasip Week, Api 24 to May 1, Tis yea s teme is Foests fo Peope Moe Tan You Can Imagine. Te contest was open to Skagit County stuents, gaes kinegaten toug tweft, an appoximatey 160 poste enties wee submitte. Te poste juges tis yea wee Tijs Jacobsen, epesenting Wasington Ae, Sannon Cak, Resouce Potection Foeste wit te Depatment of Natua Resouces an Samanta Cang, Foeste wit te US Foest Sevice. Te Ovea Winne tis yea is Cayssa Tomas, a fift gae fom Maa Egbes Jeffeson Eementay cass. As te Ovea Winne, Cayssa was awae a $50 savings bon, a paque, an pofessiona faming of e poste. Lauen is aso te Categoy 4-6t Gae Winne. Te Runne-Up Winne is Caos Roques, a ti gae stuent at Eison Eementay. Caos is aso te Categoy 2-3 Gae Winne. Lexi Loeb, a kinegatene wo attens Summesun Montessoi Scoo, is te Categoy K-1st Gae Winne. Vioet Lanaan, a sevent gae omescooe, is te Categoy 7-9t Gae Winne. Meissa Camaco, an eevent gae Emeson Hig Scoo stuent, is te winne fo Categoy 10-12t Gae. As categoy winnes, a of te above mentione stuents eceive a tee eate book an a cetificate of acievement. A poste enties eceive a paticipation cetificate, foesty activity booket an bookmak, an a Dougas-fi seeing. A Soi an Wate Stewasip Pocamation was e at te Skagit County Commissiones Heaing Room on Api 26, 2011, an te winning stuents wee ecognize fo tei taents at a teevise pesentation wit te Commissiones. T Tee Seac n t n t p b b nf vn v pp nb tt x b n t t x t t n t n f t t v p n p p p p n v p x t t v b b p n t n n p t tpt t t x x b x b x t n p t p b b t n n n v p t t bn bn x n t xn ptnt p tn Stanwoo Hig Scoo Takes Top Spot at State Envioton (Infomation coutesy of Snoomis CD) Stanwoo Hig Scoo s Envioton team, e by aviso To Jacobsen, won fist pace in te Wasington State Envioton e at Wam Beac Camp an Confeence Cente on May 18 an 19. Te secon pace team was Gafie/Paouse Hig Scoo an ti pace was Union Hig Scoo fom Camas. Snoomis Consevation Distict oste te state event. Envioton is Not Ameica s agest ig scoo envionmenta eucation competition. Hig scoo yout compete on tei knowege of five aeas: sois/ an use, foesty, aquatic ecoogy, wiife an a cuent envionmenta issue wic is Feswate an Satwate Estuaies fo Stanwoo Hig Scoo s Envioton team membes incue, eft to igt: Jacob Fake, Aaon Oson, Banon Nickes, Leif Sma, To Peason an aviso To Jacobsen. Te Stanwoo team few to New Bunswick, Canaa in Juy to compete against teams fom a ove te U.S. an Canaa. Funing fo tei tip was povie by te Wasington Association of Consevation Disticts. Tis is te ti yea tat te Stanwoo Hig Scoo Envioton team as epesente Wasington State at te Not Ameican event. Te five-ay event is sponsoe by Canon an eac membe of te top ten teams is eigibe to win a Canon scoasip anging fom $1,000 to $5,000 to be use fo coege expenses. SKAGIT CONSERVATION DISTRICT PAGE 7

5 COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP MARINE BIOTOXIN VOLUNTEERS Making a Vauabe Contibution to Te Heat an Safety of Ou Community Te Skagit Consevation Distict an te Skagit County Heat Depatment wou ike to tank an commen te 2011 Maine Biotoxin Vountees fo tei invovement in potecting te eat an safety of ou community. Duing eac ow tie, fom May toug Septembe, tese eicate community stewas ave been coecting an tacking sefis sampes fom 13 oca eceationa sefis avesting beaces fo concentations of Paaytic Sefis Poisoning (PSP) so beaces can be cose in a timey manne if sefis ae unsafe to eat. Initiate in 1999, te vountee pogam is a patnesip of te Skagit Consevation Distict, te Skagit County Heat Depatment, te State Depatment of Heat, an oca citizens esigne to potect eceationa sefis avestes wo ey on accuate an timey PSP infomation. Sefis ae gatee at ow tie evey ote week by ou PSP vountees an ten taken to te County Heat Depatment wee tey ae sippe off to te State Depatment of Heat s ab in Seatte to be teste. Te State Depatment of Heat tests te sefis ten immeiatey gets any necessay wanings on te Maine Biotoxin Hotine to keep te pubic infome. Pictue, Maine Biotoxin vountees, Gena Am an Dick Kent, enjoy teamwok, sunsine, an spening time at te beac Maine Biotoxin Vountees: Gena Am, Mount Venon Cet Baey, Seo-Wooey Nia Baey, Seo-Wooey Kut Bucanan, Mount Venon Jim Cone, Anacotes Katy Cone, Anacotes Cuck Davis, Bow Stepen Fame, Seo-Wooey Bu Feeman, Mount Venon Ceie Feeman, Mount