Current Activities
and What We Bring to the Table
Nonprofit Sector
Heather Trim
Our Green/Duwamish
Watershed-Wide Stormwater Strategy Workshop
May 4, 2016
ECO NetsMission:
As the King County EcoNet, we connect and collaborate to provide education, outreach, and involvement opportunities to our community promoting the health of the Puget Sound watershed.
K I N G C O U N T Y E C O N E T - W E A R E BIG !21 Acres Center for Local Food & Sustainable LivingAlliance for Puget Sound ShorelinesAsa Mercer Middle SchoolBALLE SeattleBellevue Stream Team Burke Museum of Natural History and CultureCalyx Sustainable Tourism Camp Long Environmental Learning CenterCascade Interpretive ConsultngCascade Land ConservancyCascadia Consulting GroupCascadia Environmental Science CtrCity of BellevueCity of Bothell-Public WorksCity of Kirkland Public Works DepartmentCity of Lake Forest ParkCity of PacificCity of SeattleCity of ShorelineCity of TukwilaCommunity Coalition for Environmental JusticeCOSEE-Ocean Learning CommunitiesDOHDuwamish River Cleanup CoalitionEarthCorpsEcologyECOSSEEAWKing Co and Sound ExperienceEnvionmental Science Center
Native GrowthNature VisionNewcastle Weed WarriorsNOAAO hEaghra EnterpriseOcean Ing Project and NANOOS, University of WashingtonOlympic Outdoor CenterOlympic Sculpture Park/SAM Pacific Education InstitutePacific Science CenterPartnership for Water ConservationPCC Farmland TrustPeople for Puget SoundPuget Sound EnergyPuget Soundkeeper Alliance Puyallup River Watershed CoREEF and WA Scuba AllianceResource Stewards ConsultingResource MediaSage Environmental/ WRIA 8Salish Sea ExpeditionsSeattle AquariumSeattle Green SchoolsSeattle GreenDrinksSeattle Parks and RecreationSeattle Public UtilitiesSeattle TilthSeattle Urban Wildlife Group Service Education AdventureShared Strategy Puget SoundShorelineSierra ClubSightlineSnohomish CountySno-King Watershed CouncilSnoquolamie Watershed Forum
Solid GroundSolutions for Humanity,Commnunity & EnvironmentSound ExperienceStewardship PartnersStill Hope ProductionsStilly-Snohomish Fisheries Enhancement Task ForceSurfriderSustainability FoundationSustainable Hotel & Tourism Consultants Sustainable SeattleTerry HomeThe Center for Wooden Boats The Piper’s Creek Watershed ProjThe Russell Family FoundationThe Whale TrailTriangle Associates, IncTrout UnlimitedUniversity of WashingtonUrban Wilderness ProjectUWEO Engineering and Technology ProgramsVashon Beach NaturalistsWA MESAWA ParksWA Sea GrantWashington BiodiversityWashington Toxics CoalitionWaskowitz Outdoor SchoolWatertenders Whale Tale, UWWoodland Park ZooWRIA 8WSU Beach Watchers and Shore Stewards / Snohomish CountyWSU King County Extension Watershed Stewardship Program
Environmental Outreach and Stewardship AllianceEnvironmental Science CenterEPA-Region 10Facing the FutureFalls City Float Task ForceFarallon Consulting, L.L.C.Fauntleroy Watershed CouncilFeet FirstFriends of North Creek ForestFriends of the Burke Gilman Trail at Sand PointFriends of the Cedar River WatershedFriends of the Earth Friends of the Issaquah Salmon HatcheryFriends of the L White RiverFriends of Uplake Vista ParkGirl Scouts of Western WAGreen Seattle PartnershipGreen Seed ConsultingHomewaters ProjectIslandwoodJust Health ActionKeepers of Point RobinsonKent School DistrictKing Conservation DistrictKing CountyKing County Noxious WeedControl ProgramKing County WRIA 9Marine Science and Technology Center, Highline Community College Mid Sound FisheriesMountains to Sound Greenway Trust National Wildlife Federationra
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Education and Outreach
www.stewardshippartners.org/programs/salmon-safe-puget-sound
www.seattletilth.org/learn/water-smart-toolkit-pilot-edition/view?searchterm=stormwater
http://shadowhabitat.org/
Students
www.sustainabilityambassadors.org/
http://naturevision.org/blue-teams
www.seattleymca.org/Locations/YESC/Pages/Home.aspx
http://envsciencecenter.org/
Other Social Marketing Campaigns
www.seattletilth.org/pesticide-reduction-training/?searchterm=stormwater
https://seattle.surfrider.org/?page_id=12
Terminology Research
Current usage:
Runoff
Drainage
Erosion
Flooding
Rain or rainwater
Surface water –
Stormwater pollution or polluted stormwater runoff
Business Training and Outreach
• Industrial stormwater training workshops
• Technical Assistance (spill kits)
• District approaches
ECOSS.org
OTHER
Photo source: http://keetsa.com/blog/eco-friendly/cash-for-clunkers-program-lives-on-2-billion-more-approved-by-congress/
Growth Management Act Advocacy
• Density = stormwater management
– Protecting working lands, rural areas, etc.
• Protecting critical areas
Futurewise.org
Effectiveness monitoring
Photo by Curtis Hinman. www.wastormwatercenter.org/4422-bioretention-components