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IDENTIFIERS Environmental Problems; *Washington (Puget Sound);*Watersheds

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Through its Public Involvement and Education (PIE)Model Projects Fund, the Puget Sound Water Quality Authority hashelped local organizations provide education and public involvementprograms that help solve local environmental problems. This catalogdescribes 96 projects successful in addressing the issue of waterquality. The projects are reported in six categories: (1)Understanding Watersheds; (2) Preventing Nonpoint Pollution; (3)Preventing Stormwater Pollution; (4) Protecting Wetlands; (5)Protecting Fish, Wildlife, and Shellfish Habitat; and (6) Involvingthe Public in Water Quality Decisions. Each project descriptionincludes sponsors, amount of PIE funding, target audience, additionalresources, area covered, purpose, products, audience responses,project coordinators, project timeline, methods uses to implement theproject, and results. PIE Project selection and evaluation criteriaare included in the introduction. An index is provided. (MDH)

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EDUCATING FOR

ACTIONMore Success Stories

From Puget Sound

Robert Steelquist andDavid Gordon and Associates

June 1993

Puget Sound Water Quality AuthorityP.O. Box 40900Olympia WA 98504-0900

(206) 493-93001-800-54-SOUND

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Puget Sound Water QualityAuthority IV!embers

Mary Rive land, ChairDirector, Departmentof EcologyOlympia

Hugh Spitzer, Vice ChairSeattle

Jennifer BelcherCommissioner of PublicLands

Lois CurtisBainbridge Island

Tim DouglasBellingham

Les EldridgeOlympia

Jerry Fick linTacoma

Larry PhillipsSeattle

Michael ThorpTacoma

Sheri TonnTacoma

Terry WilliamsMarysville

Education and Public InvolvementAdvisory Group (EPIG) Members

1988-1990Nick AdamsTony Angell

Richard ConlinAl FranciscoHank GobinEllen GrayJim Kolb

Doug Pierce

Karen Sell

Bob SteelquistPercy Washington

1990-1992

Phil AndrusTony Angell

Ellen Bolger

Tony Forsman

Gwen FraserEllen Gray

Nancy Hev ley

Nancy PearsonDoug Pierce

Karen SteensmaSusan Wertz

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Sue Greene, project adminis-trator for the PIE Fund, whose expertise andgenerous assistance to PIE contractors repre-sents an important factor in their successesand the overall success of the PIE Fund Pro-gram.

Projects in this volume completed between1989 and 1991 benefitted from the oversightand guidance of Sheila Kelly, Susan Handley,and Claire Dykman, former PIE Fund Programstaff.

Written and researched by Robert Steelquist,Puget Sound Water Quality Authority andDavid Gordon, Sheila Kelly and Lela Hilton ofDavid Gordon and Associates.

Designed and edited by Susanne Hindle, PugetSound Water Quality Authority. Cover designby Robert Steelquist.

Produced through funding from the Public Involve-ment and Education Project. financed by proceedsfrom the Washington State Centennial Clean WaterFund and administered by the Puget Sound WaterQuality Authority. This publication may be repro-duced.

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PUGET SOUNDWATER DUALITYAUTHORITY

CONTENTS

IntroductionUnderstanding Watersheds 1

Badges and Beads: Youth Group Advancement and Achievement Awards 3Cycles of the Sound 5Drayton Harbor Watershed :s 7

Duwamish Revisited 9Festival of the River 11

From the Mountains to the Sea: A Guide to the Skagit River Watershed 13

Kitsap Water Watchers Program 15

North Kitsap Water Watchers Program 17

Puget Soi Kid Partners 19

Puget Sound Partners for Environmental Education 21

Puget Sound Wake of the Explorers: Reenacting Vancouver's Discoveries 23Salmon Creek Basin Project 25Shelton School District Watershed Education 27Skagit Watershed Education Project 29Sound Stewardship: Getting Down to Business 31

Sound Wisdom 33Soundkeeper Program 35State of the Dungeness River Report 37Stories from Eagle Harbor 39Tracking the Dragon: The Hydrologic Cycle in East Jefferson County 41

Tracking the Thunderbird 43Tribal and Community Watershed Education 45

Preventing Nonpoint Pollution 47Business Partners for Clean Water 49Canal Cleaners 51

Committee for Liberty Bay 53

Education Program on the Use of Portable Pumpout Facilities 55Hazard Free Days in Kirkland 57Household Information Kit 59

Northwest Dairy Shortcourse 61

Painting Contractor Education Project 63Radio Public Service Announcements 6 65

Sea Explorer Scout Training 67Septic Pumpers Education Program 69Sound Farmers 71

Sound Watch: An Environmental Guide for Boaters 73

Suquamish Tribe School of Real Estate 75Understanding Alternative On-Site Sewage Systems 77

Preventing Stormwater Pollution 79Best Management Practices for Shipyards 81

Blackjack Creek Brochure 83Boater's Education Project .85Change and Recycle (C.A.R.) Oil Program 87Hazardous Waste Management Assistance for Dr; cleaners 89How Land Development Affects Our Water Resources 91NPDES Boatyard Handbook 93Oil Recycling Project 95Quartermaster Harbor Alliance Boaters' Project 97Rainy Days in Federal Way: The Problems of Stormwater Runoff 99Roosevelt School Stormwater Education Project 101

Scrap Metal Recycling Environmental Guidance 103Sedimental Journey 105Storm Drain Stenciling 107Water Quality Swales 109

Protecting Wetlands 111Capitol Land Trust 113Catalyst 115Hood Canal Wetlands Project 117Washington Wetland Network 119Wetland Project 121

Wetland Restoration, Preservation and Education 123Wetland Stewards 125Wetlands and Watershed Education 127

Wetlands Assessment: Buck's Lake, North and South Beaver Ponds,Hawks Hole Creek 129Wetlands in Whatcom County 131

Wetlands Protection Incentives: Non-Regulatory Approaches 133

Protecting Fish, Wildlife and Shellfish Habitat 135Boundary Bay Ecosystem Awareness Project 137Eelgrass Exhibit 139Marine Debris Publications 141Moon's Prayer, Wisdom of the Ages 143Oil Spill Response Education 145Protecting Salmon Habitat: What One Business Can Do 147Recreational Diver Education 149Rosario Beach: Protecting the Marine Ecosystem 151Self-Guided Discovery Tours 153Shellfish and the Sound: Past, Present and Future 155Student Education and Stewardship 157Water Quality Learning at Greywolf Elementary School 159Water Quality Video and Stream Restoration ..161