Venon Jim Fukuyama, Mount Venon Donna Hegeson, Seo-Wooey Dick Kent, Mount Venon Robet Knowes, Anacotes Eaine Lease, Mount Venon Rica Lease, Mount Venon Jack Mece, Sincai Isan Jack Mieton, Mount Venon Heny Nyan, Mount Venon Siey Nyan, Mount Venon Jessie Saue, Seo-Wooey Jon Stabes, Anacotes PAGE 8 - SKAGIT CONSERVATION DISTRICT Tank you, Skagit Steam fo anote yea of eication! On Satuay, June 4t, seventy-tee Skagit Steam Team vountees wee ecognize at a specia ceebation oste by te Skagit Consevation Distict an te Paia Bay Reseac Reseve fo tei paticipation in te 2010/11 Steam Team pogam. Te event incue a vaiety of geat foo, geat company, an a geat time! Specia guests incue Skagit County Commissiones Ron Wesen an Saon Dion. Specia tanks to Pau Bau, Bau Oyste Company an Nicoe Hoppe, Tayo Sefis Fams fo cooking up some eicious oca cams an oystes an to a attenees fo te outstaning potuck ises! Te entetainment was (once again) supeb, tanks to te ousing pefomances povie by Kusan Ceek Steam Teames, Tei Dix, Gena DiLabio an Desiee Webste (fiing in fo Maia Magaña) (a.k.a te Samon Sistes ) an Gen Aexane of Paia Bay Reseac Reseve. Vountees wee a iniviuay ecognize in an awa sevice. Specia ecognition was aso given to Geoge Viveette fo ten-yeas of vountee sevice; an to tis yea s Sining Stas, incuing Scott Aams, Gena DiLabio, Tei Dix, Saa Huntington, an Maia Magaña, wo wee ecognize fo 5 yeas of sevice. Coecting sefis on Skagit County beaces can be a fun famiy activity. Pictue, Jon Stabes an is son coect sefis sampes fo te Maine Biotoxin pogam. Wat is PSP? Paaytic sefis poisoning (PSP) is a seious iness cause by eating sefis contaminate wit agae tat contains a toxin amfu to umans. Wen tis agae incease to ig numbes in maine wates, te conition is sometimes (an somewat eoneousy) efee to as a e tie. Skagit Steam Team Ceebation incue quite te pentifu feast! If te wate is not e, oes tat mean tat sefis ae not contaminate? Not necessaiy. PSP can be pesent in age amounts even if te wate ooks cea. Aso, te toxin can emain in sefis ong afte te agae boom is ove. Can I te if it s safe to gate sefis by ow tey ook? No, sefis containing toxic eves of PSP on t ook o taste any iffeent fom non-toxic sefis. How can I potect my famiy fom paaytic sefis poisoning? DOH eguay cecks sefis fo PSP toxin an coses aeas tat ave unsafe eves. Befoe avesting any kin of sefis, ceck te maine Biotoxin Buetin o ca te Maine Biotoxin Hotine at to fin out wat eceationa aeas ae cose ue to PSP. Do not expect beaces to be make wit a sign. Does cooking te sefis make it safe to eat? No. Te poison is not estoye by cooking o feezing. We ae ucky ee in Skagit County to ave a eaty popuation of sefis, so next time te tie is ow, gab a sove an ea to te beac.just emembe, befoe you go, ca te HOT LINE at o visit te web page at: Fo infomation about te vountee Maine Biotoxin Monitoing pogam, contact Kisti Capente, Skagit Consevation Distict at o emai kisti@skagitc.og. Te Samon Sistes, wit Desiee Webste fiing in fo Maia Magaña, pefome a new catcy tune witten by Tei Dix to te auience s peasue, cae Wate is Goo fo Eveyting. Skagit Steam Team is a patnesip of oca citizens, Skagit Consevation Distict, Paia Bay Reseac Reseve, City of Mount Venon, City of Buington, City of SeoWooey, an Skagit County. Kut Bucanan, Stepen Fame, Lin Fosom, Pete Haase, Patick Huey, Jack Mieton, Patick O Hean an Jack Sekoa, wee onoe fo tei invovement as te Skagit Stom Team vountees tis goup as been on specia assignment conucting stom event monitoing in te No Name Soug an Bay View ainages tis yea. Tei ongoing commitment as been a key facto in potecting pubic eat an ientifying pioity steam eaces in te watese. Wat causes unsafe eves of PSP? Te amount of toxin inceases wen wate conitions ae favoabe. Howeve, te exact combination of conitions tat cause booms of poison-poucing pankton is not known. We o not yet unestan te inteaction of te wate conitions. Unike bacteia contaminants ike vibio, wam wate oes not necessaiy incease te eve. If te wate ooks ity o e, oes tat mean tat sefis ae contaminate? Not necessaiy. Paaytic sefis poison is aey associate wit a e tinge to te wate. Reis cooation of te wate is moe commony associate wit ote, non-toxic oganisms. Sinin g Stas Sining Sta Saa Huntington 10 Yeas Sining Sta Scott Aams Sining Stas Gina, Tei an Maia Geoge