by Kirk Kirkland After a successful election in November 2024, the environmental community in Pierce County has a rare chance to work with newly elected leaders to pass our environmental agenda. Considerable ground was lost in the last 8 years, as the previous County Executive used his “Executive Priority” to ignore environmental laws of the […]
Claudia Riiff Finseth is a writer, poet and editor; mother and grandmother; and life-long Washingtonian. Growing up in Longview, Finseth absorbed the values of civic planning, including trees, sidewalks, neighborhood parks and civic spaces, and open space where people can experience the renewing and healing effects of nature and native wildlife. She came to Pierce […]
by Claudia Riiff Finseth Pierce County will have a new government this month. What will the next four years be like? Will they be more of the same as the last eight years? I have great hope that they will be different. Different, first and foremost, is restoring a healthy county democracy. This can be done […]
Kirk Kirkland has been an environmental advocate for over 30 years. He has worked with Tahoma Audubon, Sierra Club and Futurewise as an environmental advocate, appearing before such bodies as the Washington State Legislature and the Pierce County Council. He retired from Tahoma Audubon in 2023 when they were considering changing their priorities. While active […]
Report on Drinking Water in Pierce County – in January 2024 This report used to pass the Pierce County’s Budget Proviso Ordinance No. 2023-65s2 Editor’s note: This interim report and our proposal for county budget in 2025 will be updated in our February 2025 newsletter. The problems outlined in this interim report remain. No one […]