Involving the Public in Water Quality Decisions 163A Water Quality Module for the Shortcourse in Local Planning 165Act Green 167Beach Watchers 169Business and Environmental Partnerships for Puget Soundkeeping 171Children of the Sound 173Choices for Clean Watt., 175Citizen Monitoring Guide 177Clean Water Network 179Mid-Sound Spill Response Education Project 181NPDES Workshops 183Paralyt., Shellfish Poisoning Monitoring 185Project Bridge: Monitoring Stream Quality in Developing Areas 187Public Involvement: The Proposed Northern Straits National Marine Sanctuary 189Seniors for the Sound 191Sound Design: Water Quality Awareness for the Design Community 193Soundbook 195Spawning Action Through Water Quality Education 197Team Consultations for Small Businesses 199We All Eat the Fish 201Youth Service Corps Symposium 203

Index8 205

eINTRODUCTION

In 1987, the Puget Sound Water Quality Authority developed a bold approach to waterquality education. Through its Public Involvement and Education Model Projects Fund (orPIE Fund), the Authority entered into contracts with local organizations to provide educa-tion and public involvement programs that help affect local audiences and solve local orregional environmental problems.

Since the creation of the PIE Fund, about 150 projects have been completed and overone million Puget Sound residents of Puget Sound have been served by PIE Fund programs.Today, stories of local and regional water quality successes abound. This book is a catalogof many of those success stories.

Let's define success. From our perspective, a PIE Fund project succeeds when a creativeand committed individual or group:

Identifies a water quality problem that affects them and Puget Sound;

Figures out what is needed to better understand and solve the problem; and

Organizes and presents this information clearly and in ways that encourage theiraudiences to take appropriate actions, putting project information to work in theirdaily lives.

In addition, successful PIE Fund projects serve as models that can be adopted by otherorganizations and put to work in new settings. For example, Kitsap County's Tracking theThunderbird watershed game (described in detail on page 43) was a replica of Tracking theDragon (page El), a highly successful project initially developed by the Wild Olympic Salmonorganization of Jefferson County. By improving parts of the original game and adapting itto fit new surroundings, project leaders could easily enhance their county's strategy to cleanup its part of Puget Sound.

PIE Fund projects also succeed when they encourage others to take part in cleaning upand protecting Puget Sound. This happens in many ways. For example, prior to starting itsproject, the Puget Sound Partners for Environmental Education program (page 21) enlisteda parks district, a neighboring city, two school districts and a paper mill to work together on

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watershed education. After the project began, a majorbank, a third city and a major timber corporationjoined in.

Ultimately, the success of the PIE Fund programrests in the assumption that everyone has a stake inPuget Sound. With encouragement and some finan-cial resources, everyone can find ways to help them-selves and others hi their community think and act tokeep Puget Sound clean.

Peer Education

It's human nature that we look to people like our-selves for adviceand for recognition when we dowhat we feel is right. That's why a major emphasis ofthe PIE Fund is on peer education.

Through peer education, water quality problemsand their solutions are viewed from the unique per-spectives of project teams and their audiences. Forexample, workers at a paper mill may think of waterquality in terms of the product they produce, theirstanding within their community and the need to pro-tect the local resources that they cherish. Othermembers of the community, may regard water qualityas a precious resourceone that must be carefullyprotected and passed on to future generations. Ofcourse, both groups are right! However, each willhave different ways of learning about water quality,different forums in which water quality can be dis-cussed and different ways of reinforcing the lessonsthat will be taught and supporting the actions thattheir audiences will ultimately take.

Effective water quality education programs honoran audience's own values about water quality. Theyalso focus on messages and techniques that are

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PIE PROJECT SELECTION

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Focus on local issues and resources and how

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sense of place; and

Emphasize interesting, innovative activities

that involve people, put them in charge of deci-

SiORS, and lead to local action.

In addition, all PIE proposals are assessed for:

Strength of their proposed program design

and method for reaching target audience;

Demonstrated abilities of the group (and, con-

sultant if applicable); and

Justification of cost.

The upper limit to funding any individual project is

$40,000.

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appropriate to that audience. Who can know these values, messages and techniques betterthan a person or an organization specifically identified with that audience?

'Peer education does more than just teach water quality in "user friendly" terms. It lets agroup declare its own commitment to water quality and recognize or reward those friends,neighbors and business associates who act responsibly. It also makes irresponsible partiesanswer to their peersin some instances, their competitors; in others the people who workalongside them.

Evaluating Program Effectiveness

Before a project can serve as a model, it must be developed and tried. Then, it must beevaluated. Were project goals achieved? How could project methods be improved? Whatwere the unexpected outcomes of the project? Theanswers to these questions will prove equally usefulfor people who wish to continue a project beyond thescope of its original PIE funding or for those interest-ed in trying to start a new nrogram that builds on anexisting PIE project.

For every PIE Fund project, contractors mustenvision the outcomes of their efforts. At the end ofthe project, they must analyze their successes andfailures to see just how the program matched up tothe original vision. It's important for every PIE con-tractor to remember that, if seen from a constructiveviewpoint, even.a project's shortcomings can repre-sent a successful outcome.

Putting PIE Fund Models To Work

PIE models are not an attempt to "reinvent thewheel." There are really two good reasons that thePIE Fund encourages individuals and organizationsto recreate PIE projects in new settings.

First, whenever a good "wheel" has been devel-oped within the PIE Fund program, it's important to

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EVALUATING PIE FUND

PROJECTS

Evaluating PIE Fund projects means looking at all kinds

of outcomes of the program:

Is POget Sound (or the local environment) any bet-

ter off than it was before the project?

Have the behaviors of organizations or individuals

changed in ways that benefit Puget Sound?

Was the target audience carefully identified and the

right people invited to participate ?.

Did the target audience receive the information

that the project sought to teach? Was the audience

receptive to its teacher? Was the information skillfully

presented?

How smoothly did the program operate?

Were project people and dollars utilized effectively?

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improve upon it. The process of improvement carries many rewards: for relatively inexperi-enced program leaders, replicating previous PIE Fund projects is a good introduction to thePIE Fund, to program planning and management and to water quality education in general;for more experienced program leaders, there are benefits to taking a previous PIE project toa new audience, into a new geographic area or to new heights of accomplishment.