Viveette Recognize fo 10 Yeas of Sevice wit te Skagit Steam Team Geoge Viveette of Anacotes was ecognize at te Annua Steam Team ceebation fo is outstaning sevice to te Skagit Steam Team fo 10 yeas! Asie fom is eication to te Steam Team, Geoge is an expet oganic gaene, wit pefect compost pies an a wom bin. (His Maste Composte taining is evient.) Geoge is especiay fon of is oseais, gaic, an ebs. His ya is a cetifie Backya Wiife Habitat, an e enjoys buiing bi ouses. He s aso a eicate ecyce - an a-aoun consevationist. Wen e s not gaening o taking sampes fo Steam Team, Geoge ikes to ike, an makes amost aiy teks aoun Anacotes Wasington Pak. He aso enjoys cooking an sopping -- gaage sae We e so fotunate to ave sopping, tat is. He s on te ookout Geoge on Steam Team. fo aitions to is coections of He s been a steay, punctua, fising os, ammes, an Inian entusiastic vountee fo 10 atifacts. yeas, an we e oping e On beaf of te Paia Bay Reseac Reseve an te Skagit Consevation Distict we wou ike to tank Geoge fo is sevice. continue fo 10 moe! Susan Woo, Steam Team Coac, Paia Bay Reseac Reseve Team, Join te Steam Team! Ae you inteeste in joining tis geat goup of vountees? Taining fo new Steam Team vountees wi be e te evenings of Septembe 7t an 8t fom 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. an on Satuay, Septembe 9t fom 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Pease ca Kisti Capente at o emai Kisti@skagitc.og by Septembe 2n to egiste. 2010/11 Skagit Steam Team Vountees BAY VIEW DRAINAGE Bittany Coins Caie Hueston Monte Ricason BRICKYARD CREEK Bi Bowen Jey Coion Kye Deekop Jim Jonson Jack Mieton Rica Oicke FISHER CREEK Scott Doman Siey Doman Pete Dowen Luanne Gooic Lay Labo Heny Nyan Cao Scwatz Dean Scwatz GAGES SLOUGH Emiia Bake Robyn Bankensip Donna Hegeson JOE LEARY SLOUGH Scott Aams Dona Bassington Doug Ewas Luanne Gooic Laua Paise Nate Scu KULSHAN CREEK Gena DiLabio Tei Dix Maia Magaña Aec McDouga Sany McDouga NOOKACHAMPS CREEK Geoge Buock Sean Den Ae Nicoe Espe Stepen Fame James Fukuyama Ha Lee Hea Lee Saa Huntington Patick Huey Jon Patton Say Saxton Joyce Sinisca James Stavig NO NAME SLOUGH Hamiton Hayes Micee McPee Geoge Mie Patick O Hean Betis Rasco Geoge Viveette SAMISH BAY Maiepaue Baue Dey Hat Stepen Fame Steve Gooic Dick Lease Eaine Lease Maci Mauen Sue Mitce Vivian Mizuta Joyce Moon Dick Remon Jeanette Remon Tom Scmit SKAGIT STORM TEAM Kut Bucanan Stepen Fame Lin Fosom Pete Haase Patick Huey Jack Mieton Patick O Hean Jack Sekoa TRUMPETER BASIN Seia Bey Rona Jennings Ro Mie Micee Mose Fank Reppie Jack Sekoa SKAGIT CONSERVATION DISTRICT PAGE 9

6 COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP KEEPING IT CLEAN (CONTINUED) Expoe te Wones of ou Loca Wateses! We ae now taking egistations fo te Fa 2011 Watese Mastes Pogam! Ae you inteeste in meeting new fiens, eaning fom oca expets about te wones of te Skagit watese an paticipating in meaningfu community pojects? Te Skagit Consevation Distict is pease to announce tat we ae now taking appications fo te Fa 2011 Watese Mastes Vountee Taining Pogam. Te pogam is intene fo community esients (age 17 an up) wo ae aspiing to incease tei knowege about tei watese, wate quaity an steam ecoogy. Paticipants atten 8 FUN an INFORMATIVE EVENING sessions, wic wi be e fom 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on TUESDAY evenings beginning Septembe 27 t toug Novembe 15 t an paticipate in tee Satuay watese fie aventues (fina ates to be etemine). Watese Mastes eceive a compeensive efeence notebook an 40 ous of FREE taining, wic coves an intouction to oca geoogy, istoica an teasue paces, steam ecoogy, samon, sois an wetans, foest pactices, wate quaity, backya consevation, an muc, muc moe! Eac session is taugt by oca expets. Afte competing te taining, vountees etun 40 ous paticipating in meaningfu community pojects of tei coice. Te pogam is being sponsoe by te Skagit Consevation Distict in patnesip wit te City of Mount Venon, City of Seo-Wooey, City of Buington, an Skagit County. Pe-egiste by SEPTEMBER 23 (Cass fis up apiy an is imite to 25 fist come basis). Fo moe infomation o fo an appication packet, contact Kisti (360) o emai: kisti@skagitc.og Hiie Soa Pump & Fence Poject Pictue ae te soa pump an te inking wate toug. Ca Hiie opeates a sma ivestock opeation on popety