Invitation to Environmental Conference September 28, 2024

   The Fall Environmental Conference AN OPPORTUNITY CONFERENCE This is a chance to counter the disenfranchisement the people of Spanaway and Parkland have experienced with our own county government—when we spoke and were not heard, when were not afforded time to speak, and plans for our community were made without our involvement—                The Fall […]

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Lakewood Receives $20 Million for Homeless Shelter

The Low Income Housing Institute in cooperation with the city of Lakewood now has $20.2 million funding to buy the Candlewood Suites in Lakewood.  It will be converted into a shelter for people experiencing homelessness in Pierce County. The shelter will have 77 suites for about 85 people including couples, singles, and those with pets. […]

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Environmental Groups Challenge U.S. Fish & Wildlife to Protect Dungeness NWR

In April 2022, the Department of Natural Resources and the Clallam County Hearing Examiner issued a permit and a lease for a 50-acre oyster farm that is within Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge near Port Angeles. “The close proximity of Brant habitat are believed to be the reason for an increase in abundance of Brant observed […]

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Priority for County’s Polluted Water in Street Drains Must Change

Since 1970, the C-Street storm drain flowed directly into Clover Creek. Now 50 years later, despite an increase in traffic and population the storm drain is still in the planning stage with no completion date in site. Can this be changed?____________________________________________________________ Priority for County’s Polluted Water in Street Drains Must Change by Kirk Kirkland “For […]

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