Second, a replicated PIE project can hardly be considered just another "wheel." Thesum total of its improvementsits refined message, freshly defined audience and custom-tailored approachmake each project unique. New ideas are born everyday; new groups ofpeople awaken to the possibilities that water quality is important in their lives; new toolsand technologies are created that improve communication. Where will always be a need fornew and better wheels.

Whether you intend to invent a new wheel, or redesign one that someone else invented,use this book to learn what hasand hasn'tbeen done before. Ninety-six projects aredescribed in this volume, a companion piece to Public Involvement and Education Model Pro-jects Fund: 47 Success Stories from Puget Sound, produced by the Puget Sound Water Quali-ty Authority in 1990. For ease of presentation, these projects have been divided into sixcategories and appear in separate chapters of this publication. All of these categories reflectthe goals and priorities of the Puget Sound Water Quality Management Plan. Because suc-cessful projects will often serve several different functions and can address several differentaudiences, many of the projects in this book could easily have been placed in more than onecategory.

Should you choose to replicate a PIE Fund project, talk to the original project coordina-tors (their names, addresses and phone numbers are listed). Find out why they developedtheir ideas, how they generated support for it, how the parts fit together, what did anddidn't work and what they would do differently. Use their success stories as foundations fornew programs, and the experiences of these audiences as building blocks for the experi-ences of new audiences.

Robert Steelquist,Public Involvement and Education Program LeadPuget Sound Water Quality Authority

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UNDERSTANDING WATERSHEDS

There is a certain paradox to understanding water quality in Puget Sound and what individuals can do about it.

On the one hand, the sheer scale and complexity of the problem discourages us from taking specific actions. ("What

can I do? It's those people upstream who are the polluters.") On the other hand, the many solutions being carried

out by individuals at a local level often add to the complexity, creating more problems. ("There is not enough coordi-

nation.")

This paradox requires a different way of thinking about water quality, water quality solutions and our own

actions an approach that includes both the big picture and the importance of local and individual actiftn.

Over the years, we have learned that old ways of thinking about water or water quality solutions don't meet the

challenge. Traditional solutions involve looking at the resource too narrowly, assigning responsibility (and blame) to

others and missing the point that everything in the environment is connected.

The watershed perspective offers another way of thinking, seeing, sharing responsibility and acting. The water-

shed is the big picture comprised of an infinite number of smaller pictures. By seeing ourselves in the smaller pic-

tures, we can form the mosaic of the whole watershed and the roles and places of others.

Watershed thinking requires new tools. Maps that answer questions like: What are our watershed's boundaries?

Where does the water come from? Where does it go? Experiences like field tries that reacquaint us with our neigh-

borhoods from a stream, storm drain or sewer point of view. Explorations tliat take us under the kitchen sink or to

the crest of the mountains. Posters that remind us of "our" watersheds, whether that means all of Puget Sound or

what we pour down the drain. Watershed thinking helps us sort big water quality problems into little ones the kind

we can fix.

In the next section, you'll find PIE Fund projects that have tried to help people understand their watersheds

what makes them unique, how the parts are connected and what actions help or hurt the watershed as a whole.

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PIE FUNDING

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TARGET AUDIENCE

Participants of Camp-fire, Girl Scout andBoy Scout programs.

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Kitsap, Pierce, King,Thurston, Mason,Snohomish andWhatcom counties.

PURPOSE

To add water qualityeducation componentsto Scout badge, patchand emblem advance-;iient and achievementprograms.

PRODUCTS

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PROJECT COORDINATOR

Kathleen BrightPacific WesternServices, Inc.3594 NW ByronSuite 202Silverdale, WA 98383

(206) 692-2602

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

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METHODS

Creating Girl Scout, Campfire and Boy Scout waterquality-related insignia achievement programs.

Preparing curriculum sets and educational resources tomeet the specific requirements of each insignia achieve-ment program.

Assisting adult leaders to instruct and guide their Scoutsto meet program requirements and earn badges, patchesand beads.

RESULTS

Training materials are now available to 14,000 BoyScouts, 15,000 Girl Scouts and 4,400 boys and girls inCampfire programs.

Comprehensive background materials, with essays,maps, diagrams, stories, games and handouts, wereprovided to leaders.

A special format was developed that corresponds with theexisting "Earth Matters" program of the Girl Scouts.

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

In-kind materials,equipment and studiorecording.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Radio audience inWhatcom County andsouthern BritishColumbia.

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Northern Puget Sound

PURPOSE

To elevate the qualityof public awarenessand involvement inwater quality issuesaffecting the PugetSound region on bothsides of the U.S./Canadian borderthrough in-depth radioprograms.

PRODUCTS

Thirteen half-hourradio programs onregional water qualityissues such as wet-lands, stormwater,municipal and indus-trial discharges, shell-fish protection, conta-minated sediments,flood control, dredg-ing, nonpoint sourcepollution, salmonhabitat, marine debris,household hazardouswastes, oil spill conta-mination, drinkingwater, and the GrowthManagement Act.


The half-hour pro-grams were too shortto include all impor-tant information.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

"Beautifully produced!"

"Fascinating material!"

Radio listeners

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Valerie FisherEnvironmentalPerspectives2800 Haxton WayBellingham, WA 98226

(206) 650-4907

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

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Working with a technical advisory committee of scientif-ic experts, Native American leaders, government offi-cials, community activists and educators to interpretscientific research, choose interviewees, review inter-view questions and responses, and ensure scientificaccuracy of each program.

Presenting listeners with thought provoking programsabout the quality of the region's water and about issuessuch as residential, commercial and industrial activi-ties which endanger or enhance water quality.

Giving listeners the tools to develop informed questionsand ideas and to help them access research materials,public agencies and elected officials by distributinginformation packets and a research bibliography onrequest.

Promoting the programs in Whatcom County and dis-tributing them to at least five Puget Sound area broad-casting stations.

RESULTS

Thirteen half -hour radio programs broadcast by eightstations from Victoria, B.C. to Olympia, Wa.

Over 300,000 radio listeners were reached based onlistener information from radio stations.

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PIE FUNDING

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Businesses, theWhatcom CountyParks Department, theWhatcom/WSU Coop-erative Extension andthe Soil ConservationService donated time,labor and materials.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Businesses, realtors,developers, fisheries,boaters, governmentagencies and area resi-dents.