tat is ivie by Fiay Ceek. One af of te popety is use as te main ivestock eaing aea an te ote af of te popety is use as pastuean fo is sma e of beef catte. Duing te sping an summe monts, te catte ae move to te pastuean, but a access to Fiay Ceek to obtain inking wate. Ca ecognize tat aowing te catte to ave access to te ceek was not in te best inteest fo wate quaity an stabiity of te steambank, so e contacte te Skagit Consevation Distict to come up wit atenatives to is cuent situation. Te simpest soution to te pobem was to constuct a fence to excue catte fom te steam cossing aea; oweve, te catte sti neee a safe an eiabe suppy of inking wate. Te ecision was mae to insta a soa powee wate pump system to convey wate fom te ceek to a wate toug. Te soa powee wate pump system consists of a soa pane, foating wate pump, 12-vot battey, eectonic foat switc an wate toug. Te battey povies te powe to opeate te wate pump an te eectonic foat switc, an te soa pane keeps te battey cage. Ca instae te soa pane, battey an wate toug about 160 feet away fom Fiay Ceek to maximize te istance between te wateing aea an te ceek. Te foating pump was instae in te ceek, wee it pumps wate toug an unegoun wate ine to te wate toug. Te eectonic foat switc suts off te pump once te wate toug is fu. Once te soa powee wate pump system was instae an woking popey, Ca constucte a 40-foot fence wit gates to excue catte fom te ceek wie tey gaze in te pastue fie. Now catte o not ave access to te ceek except wen tey ae et toug to coss to te ote pastue. Tank You Pant Sae Vountees! We ae extening a big tank you to te many vountees tat epe at ou pant sae tis yea. We simpy can t o events suc as tese witout te ep of ou faitfu vountees. Aso, a big tanks to a of you tat came out to suppot ou pant sae by pucasing native pants! Vountees Loen Sane, Jos Unea, an Donna Hegeson, an SCD empoyee Jennife Hineman wap tees an subs fo a custome s oe. PAGE 10 - SKAGIT CONSERVATION DISTRICT Ou eatfet tanks to te foowing vountees: Tayo Bake Ann Buzaitis Caeb Dobey Stepen Fame Mak Fesse James Fukuyama Ken Ga Pete Haase Cevean Ha Bi Ha Nancy Ha Juie Hat Rut Heft Donna Hegeson Denise Hoiste Saa Huntington Babaa Koa Maia Magaña Deanna McCoy Aaon Mimney Sue Mitce Dena Petesen Coinne Sane Loen Sane Donna Scam Jack Sekoa Inge Sie Joyce Sinisca Rany Stevens Becky Stinson Ria Stoosma Maxine Swanagan Seia Tuff Jos Unea Pete Zitka In Memoy of Pat Huey Te tue meaning of ife is to pant tees, une wose sae you o not expect to sit. Neson Heneson It is wit geat saness tat we say goo bye to ou ea fien an vountee extaoinaie, Pat Huey, wo passe away peacefuy on June 12 t, Ove te ast few yeas, Pat activey paticipate in numeous vountee activities, incuing te Watese Mastes, Maine Biotoxin, Skagit Steam Team, an Stom Team pogams. He epe at a ou wok paties fo te Kusan Neigbooo Bi an Buttefy Gaen an epe pant te Skagit County Rain Gaen e took geat pie in tese pojects. It is estimate tat Pat pante one-tousan tees at steam enancement pojects oste by te Skagit Fiseies Enancement Goup an te Skagit Lan Tust. In aition, Pat gaciousy epe out at many pubic meetings an woksops, coming eay to ep set up an staying ate to ep cean up afte key events an ove vounteeing at te Sefis See Sae an te Samis Bay Bivave Bas an Mu Run. It is no wone tat e was awae te Consevation Distict s Inspiation Awa in Pat s egacy wi ive on in ou eats an in ou community tank you, Pat, fo being suc a goo fien, vountee, an community stewa an fo te oppotunity to know you. We miss you, Pat! Tis pump in Fiay Ceek sens wate toug an unegoun ine to te wate toug. If you wou ike moe infomation about soa powee wate pump systems o any ote best management pactices, ca Jon Scu at (360) Looking fom te west to te east sie of Fiay Ceek own te catte access oute wit te pump in te backgoun. SCOOP THE POOP, BAG IT, AND PUT IT IN THE TRASH! Rounwoms, E. coi, an Giaia ae just a few of te many amfu micooganisms tat can be tansmitte fom pet waste to umans. Some can ast in you ya fo as ong as fou yeas if not ceane up. Cien wo pay outsie an auts wo gaen ae at geatest isk of infection. Pet waste is one of te eaing causes of bacteia contamination of steams in uban aeas. Wen it ains, te bacteia is caie fom ou backyas, neigbooos, paks, an tais, into ou stom ains, ceeks, akes, an maine wates. Pet