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Saturday, June 9th
5:30-11:00 p.m.
Capitol Theatre, Olympia
FREE, family-friendly event!
www.seacinema.org
You’re invited to tour the world’s oceans with us from your seat at the Capitol Theater. You will see films about Puget Sound, the Salish Sea and films about far away oceans around the globe; you’ll see cartoons, documentaries and shorts. We hope you will be inspired to take action to protect and restore the creeks, streams and Puget Sound here in our own backyard
The featured speaker is a member of OAR Northwest, an ocean adventure rowing and education organization. They will give a presentation with slides and video of their recent expedition—a circumnavigation of Vancouver Island. See their expedition boat and hear about the voyages.
Stream Team will be raffling off a kayak trip for two to a lucky Sea Cinema audience member. Come out for a night of enlightening films, an engaging speaker and a chance to win some amazing raffle prizes!
For more information, contact streamteam@ci.lacey.wa.us or 360-438-2672.
Sponsored by Thurston County Environmental Educators Technical Advisory Committee with a grant from Puget Sound Partnership.
Partners: Steam Team, City of Olympia, City of Lacey, Taylor Shellfish Farms, Thurston County, Evergreen State College, South Sound Estuary Association, Olympia Film Society, People For Puget Sound
| Curious About our Nocturnal Flying Friends…BATS?
Join us for a bat lecture and a bat walk around Capitol Lake |
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Bat Lecture (Registration Required)
Friday, June 15th
7:30 p.m.
Traditions Café and World Folk Art
300 5th Ave SW, Olympia
Bat Walk (No registration necessary)
Friday, June 15th
9:30 p.m.
Heritage Park, Capitol Lake
Would you like to know how bats feed by using echolocation, or how mothers care for their young? Learn the basic facts and dispel some of the common myths about bats. Join Stream Team for a fun, fact-filled presentation and learn about bat life history, habits, where local bats spend the day, and what they require to raise their young. Afterwards, take a walk around Capitol Lake, where well over 3,000 bats may be seen feeding! Bring binoculars if you have them. Bat detectors will be on hand to listen to the bats around the lake.
For more information, or to sign up for this free lecture, contact Michelle Stevie at mstevie@ci.olympia.wa.us
| Rain Garden Installation Training
with Linda Andrews of Patterns in Nature |
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Saturday, June 16th
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Class Repeats @ 10 a.m., 12 noon, 2 p.m.
Work party going all day
911 Adams St. Olympia
To Register, visit www.EcoBuilding.org/Events or call 360- 754-6152
If you live in Thurston County or the City of Olympia, and are thinking about participating in the $200 rain garden reimbursement incentive, then this workshop and work party may be useful for you to participate in, or stop by and watch. The training will present how to locate, design, construct, and maintain a beautiful rain garden to capture and filter polluted runoff, help prevent flooding, and create habitat for birds and butterflies. It’s intended for homeowners and others who care about clean water, low-impact development and permaculture landscaping. This is not sponsored by Stream Team, but the class is given by Linda Andrews – instructor for Stream Team’s Naturescaping workshop. Linda has been designing and installing sustainable landscapes, including rain gardens, around Thurston County for over 10 years. There is a suggested donation for the workshop.
| Stream Team Around Town
Visit the Drain Dare and Stream Team’s table at the Timberland Library’s “Imagination Celebration” Kick off for the Summer Reading Program |
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Saturday, June 16th
11:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m.
Olympia Timberland Library
313 8th Avenue, SE
Jump into reading, exploration and creativity at the third annual Imagination Celebration. The South Sound Reading Foundation, in cooperation with Timberland Regional Library, is presenting this annual family event. Stream Team will have the Drain Dare and a table with fun activities and interesting information.
| Get Your Feet Wet This Summer
Help Gather Stream Bug Samples with Stream Team! |
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Two Training Dates — Choose One
Tuesday, June 19th, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
– OR –
Monday, July 9th, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
McLane Creek Nature Trail*
Every summer, Stream Team volunteers have a chance to get up close and personal with local streams as we gather “stream bug” samples. “Stream bugs” spend all or part of their lives in the bottom of a stream. Some are sensitive to pollution and some are tolerant of pollution, thus they serve as good indicators of stream health.
This summer, Stream Team will be monitoring 20 streams with the help of volunteers. No experience is necessary. Simply sign up for one of the training dates above to learn how and why we gather stream bug samples. You will also have a chance to observe the monitoring protocol during the training.
The training session will be held outdoors at the McLane Creek Nature Trail*. Dave Spiller, local fly-fishing expert, will be on hand to share his experience and observations regarding “stream bugs.”
Monitoring days/times vary throughout the week. Monitoring usually takes 2 – 4+ hours, depending on the stream monitoring site. Monitoring begins in late June and goes through early August. You can sign up to monitor one site or multiple sites.
For more info, or to register, contact Ann Marie at finanam@co.thurston.wa.us ** or 360-754-3355 ext. 6857.
*A Discover Pass parking pass is required at the McLane Creek Nature Trail. You can find out how to purchase a one-day or annual Discover Pass at www.discoverpass.wa.gov , or you can register for the vanpool by contacting Ann Marie.
** Please note, Ann Marie’s email will be changing to pearcea@co.thurston.wa.us as of June 4, 2012. |
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