AREA COVERED

City of Blaine andDrayton Harbor

PURPOSE

To maintain theapproved status ofDrayton Harbor's com-mercial shellfish areasand work towardestablishing additionalapproved areas in theharbor.

To improve waterquality in the DraytonHarbor watershed byaffecting the activitiesand decision-makingprocesses that influ-ence the watershed.

PRODUCTS

Watershed guidebookthat provides theframework and site-specific informationfor the watershedtours.


One of the tour'sstrongest points wasthat Nlr: attracted peo-ple of all ages. It alsoturned out to be achallenge. It wastough to talk about thewatershed in a wayeveryone would under-stand. Also, the walk-ing part of the tourwas tough for theelderly participants.

Becky Peterson,project manager

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Becky PetersonDrayton HarborWatershed Study1203 CornwallSuite 104Bellingham, WA 98225

(206) 676-6974

PROJECT TIMELINE

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Conducting three tours of the Drayton Harbor water-shedtwo for adults and one for childrento show non-point pollution sources, best management practices andbeneficial uses of the watershed, such as shellfish bedsand fish spawning areas.

Establishing an advisory/planning committee to assist inorganizing the watershed tours, which were modeledafter a previous (1991) tour of nonpoint pollution sourcelocations in the watershed.

Preparing a guidebook with information on nonpointpollution sources, how they affect water quality and whatindividual actions can be taken to reduce nonpointpollution.

Arranging presentations on water quality for each of thetarget groups prior to the tour.

RESULTS

Eighty people participated in the tours and learned abouthabitat protection and best management practices for on-site sewage treatment systems, farms and dairies.

Watershed residents continue to request additional tours.

Washington State University Cooperative Extension staffin Whatcom County are being trained through theWatershed Masters Program to conduct future watershedtours.

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Urban and minorityhigh school studentsat the American IndianHeritage School andurban elementary stu-dents in Seattle.

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Seattle School District

PURPOSE

To promote the pri-mary Indian Heritagevalue of respecting andcaring for the Earthand its creatures.

To integrate ecologi-cal concepts with theNative American histo-ry of the DuwamishRiver.

To teach studentsabout the river'simportance to theregion and how theycan help monitor theriver.

To establish bondsamong Washington'sNative American com-munity, non-Nativestudents, residents andcorporate sponsors.

PRODUCTS

Video of the playSister River and theTwo-Leggeds.

Duwamish Revisitedbrochure.

UNEXPECTED OUTCOMES

Salish Indian historianand storyteller ViHilbert gave the pro-ject team permissionto use her grandfa-ther's spiritual song inthe play. The groupwas invited to a WorldYouth EnvironmentalConference in thePhillipines, but couldnot attend due to cost.

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of the 1993 Year of theIndigenous Peoples.Metro plans to expandthe program to includestudents in otherSeattle schools. Theproject was nominatedfor a WashingtonEnvironmentalEducation Award.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Bob EaglestaffAmerican IndianHeritage School1330 N. 90th StreetSeattle, WA 98103

(206) 298-7895

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

21 9

'i I

METHODS

a Using the Duwamish River as the focus for teachingecology, biology, drama and public speaking.

Creating a unique Native American presentation that tiesculture to science.

111 Teaching Indian values and water quality concepts in away that encourages action from others.

Training teams of students to test and monitor waterquality of the Duwamish River, with Municipality ofMetropolitan Seattle (Metro) staff performing the trainingand analyses for the monitoring.

RESULTS

III Fifteen students participated in the Duwamish Riverclass. One hundred forty-four American Indian HeritageSchool students directly took part in the program.

The students produced a play titled Sister River and the.Two-leggeds. The play was performed at the annualEarth Mother pow-wow and later videotaped in a profes-sional studio.

Middle and high school students made 26 presentationsto over 1,000 fourth, fifth and sixth graders.

III The project team produced a brochure on the DuwamishRiver and its history plus helpful hints on recycling andother individual actions.

Students were tested on their knowledge about waterquality before and after the presentationsall showedmore interest and greater knowledge following the pre-sentations.

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FESTIVAL OF THE RIVER

SPONSOR

Stilliguamish IndianTribe

PIE FUNDING

$ 15,000


$ 11,600 grant fromWashington Commis-sion for the Humani-ties.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Snohomish Countyresidents, particularlythose in theStilliguamish Riverwatershed.

AREA COVERED

Snohomish County

PURPOSE

To celebrate the Stilli-guamish River andwatershed, using thefestival as an opportu-nity to focus on waterquality education andpromote an enduringethic to protect theriver.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

"It was a true celebra-tion of the river...notonly to enjoy but tocome away with a feel-ing of purpose andcomfortIf you had anear, you could learnabout riparian bufferzones; the place forpeople in nature;native plants and howthey change near theriver and how the riverhas changed duringthe past 100 years ofsettlement."

The Arlington Times,August 22, 1990

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Catherine ClausenStilliguamish Tribe3930 Fielding Ave.Bellingham, WA98225

(206) 676-0678

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

23 11

a

METHODS

Sponsoring a two-day festival in River Meadows Park,including activities and materials on a wide range ofwater quality issues.

Offering a class for teachers, using the watershed as aliving classroom to show how water ties together allaspects of environmental education.

RESULTS

Twenty-five agencies and organizations set up displays orsponsored activities pertaining to water quality educationat the festival, which was held on August 18 and 19,1990.

I Teachers who completed the class gained knowledge oftimber issues in the watershed through visits to SummitTimber, the U.S. Forest Service headquarters and VikingHill Christmas Tree Farm.

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FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA:A Guide to the Skagit River Watershed

SPONSOR

North CascadesInstitute

PIE FUNDING

$ 11,000


In-kind technicalresearch.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Skagit River watershedresidents and visitors,including schools andrepresentatives ofbusiness, regionalorganizations and gov-ernment agencies.

AREA COVERED

Skagit River watershed

PURPOSE

To enhance publicunderstanding andappreciation of theresources in the SkagitRiver watershed and toeducate them abouthow to become in-volved in its protec-tion.

PRODUCES

From the Mountains tothe Sew A Guide to theSkagit River, a 64-pagehandbook describingthe Skagit River water-shed.