waste aso causes te same nitogen eate pobems as fetiize an ivestock manue. Wat ae te soutions? Te best soution is safe an easy. 1) Scoop te poop, 2) put it in a pastic bag, 3) pace it in te tas, an 4) was you ans. Tis is te pefee isposa meto. Fom a suface wate pespective it emoves te poution souce fom uman an suface wate contact an contains it in a anfi situation wee iscages ae monitoe an containment eves ae known. Lanfis ae esigne to safey ane substances suc as og Di you know tat an aveage-size og opping pouces tee biion feca coifom bacteia? waste, cat itte, an ity iapes. Note: Resients using onsite septic systems fo sewage isposa (te majoity of ua Skagit County), sou not fus pet waste, wic can potentiay excee te esign capacity of te septic system. Hig voumes of ai an as, not nomay foun in uman waste, can intefee wit septic system functions an cog ain fies. Left: Sevea of te pet waste stations mae by Suksan Mie Scoo 8t gaes ave been pace on Samis Isan fo te convenience of oca og wakes. SKAGIT CONSERVATION DISTRICT PAGE 11

7 AFTER THE STORM Panning a Funaising Ca Was? READ THIS FIRST! Stomwate Cassoom Pesentations Tis past sping, te Skagit Consevation Distict visite 20 Skagit County cassooms eucating 537 stuents about stomwate poution witin tei wateses. Stuents eane tat a watese is te aea of an wee a of te wate tat is une it o ains off of it goes to te same pace. impotance of te eationsip tey sae wit tei oca wate boies an te impact tat uman actions ave on tem. Te moe itsef gives a visua exampe of wat a watese may ook ike an te accompanying emonstation sows ow vaious an uses an tei associate non-point souce poution can affect wate quaity. Using te EnvioScape moe, wic is a scae-own, tabetop vesion of te Skagit watese, te stuents eane about te Tese pesentations povie a unique, inteactive eaning expeience, enabing stuents to make te connection between te way we ive an use ou ans an te eat of ou oca wateways. Tey get to see ow te combine affects of non-point souce poution fom many sma souces can ave a age impact on te quaity of ou sae wate esouces. Stuents ave an oppotunity to iscuss ow tey can potect te envionment by taking sma, oca actions. Te stuents come away wit knowege about stomwate unoff, wate poution, wate quaity, wateses, an stewasip. SteamGua TM Susafe TM Ca Was Kit Stom ains convey wate toug te pubic stom wate system to te neaest steam o ake witout teatment. It is impotant to keep veice was wate fom enteing stom ains because etegents, ois, an eavy metas can be toxic to aquatic ife. Te SuSafe ca was kit captues was wate befoe it entes te stom ain an pumps it to eite a gassy aea o sanitay sewe. Using tis kit eps to potect te quaity of wate in steams, akes an Puget Soun. Wee to boow a ca was kit: City of Anacotes City of Mount Venon City of Seo-Wooey Skagit County Pubic Woks , ext Skagit Consevation Distict Stuents use a squit botte to make it ain on te watese moe eaving an evient ak swat of poute stomwate unoff. To see a vieo, go to te ink on ou website: ttp:// AT RIGHT: Watese Moe Diagam New Samis Sefis Cosue Avisoy Signs Skagit County, wit suppot fom Samis vountees, wi be pacing signs tougout te watese to avise te pubic wen sefis bes ae cose ue to feca coifom poution. Samis soeine esients sou aso efain fom eating sefis fom tei pivate beac wen te signs ae poste. Attention eceationa sefis avestes! Aways ca te State Heat Depatment otine befoe avesting sefis fom any beac. In aition to feca coifom poution, ote toxins may be pesent at vaious times of yea wic can cause seious iness o even eat. Know befoe you ig! HOT LINE: o visit te web page at: Sefis Facts... DID YOU KNOW.? Sefis o not nee cean wate to gow, BUT sefis must ave cean wate to be eaten safey. Tat is because sefis ae not coosy. Tey fite out a patices incuing any cemicas, biotoxins, bacteia an viuses. If te wate contains uman sewage, anima waste, isease-poucing oganisms, o cemicas, ten tese contaminants concentate in sefis tissue as we. Fite-feeing sefis impove wate quaity! Sefis fee by fiteing micoscopic pants fom te wate coumn. Tis emoves pobematic seiments an pytopankton an tei associate nutients. A singe aut oyste ceas ove 15 gaons a ay an te combine effots of miions of sefis can ave a amatic impact! Commecia sefis gowing aeas, ike Samis Bay, ae cassifie by te State Dept. of Heat an outiney monitoe to etemine ow cean te wate is an it must be vey cean! Tis eps ensue tat sefis eacing seafoo makets, estauants, an ou kitcens ae safe to eat! We can a ep potect Skagit County s vauabe sefis esouces by keeping on-site septic systems in goo woking oe, keeping ivestock an omestic pet waste out of steams an ainage itces, an using pot-a-potties o ote estoom faciities wen eceating. 