6:00 p.m.— 8:00 p.m.

McLane Creek Nature Trail

With a bit of warm spring-like weather and plenty of precipitation, native plants and invasive plants are popping and beginning to encroach on the popular walking trail. Stream Team and WSU Native Plant Salvage Project are seeking volunteers to help with trail maintenance activities at the McLane Creek Nature Trail on Wednesday evening, June 6th from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.    Volunteers are needed to help trim plants that are encroaching on the trail.  This event will occur rain or shine. Volunteers should wear sturdy shoes and dress appropriately for the weather. Stream Team and Native Plant Salvage Project will provide gloves, tools, and pizza. That’s right!  Pizza will be provided to fuel volunteers up as this event takes place at dinner time. Volunteers will be issued a free one-day parking pass in lieu of the Discover Pass that is now required at many DNR sites. Youth under the age of 13 must be accompanied by an adult, but students can earn community service hours.

To register, contact Native Plant Salvage Project at nativeplantsalvage@gmail.com or 360-867-2166

Saturday, June 9^th

10:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.

Olympia

This field class will teach you about South Sound ecosystems such as prairies and marine shorelines and help you become more confident in identifying native trees and shrubs. Following a morning in the classroom, travel by bus (provided) for a fieldtrip to a local nature trail to learn how to identify native trees, shrubs, ferns and perennials. This class is perfect for people new to the South Sound and for people who have lived here a lifetime. Join us for this fun and educational class!

To register, contact Native Plant Salvage Project at nativeplantsalvage@gmail.com or 360-867-2166.

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A Film Festival in Celebration of World Oceans Day

Saturday, June 9^th

5:30-11:00 p.m.

Capitol Theatre, Olympia

FREE, family-friendly event!

www.pugetsound.org/seacinema

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

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Make sure your car wash fundraiser isn’t polluting our local creeks and streams. Host a Clean Cars, Clean Streams car wash!

The location of your car wash is very important to prevent polluted soapy car wash water from entering local streams via storm drains. Soap and grime washes off cars contains pollutants that are toxic to fish and other aquatic life. Call your local Storm and Surface Water Utility first. By calling us, we can help you sponsor a non-pollution car wash.

Staff from the Stormwater Utility will determine if the site has appropriate water treatment to clean the car wash water. Once an approved site is identified, use the Clean Cars—Clean Streams car wash kit to show that you group’s charity car wash is “fish-friendly.” Each car wash kit contains buckets, sponges, biodegradable non-toxic soap, hose nozzles, and a Clean Cars—Clean Streams sign to show your customers that your group cares about water quality, too.

To get a free, fish-friendly car wash kit, call the coordinator in your city:

City of Lacey: 360-438-2687

City of Olympia: 360-753-8346

City of Tumwater: 360-754-4148

Thurston County: 360-754-4681, ext. 4