Some agencies, organi-zations and interestsin the watershedviewed the guide as anopportunity to pro-mote their own pointof view. It took timeand considerable effor tto sort fact from opin-ion, coming up with abalanced book thatspeaks for the water-shed.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

North CascadesInstitute offers finan-cial assistance to anyother group or authorwishing to produce asimilar work on otherriver systems inWashington.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Saul WeisbergNorth CascadesInstitute2105 Highway 20Sedro Wooley, WA98284

(206) 856-5700

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

2313

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METHODS

oI Researching the issues and topics of interest andconcern in the watershed.

Compiling pertinent maps, figures and illustrations.

Designing, producing and distributing a field handbookwith maps, charts, references and resources forcitizen involvement.

RESULTS

From the Mountains to the Sew A Guide to the SkagitRiver Watershed, a 64-page handbook, describes theorigins and geology, weather and climate, life zones andhabitats, endangered species, fisheries, native people,explorers and settlers, ways of getting involved in protect-ing the watershed, references and an appendix on thewildlife in the watershed.

1,500 copies of the handbook were distributed toagencies, organizations, schools and individuals.

k The handbook is used as a textbook at two stateuniversities.

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RITSAP WATER WATCHERS PROGRAM

SPONSOR

Kitsap County PublicUtility District #1

PIE FUNDING

$ 30,990


An estimated $ 20,000in administrativec .sts, such as com-puters, copying,phones and travel.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Kitsap County resi-dents

AREA COVERED

Kitsap County PUD #1and Dyes Inlet

PURPOSE

To motivate and traina large number of peo-ple to ensure improve-ments to the waterquality of Dyes Inletand its watershed.

PRODUCTS

Streamwatcher'sGuide, a citizen guideto stream watching,habitat inventoriesand monitoring.


Replicating a previousPIE model was not aseasy as it initially

appeared. Havingaccess to a standard-ized notebook (whichcould be enhancedwith local materials)would facilitate futurereplications, as wouldhaving a packet ofgeneric posters, newsblurbs a_ ' suggestedcontacts. Storing allthis information oncomputer disk wouldalso make modifica-tions easier.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

The PUD has helpedset up Water Watchersclasses in other partsof the county. Themodel and materialshave already beenpassed on to Masonand Pierce counties.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

"I was able to form...opinions. Great learn-ing about not jumpingto conclusions whenworking with people ofdifferent backgroundsand values. Enjoyedtime in field [seeing]what is going on in thecommunity."

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Dixie Dragich orKathy DickersonKitsap Co. PUD #1P.O. Box 1989Poulsbo, WA 98370

(206) 779-7656

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

27 15

Kitsap Water. Watchers continued

METHODS

Adapting the curriculum and notebook from the BayWatchers program (as described in Public Involvementand Education Model Projects: 47 Success Stories fromPuget Sound) to address Dyes Inlet issues.

Conducting two sets of classes, addressing an array oftopics, including watersheds, wetlands, groundwater,soils, septic systems, hazardous waste, aquaculture,marine debris, recycling, landscaping and conservation.

Assisting class participants with individual, course-related service projects.

RESULTS

Sixty people graduated from the Water Watchersprogram.

Graduates are serving as community 9onsultants, class-room resources and monitors on beac'hes, lakes andstreams.

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SPONSOR

Greater HansvilleChamber of Commerce

PIE FUNDING

$ 15,000

TARGET AUDIENCE

Residents of Hansville,Port Gamble, Kingstonand Poulsbo.


$ 1,200 for materialsand trip fees, plus 700volunteer hours.

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nORTH KITSAP WATER WATCHERS

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AREA COVERED

Greater Hansville andNorth Kitsap County.

PURPOSE

To educate area resi-dents on water qualityissues and actions.

PRODUCTS

Water Watcher'sManual

UNEXPECTED OUTCOME

Program graduates arehelping to conduct anofficial survey of plantand animal life in theHansville and Point NoPoint wetlands.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

"I've heard some pro-found statements inthis class. When Iheard that biologistsay, 'the Physht Riverhas lost the salmon'...my grandfather wasraised on that river. I

just felt like I had todo something."

quote from North KitsapWater Watchers

graduation night

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Sid KnutsonGreater HansvilleChamber of Commerce5100 NE AdmiralityWayHansville, WA 98340

(206) 638-2869

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

17

METHODS

Adopting the curriculum of Sequim Bay Watchers andthe Master Gardener model, both developed in previousrounds of PIE funding (see Public Involvement andEducation Projects Fund: 47 Success Stories from PugetSound for more information).

Recruiting, training and certifying volunteers as MasterWater Watchers, supervising community action programsto protect area water quality in North Kitsap County.

Providing hands-on, boat-based training in marineecology, using staff from the Port Townsend MarineScience Center.

Initiating and facilitating Master Water Watchers publica-tion programs.

RESULTS

Thirty-one Master Water Watchers graduated from 11Water Watcher classes.

A North Kitsap Water Watcher volunteer organization wasestablished: participants have made commitments tovolunteer 35 hours each in support of action projects.

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PUGET SOUND PARTNERS

SPONSOR

Steilacoom HistoricalSchool District #1 withBoise Cascade Corp-oration and the Metro-politan Park District ofTacoma.

PIE FUNDING

$ 20,525

TARGET AUDIENCE

Citizens and business-es in Steilacoom, FossHigh School students,Boise Cascade employ-ees and staff and visi-tors at the Snake LakeNature Center.

AREA COVERED

Clover/ChambersCreek watershed andPierce County

PURPOSE

To enable students,industrial employeesand urban residents tounderstand issues andactivities that affectwater quality withinthe watershed.

To help peopleaccept their roles asstewards and to rec-ommend specificactions for protectingthe watershed.

PRODUCTS

Self-guide pam-phlets for field trips toand a field guide of theClover/ ChambersCreek watershed.

A Living Watershed,video on the Clover/Chambers Creekdrainage basin.

Interpretive displaysat Snake Lake NatureCenter.

Four sets of inter-pretive panels illus-trating environmental,social and economiceffects on and uses ofthe watershed.

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PROJECT COORDINATOR

Alonda DroegeSteilacoom HistoricalSchool District510 Chambers St.Steilacoom, WA 98388

(206) 588-1885

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

19

I 1 I

METHODS

Producing interpretive materials and a video aboutindividual roles in cleaning up and protecting thewatershed.

Conducting site visits to locations that illustrate the cul-tural history, natural history and economic resources ofthe watershed.