10 Tings You Can Do to Pevent Stomwate Runoff Poution Use fetiizes spaingy an sweep up iveways, siewaks, an guttes Neve ump anyting own stom ains o in steams Vegetate bae spots in you ya Compost you ya waste Use east toxic pesticies, foow abes, an ean ow to pevent pest pobems Diect ownspouts away fom pave sufaces; consie a ain gaen to captue unoff Take you ca to te ca was instea of wasing it in te iveway Ceck you ca fo eaks an ecyce you moto oi Pick up afte you pet Have you septic tank pumpe an system inspecte eguay We a ive in a watese. Ony Rain Down Te Dain! BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR Iniviuas wo o not ive next to a steam, ive, o ote wateboy may fin it ifficut to unestan ow tei actions can impact wate quaity. No matte ow istant you ae fom a wateway, toug ainage itces, stom ains, ceeks, ives, an unegoun aquifes we ae a connecte because we A Live Downsteam. Wen you get invove in potecting oca wate quaity you can take pie in knowing you effots wi exten beyon te bounaies of you backya an ep impove te quaity of ife in you neigbooo an neigbooos ocate fute ownsteam. Di you know?... One inc of ain faing in one ay on 1,000 squae feet of oof can pouce ove 600 gaons of wate! PAGE 12 - SKAGIT CONSERVATION DISTRICT SKAGIT CONSERVATION DISTRICT PAGE 13

8 IN YOUR BACKYARD Fiay Ceek Habitat Stewas Enancing wiife abitat in te uppe Samis watese one ya at a time Rain, ain, go away...but not unti we see te ain gaen! Te 2011 Backya Consevation Stewasip cass paticipants a an oppotunity to see te Skagit County emonstation ain gaen in action uing an evening fie tou BACKYARD CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP SHORT COURSE. MAKING OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE.ONE YARD AT A TIME Te Skagit Consevation Distict wou ike to exten specia tanks to te paticipants of te 2011 Backya Consevation Stewasip Sot Couse! We commen tis entusiastic cass of 40 community esients fo competing te pogam an fo tei pesona commitments to make canges in tei own backyas tat wi benefit te envionment now an in te futue by poviing abitat fo wiife an impoving ai, wate, an soi quaity. Tank you fo you commitment an fo you invovement in making ou wo a bette pace to ive! Tis eaty goup of backya entusiasts enue te ain, co, an wins to paticipate in two evening an one Satuay fie excusion, wic wee e in aition to 6 evening seminas. Te pogam featue expet speakes wo povie vauabe backya consevation tips, incuing native pant anscaping, anscaping fo bis an wiife, ientifying an contoing noxious wees, intouction to sois, envionmentay fieny gaening pactices, pant cae, composting, stom wate an ow impact eveopment, wate consevation tips, on-site septic system maintenance, an muc moe! Gauates of te pogam wee ecognize by Skagit County Commissiones Ron Wesen an Saon Dion at a specia ceemony e on May 25t. Caie Matin, Skagit County Maste Composte/Recyce Pogam Cooinato, emonstates composting tecniques uing a cass session e at te WSU Extension Discovey Gaen. PAGE 14 - SKAGIT CONSERVATION DISTRICT BACKYARD CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP SHORT COURSE GRADUATES: Gee Bank, Anacotes Ann Booking, Bow Mey Byum, Mount Venon Tamiko Coeman, Mount Venon Don Coeman, Mount Venon Caie Cowie, Mount Venon Lauence Cowie, Mount Venon Joe Deany, Seo-Wooey Natan Duam, Mount Venon Jonna Duam, Mount Venon Betty Eicson, Mount Venon Dain Gasse, Buington Jim Haman, Bow Kaen Haman, Bow Gay Hatnett, Mount Venon Heny Has, Mount Venon Caie Hins, Mount Venon Lay Homes, Seo-Wooey Saon Homes, Seo-Wooey Bobie Jonson, Seo-Wooey Saon Jones, Buington Danna Keison, Buington Saa Kiesse, Buington Bab Kine, Bow Lauie Kuse, Mount Venon Pat Kucing, Seo-Wooey Rebecca Love, Mount Venon Este Myes, Buington Jean Oakey, Anacotes Steve Oakey, Anacotes Katy Oic, Beingam Savao Ramiez, Buington Ric Rowee, Buington Juie Rowee, Buington Jon Stabes, Anacotes Vicky Stabes, Anacotes Dennis Tayo, Mount Venon Meissa Tompson, Beingam Bu Webe, Buington Syvia Webe, Buington Getue Wof, Seo-Wooey Te Backya Consevation Stewasip Sot-couse is a fee sevice of te Skagit Consevation Distict, wit funing povie toug a WA Dept. of Ecoogy Stomwate Eucation gant. Fo moe infomation contact Kisti Capente (360) o emai: kisti@skagitc.og Backya Consevation Stewasip paticipants sto toug te gaens at te ome of Geoge an Sue Mee uing a cass fie ay oste by paticipants of te Fiago Backya Wiife Habitat Goup. Ove te ast sevea monts, a goup of eicate Fiay Ceek watese neigbos an vountees ave been woking togete to kick off a gassoots effot tat wi povie an oppotunity to acieve nationa esignation toug te Nationa Wiife Feeation s Community Wiife Habitat pogam. Te basic iea of te pogam is tat by becoming eatie fo wiife, communities become eatie fo peope. Resients benefit fom anscapes esigne to keep wate an ai esouces cean, equie itte use of pesticies an fetiizes, an pack a powefu aestetic punc. An, te community wiife abitat istinction pomotes pie in neigbooos. Ove te ast few yeas, Fiago Isan an te geate Mount Venon aea (incuing Mount Venon, Conway, LaConne, Lake McMuay aea, an Bow/Banca) ave eac eane nationa esignation as a Community Wiife Habitat, toug te Nationa Wiife Feeation wit ove 900 esients paticipating! Te Fiay Ceek aea wi be te ti community in Skagit County to acieve tis ono a pocess tat takes two to tee yeas. Samis Rive Famiy Festiva an Fiay Ceek Backya Wiife Habitat Poject Kickoff Join us on Satuay, Octobe 8, fom 11 am to 3 pm at Donovan County Pak in Age fo a famiy-fieny, fun-fie event to ceebate te natua an cutua esouces of te Samis Rive. A kick off ceebation fo te Fiay Ceek Backya Wiife Habitat poject wi aso be ceebate at tis FREE event! Te festiva wi featue fun eucationa activities fo kis a ages eate to wate quaity, samon, sefis, an te ive ecosystem. Paticipants wi enjoy music, emonstations, an pesentations by natua esouce pofessionas, an appeaance by Sammy Samon an moe. Foo wi be avaiabe fo pucase. Fo moe infomation: o Join Sammy Samon at te Samis Rive egace@skagitfiseies.og Famiy Festiva. Fiay Ceek Habitat Stewas: Wa Kkoska, Sue Mitce, Donna Scam, Katy Oic, Syvia Webe, Bu Webe. Missing fom poto: Meissa Tompson an Bigi Stockton In oe to become a cetifie Community Wiife Habitat, a community must egiste wit te Nationa Wiife Feeation, an ten wok its way toug a igoous set of pojects an equiements, eaning points aong te way fo eac acievement. Te Fiay Ceek Habitat Stewas ave been busy compiing tei wok pan to meet te equiements, wic incues osting eucationa woksops/ fie tous, conucting a wiife abitat enancement poject, osting eucationa ispays at oca events, poviing suppot an inspiing neigbos, scoos, cuces, an businesses to cetify tei own backyas, poviing suppot to tei neigbos, an moe. Te goup oste an eucationa woksop at te Age Ha on Mac 31st to pomote te pogam wit ove 50 neigbos attening. How to get invove: Cetifying you ya as a backya wiife abitat o sanctuay is easy an it s fun! Tis pogam is an infoma vountee activity - no one comes to inspect you ya an it oes not imit omeowne igts o you abiity to eveop you popety. You simpy povie te eements neee fo wiife: Foo, Wate, Sete, Nesting Paces to Raise Young, an empoy sustainabe gaening pactices. Ten, compete an appication fom an submit, aong wit a sma fee, to te Nationa Wiife Feeation. One of te Fiay Ceek Habitat Stewa vountees wi be appy to answe questions, povie infomation o assist you wit you appication. Fo an appication packet, emai te Fiay Ceek Habitat Stewas at fiayceekstewas@gmai.com o ca Sue Mitce at o Syvia Webe at If you wou ike to atten a Fiay Ceek Habitat Stewas meeting, contact Kisti o emai: Kisti@skagitc.og. To ean ow to make you ome a cetifie backya wiife abitat o sanctuay, visit o ttp://wfw. wa.gov/iving/backya/. SKAGIT CONSERVATION DISTRICT PAGE 15