Designing an ongoing surface water monitoring programfor high school students.

Developing a printed guide for watershed tours and fieldtrips by high school students, Boise Cascade employeesand the public.

Producing and installing a series of five interpretive dis-plays in the watershed.

RESULTS

A field trip and community event involved approximately500 high school students.

During the first year, interpretive displays were viewedby an estimated 50,000 visitors to the Nature Center atSnake Lake.

Two hundred and fifty Boise Cascade employees wereinvolved in the program.

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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

SPONSOR

Marine Science Societyof the Pacific Northwest

PIE FUNDING

$ 18,069


$ 11,771 from othersources for employeesupport costs, guestspeakers' fees andother expenses.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Upper elementary andsecondary teachers inthe North KitsapSchool District.

AREA COVERED

Kitsap County

PURPOSE

To support implemen-tation of Washington'sEnvironmentalEducation Mandatethrough an interdisci-plinary curriculum,emphasizing solutionsto environmental prob-lems of the PugetSound basin.

PRODUCTS

Fifteen classroom kitsto supplement thePuget Sound Projectcurriculum.

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UNEXPECTED OUTCOME

Voluntary assistancewith this project camefrom several unexpect-ed sourcesstudentteachers from theUniversity of Washing-ton and interns fromAntioch University. Inaddition, portions ofthe high school teach-ers' workshops weretaught by the ad-vanced class (juniorsand seniors) at thePoulsbo MarineScience Center.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

John D'AmoreMarine Science Societyof the Pacific NWP.O. Box 2079Poulsbo, WA 98370

(206) 779-5549

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

21

Puget Sound Partners for rniiironmentol Education continued

METHODS

Providing action-based in-service training for elementaryand secondary educators, based on the Puget SoundProject curriculum (as described in Public Involvementand Education Model Projects Fund: 47 Success Storiesfrom Puget Sound).

Enabling exemplary classroom teachers to lead and facil-itate a day-long workshop of the Puget Sound Project atthe Marine Science Center.

RESULTS

Forty-five teachers now have the knowledge to presentthe Puget Sound Project curriculum in their schools.

Guides and kits distributed to teachers will help withclassroom activities.

An effective program was developed for training teachersin the continued use of the curriculum.

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PUGET SOUND WAKE OF THE EXPLORERS:Reenacting Vancouver's Discoveries

SPONSOR

Pure Sound Society

PIE FUNDING

$ 22,000


$ 45,000 was raisedfrom other sources.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Participants in theInternational MaritimeBicentennial.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To bring an envi-ronmental educationfocus to the 1992International MaritimeBicentennial inWashington, Oregonand British Columbia.

To provide a boat-based environmental/water quality educa-tion program withinthe context of reenact-ing the route of Cap-tain George Vancouverin the spring of 1792.

To participate inenvironmental chal-lenges and water qual-ity issues from histori-cal and ecological per-spectives.

To help studentsacquire knowledgeabout the ecological

components of PugetSound and developskills for cooperativeaction on behalf of theenvironment andwater quality.

PRODUCES

Puget Sound Wakeof the ExplorersCurriculum Guide.

13,000 Wake of theExplorers brochures.

UNEXPECTED OUTCOME

The project is beingcarried out in othercommunities in PugetSound, BritishColumbia and Oregon.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Brad WetmorePure Sound SocietyP.O. Box 526Vashon Island, WA98070

(206) 463-5607

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

35

Puget Sound Woke of the Explorers continued

METHODS

Replicating Pure Sound Society's original SAIL program.

Presenting workshops to recruit participants and helpteachers and students prepare to launch the program.

Coordinating w various community groups and organi-zations to host k. Icational and celebratory activities atsites along Vancouver's route through Puget Sound.

Teaching practical skills of traditional navigation as wellas providing activities designed to enhance a regionalwater quality protection ethic.

RESULTS

An estimated 17,700 people attended maritime celebra-tions in April and May of 1992.

During the school segment of the program, over 880students-50 of which were from alternative or at-riskprogramssigned aboard as crew on longboats for peri-ods of one to six days.

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SALMON CREEK BASIN PROJECT

SPONSOR

White Center YouthTask Force, SouthwestYouth and FamilyServices

NE FUNDING

$ 7,466


$ 13,265 from Metroand local businesses.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Multicultural youthfrom the Boys andGirls Club at CascadeMiddle School.

AREA COVERED

White Center

PURPOSE

To improve and pro-tect water quality inthe Salmon Creekbasin.

III To develop environ-mental problem-solving skills amongurban youth.

PRODUCTS

Wetland News, aneighborhood newslet-ter.

Salmon Creek BasinProject, a five-yearyouth activities plan.


Initially, it was difficultto establish trustamong Task Forcemembers, many ofwhom thought thatproject educators wereundercover police offi-cers. Selecting stafffrom the immediatecommunity could haveallowed the project tomove forward morequickly.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

"Sometimes when itrained we found motoroil in the water sam-ples we took fromHicks Lake. We thinkit is from storm runoffor from the stormdrain. We don't likeseeing dead animals in

the lake. Please becareful of disposing ofhazardous materials."- -Shan Krall, Task Force

member and contributorto Wetland News

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Virginia MoimoiSouthwest Youth andFamily ServicesP.O. Box 18006Seattle, WA 98118

(206) 722-5146

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

37 25

26

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METHODS

Working with community, county and iusiness represen-tatives to develop a five-year water quality activity planfor the Task Force.

Recruiting young people from after-school programs toparticipate in field trips, water quality monitoring andlong-range youth program planning.

Participating in the Growth Management Act and KingCounty White Center Community Development Planprocesses.

RESULTS

Youth participants developed a five-year plan to guideeducational programs in their neighborhood. The planwas submitted to county land use planners, the localchamber of commerce and parks department and tointerested citizens and social service organizations.

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SHELTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

WATERSHED EDUCATION

SPONSOR

Shelton School District

PIE FUNDING

$ 20,000


$38,000 from theShelton SchoolDistrict.

AREA COVERED

City of Shelton

TARGET AUDIENCE

Administrators, teach-ers, students and par-ents in the SheltonSchool District.

PURPOSE

To coordinate withthe District ScienceCurriculum Commit-tee in developing a K-12 environmental edu-cation curriculum witha local watershedfocus, meeting identi-fied community educa-tional needs and stateguidelines for environ-mental education.