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VISIT OUR website WASHINGTON STATE CONSERVATION COMMISSION WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS who we ae: Distict Staff Caoyn Key, Distict Manage Coa Ambun-Lijek, Staff Assistant Susan Bigman, Aministative Assistant Kisti Capente, Pubic Infomation & Eucation Cooinato A Caney, Foeste Jennife Hineman, Fiewise Pogam Cooinato & Resouce Tecnician Joe Hotcamp, CREP/GIS Cooinato Loi Kye, Resouce Monitoing Speciaist Ciny Piece, Yout Eucation & Data Infomation Cooinato Jon Scu, Livestock, Sma Fam Panning & Tecnica Pogam Cooinato Tom Socum, Pofessiona Enginee Boa of Supevisos Janet McRae, Cai Pau Bau, Vice Cai weny Pae, auito Tijs Jacobson, Membe ean wesen, Membe Genn Sakuma Gowes of stawbeies, e aspbeies, backbeies, buebeies an appes Tissue cutue an cetifie stawbey, aspbey an backbey pants P.O. Box Cook Roa Buington, WA, Ce: P Fax e-mai: genns@sakumabos.com NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE P A I D Pemit No. 91 Mount Venon, WA SkAGIT conservation DISTRIcT 2021 E. college WAY, SUITE 203 MOUNT VERNON, WA PHONE: (360) Website: skagitc.og change SERVIcE REQUESTED Skagit Consevation Distict Boa 2011 Eection an Appointment Resuts Congatuations to Skagit Consevation Distict Boa Supeviso Pau Bau, wo was eecte in a pubic eection in Mac, an to newy appointe Boa Supeviso weny Pae, wo was appointe by te wasington State Consevation Commission (wscc). te eection an appointment wee bot confime at te May meeting of te wscc Boa. Te Skagit Consevation Distict Boa of Supevisos wou ike to tank outgoing Supeviso Ryan Sakuma, wo as seve on te Boa since Septembe Tank you, Ryan, fo being pat of ou team! Pau Bau as seve as an eecte Boa Supeviso since 1996 an seves as te Vice Cai of te Boa. Pau is a sefis gowe. His knowege about tat inusty an wate quaity issues is cucia to te Boa. Wat s Insie... AGRICULTURAL HAPPENINGS... P. 2-4 FIRE & FORESTRY... P. 5 kids FOR CONSERVATION... P. 6-7 COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP... P keeping IT CLEAN... P. 11 AFTER THE STORM... P IN YOUR BACkYARD... P COVER PHOTO BY: Nancy Fox Weny Pae, ou newy appointe supeviso, as a a ong connection wit Skagit County. He ganmote vacatione wit e famiy at Pike s Resot on Samis Isan as a young gi an fe in ove wit te aea. Se an e usban a a cabin on Samis Isan fo a wie, ten so it wen tey move fom Beingam to Issaqua. Tey etie in te 1960 s to Samis Isan, an pucase one of te concete bock ouses on te popety wee Pike s Resot a once stoo. as a ci, weny spent many summes at e ganpaents ome on Samis Isan, wee se eane to appeciate seafoo, fes fuits an vegetabes, an fising. He ganpaents wee avi fisemen an aise tei own beef, cickens, an vegetabes. as te augte of a navy caee man, weny ive in many paces, but te famiy etune to its oots in wasington State wen weny s fate took is ast assignment at Bango, wasington. weny attene not Kitsap Hig Scoo ten went on to stuy eceation Weny Pae an pak management wit a mino in mat at te Univesity of Oegon, wee se met e usban obet, wo is an acitect. afte gauating, weny an obet move to Seatte. uing e pofessiona caee, weny woke in accounting, incuing 17 yeas at Nupecon, a nationa emoition company, wee se epe te company gow an was te Cief Financia Office. weny an obet enjoy iking, coss-county skiing, an taveing. Tey ove to ean about new paces, so tey atenate vacations in te U.S. an in foeign counties eac yea. Afte aving ive in an visite many paces, weny an obet ecie tey wante to etie to Skagit County because of its abunance of natua esouces an its fou seasons. In 1992, tey foun a ouse in Eison buit in 1895, ten spent 13 yeas enovating te ouse on weekens befoe moving in pemanenty in obet i 90% of te enovation wok, an weny woke on te gaen, as se is an avi gaene. Tey aso enjoy buying foo fes fom te fam, incuing beef fom Notwest Home Gown Ranc Meats, a co-op of oca catte ances. weny s inteest in seving on te Skagit Consevation istict Boa comes fom e appeciation of ou natua esouces, wic povie sete, cean wate, soi fo faming, an nutitious foo, suc as fis, fuits an gains. It is vey impotant to e tat tese natua esouces be sustaine in oe to povie a eaty, viabe community in te Skagit Vaey an because te Skagit Vaey as one of te igest quaity natua esouce envionments in te wo. Se opes tat e accounting an oganizationa skis wi be an asset to te Skagit Consevation Distict Boa in its mission to povie vountay, incentive base options tat suppot woking anscapes wie potecting an enancing ou natua esouce an base. SCD Boa Meetings ae e at 2021 E. Coege Way on te ti Tuesay of evey mont at 7:00 a.m. an ae open to te pubic. Pease ca (360) to veify meeting ates. PAGE 16 - SKAGIT CONSERVATION DISTRICT