III To develop and pro-duce a how-to guide-book for other dis-tricts.

PRODUCTS

An EnvironmentalEducation ResourceSection in every dis-trict library.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Don SchluterShelton School District811 W. Pine St.Shelton, WA 98584

(206) 754-7782

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

27

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METHODS

Hiring a part-time community environmental liaison aspart of the ongoing Goldsborough Creek CommunityAction Program.

Integrating district and school goals and learning objec-tives into existing interdisciplinary units with a focus onwater quality education.

Training teachers to design interdisciplinary waterquality units by combining existing curriculum materials.

Field testing and adjusting the curriculum for inclusionas part of the school district's environmental education/science program.

RESULTS

Fifteen teachers participated in training and curriculumdesign workshops.

Teachers chose curriculum materials which they felt bestsuited their students' needs for water quality eduction.

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SKAGIT WATERSHED EDUCATION PROJECT

SPONSOR TARGET AUDIENCE

North CascadesInstitute

Students and teachersin the Skagit Riverwatershed.

PIE FUNDING

$ 24,150

guage arts, socialstudies and sciencesusing curriculummaterials developedfor the Skagit water-shed.

AREA COVERED

Skagit watershed PRODUCTS

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Saul Weisberg,North CascadesInstitute2105 Highway 20Sedro Woo ley, WA98284

(206) 856-5700ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

$ 11,000 from the U.S.Forest Service, $7,000from various timbercompanies.

PURPOSE

To create a sense ofownership amongyoung residentsthefuture stewards of thewatershed.

To help childrenunderstand and par-ticipate in the deci-sion-making processabout local landscapesand the managementof natural resources.

To produce a modelfor integrating lan-

Experience theSkagit Watershedteachers' guide.

Poster map of theSkagit watershed.

Newsletter fog theSkagit WatershedEducation Project.

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

29

30

......Skiigit.Watershet:ducatiop 711toject.. continued

METHODS

Involving schools, environmental education organiza-tions, environmentalists, land and natural resourcemanagers, Native Americans and business representa-tives in the design of a field-based environmental educa-tion curriculum.

Holding a Skagit Awareness Festival at the area's largestshopping mall.

Conducting training workshops for teachers, plus orien-tation and field trips for each participating class.

Sponsoring a Children's Skagit Watershed Conference atthe Skagit County Fairground.

RESULTS

Training was provided to teachers of 60 classes of fourthto sixth graders from seven school districts.

Customized field trips were also offered to each partici-pating school.

1,500 students attended the Children's Skagit WatershedConference, featuring music, exhibits from each schooldistrict and the play Timber.

Students again presented their projects and activities atthe Skagit Awareness Festival, held at Cascade Mall.

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SOUND STEWARDSHIP:Getting Down to Business

SPONSOR

Pacific MarineResearch

PIE FUNDING

$ 29,000


$ 6,818 from partici-pant fees.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Members of KiwanisClubs throughout thePuget Sound region.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To educate businesspeople about pollutionand strategies forchange, through first-hand experiences onPuget Sound.

PRODUCTS

Shining Water: Caringfor Puget Sour d video

UNANTICIPATED SUCCESS

In honor of the SoundStewardship program,Governor BoothGardner proclaimedMarch 3 April 7"Science at SeaExpedition Days."

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PROJECT COORDINATOR

Robert MartinPacific MarineResearchP.O. Box 31137Seattle, WA 98103

(206) 784-1631

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

31

32

METHODS

Enlisting the participation of Kiwanis Clubs throughoutthe Puget Sound region.

Conducting field trips aboard a research vessel.

Preparing and distributing handouts listing ways peoplecan promote clean water.

Soliciting pledges from participants to take action.

Producing a video of the program's content.

Presenting the video and educational program to KiwanisClub members unable to attend field trips.

RESULTS

Twelve boat trips took a total of 974 participants on one-day field trips. The on-board experience includedbackground lectures, collecting and studying sea waterand plankton, examining (and eating) a sea cucumberand participating in a televised dive to a combined seweroverflow site where participants communicated directlywith the diver who toured the underwater site.

A Kiwanis-sponsored pledge drive yielded over 900personal commitments to take action and protect theSound.

One boat trip was videotaped and the tape was the coreof a program presented at 25 other Kiwanis meetings.

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SPONSOR

Jana Dean

PIE FUNDING

$ 16,500


$ 620 from Key Bank

TARGET AUDIENCE

Fourth and fifthgraders in five schools,100 audience mem-bers at a bookstoreand museum perfor-mance, and inter-viewees.

AREA COVERED

Northeast ThurstonCounty

PURPOSE

To place communi-ties in a "storied" rela-tionship to PugetSound, the PacificNorthwest and Earth,thereby strengtheningindividuals' connec-tions to and reverencefor the place in whichthey live.

To provide teacherswith a model for aninnovative, interdisci-plinary approach toteaching environmen-tal education with alocal focus.

To recreate the"Sense of Place" model

developed by MeetingGround.

PRODUCTS

Sound Wisdom,Stories of Place book-let.

Sound Wisdomaudio tape.

STORY EXCERPT

"With the salmon, it'slike with the trees. Webreathe the trees andthe trees breathe us.We need the salmonand the salmon needus."

excerpt from one ofJana Dean's stories

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Jana Dean6732 Boston HarborRoadOlympia, WA 98506

(206) 754-5869

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

33

34

METHODS

Collecting oral histories and conducting folkloric, his-toric and scientific research.

Transcribing and indexing those stories with waterquality relevance.

Using the stories as the basis for a 10-week inter-disciplinary water quality education program.

Presenting two evenings of water quality-related stories`for parents and community members.

Developing a booklet and audio tape of the stories.

RESULTS

From the project's oral history research came "Magpie,""The Boy, the Salmon and the Bear" and three otherstories with settings that were recognizable to the localaudiences.

Eighty presentations were given in five schools; twopresentations in the community.

o Two hundred students participated in the program.

The state capitol museum now has story tellers help withits tours.

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SPONSOR

Puget Sound Alliance

PIE FUNDING

$ 36,000


Over the course of thisproject the Sound-keeper annual budgetgrew from $ 8,000 toover $125,000 throughcorporate and founda-tion support.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Citizen organizations

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To protect PugetSound water qualityby creating a boat-based ombudspersonprogram modeled afterthe Hudson River-keeper and SanFrancisco Baykeeper.

To train interestedcitizens in water quali-ty issues and developa volunteer network ofCitizen Soundkeepers.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Ken Moser,Puget SoundkeeperPuget Sound Alliance4516 University Way NESeattle, WA 98105

(206) 286-1309

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

35

METHODS

Creating the position of Puget Soundkeeper.

Establishing a Soundkeeper Hotline.

Creating a Soundkeeper Loga database to trackreports of water pollution incidents.

a Publicizing the program through media and outreachprograms.

a Developing the Citizen Soundkeeper training and vol-unteer activities.

RESULTS

Because of routine patrols, the Soundkeeper intervenedin about six pollution incidents each month during thelife of the project. One case was resolved directly betweenthe Soundkeeper and the reported polluter; numerousothers were referred to appropriate agencies for action.

Forty volunteers were trained and recruited to the CitizenSoundkeeper program.

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Jamestown S'KlallamTribe

PIE FUNDING

$ 21,000


$ 3,000 from theJamestown S'KlallamTribe, $ 2,000 fromKey Bank's Washing-ton Waters Fund forprinting and $ 2,000from EPA.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Residents and visitorsin the DungenessRiver watershed andneighboring water-sheds.

AREA COVERED

fitSTATE OF THE

DUNGENESS RIVER REPORT

Eastern ClallamCounty

PURPOSE

To foster an appre-ciation of the Dungen-ess River and toenhance understand-ing of the relationshipsbetween land andwater uses within theDungeness Riverwatershed.

To increase publicawareness of the roleof the JamestownS'Klallam Tribe in his-torical and present-day management ofthe Dungeness River.

PRODUCTS

3,000 copies ofEvery River Has ItsPeople: The 1993State of the DungenessRiver Report.

20-minute slide pre-sentation.

1,000 photo-illus-trated posters.

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Ann SeiterJamestown S'KlallamTribe1033 Old Blyn Hwy.Sequim, WA 98382

(206) 683-1001

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

37

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Involving tribal members and the education committee ofthe )ungeness River Watershed Management Committeein , s, preparation of the book, slide show and poster.

Compiling recent research findings and planning studiesand presenting them in a user-friendly format for non-technical audiences.

Assembling photographs, maps, charts and originalartwork to illustrate the three products.

RESULTS

A multi-media program on the state of the DungenessRiver was created to explain basic ecological and eco-nomic relationships cc .ained within the DungenessRiver Ecosystem.

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SPONSOR

Theatre in the Wild

PIE FUNDING

$ 5,700


In-kind services of$ 750 from contractfaculty.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Elementary schoolchildren, their parentsand the community-at-large.

AREA COVERED

Bainbridge Island

PURPOSE

M To educate partici-pating children aboutprotecting local shore-lines and the marinehabitats of EagleHarbor.

To promote concernfor the health of EagleHarbor by producingand performing anoriginal play, based onthe ideas end storiesof local children.

PRODUCTS

Voices of Puget Sound:Using Theatre to TeachAbout WatershedProtection handbook.


Most children areinvolved in numerousafter-school activities.Therefore, devising arehearsal schedule forchildren from threedifferent schoolsproved difficult.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

One Bainbridge Islandmerchant's associationwants to sponsor aperformance of theplay as part of theannual "Island Days"festivities.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Theresa MayTheatre in the Wild9758 Arrowsmith Ave.Seattle, WA 98118

(206) 722-7026

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

51 39

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Selecting children to develop a story using creativedramatics, theater games, story telling and animalcharacterizations.

Taking children on field trips to explore local uplands,tidal zones, development sites and the Suquamish TribalMuseum and to hear about the early settlers onBainbridge Island.

Writing and producing a play based on the children'sideas.

Performing the play for the Bainbridge Island communityin an outdoor waterfront location.

RESULTS

A group of 450 children, parents, volunteers and commu-nity members took part in the production and perfor-mance.

A post-performance survey indicated an increasedunderstanding of the interconnectedness of householdhazardous wastes, the local watershed, land develop-ment, harbor industry and the quality of water and life inEagle Harbor.

The children assumed responsibility and leadership,while learning environmental science and dramatic arts.

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TRACKING THE DRAGON:The Hydrologic Cycle in East Jefferson County

SPONSOR

Wild Olympic Salmon

PIE FUNDING

$ 35,000

TARGET AUDIENCE

Youth and families

AREA COVERED

East Jefferson County

PURPOSE

To familiarize com-munity members withthe hydrologic cycleand the natural histo-ry and dynamics oflocal watersheds.

To involve the pub-lic in a cooperativegame that builds ontheir experiences ofthe watershed.

PRODUCTS

Twelve bronze drag-on tracks installed atsites around theregion.

Tracking the Dragongame packets.

A bound game bookthat can be used as awatershed guide.


Two of the bronzedragon tracks werestolen.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

Wild Olympic Salmonhas received a grantfrom the JeffersonCounty Parks andRecreation Commis-sion to replace themissing dragon tracksand install an inter-pretive kiosk on thedragon tracking gameat Chimacum CountyPark.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Mall Johani PeekWild Olympia SalmonP.O. Box 585Chimacum, WA98325

(206) 732-4238

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

41

42

METHODS

Involving the public in a cooperative game, tracing thehydrologic cycle and using east Jefferson County (whichis shaped like a dragon) as the playing arena.

Identifying 12 key water resource sitesto be discovered,one per month, for a yearand marking these sites witha permanently installed bronze dragon track.

Forming three-person teams of artists, writers and sculp-tors to design the tracks and develop clues.

Producing monthly game packets for players.

RESULTS

Over 500 people signed up to play the game and receivethe monthly clues.

Players would find the track and record their experiencesas artwork, prose, poetry or song.

At the conclusion of the game, players received a colorcover and additional page,' to be bound together into abook.

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TRACKING THE THUNDERBIRD

SPONSOR

Kitsap CountyDepartment of Com-munity Development

PIE FUNDING

$ 37,200


$ 11,700 from KitsapCounty, Puget Powerand materials feesfrom participants.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Kitsap County schoolchildren and parents.

AREA COVERED

Kitsap County

PURPOSE

To acquaint peoplewith the dynamics ofthe hydrologic cycle,geology, geography,natural history andwatersheds of KitsapCounty.

To fuel local imagi-nations and encouragepublic involvement inprotection, preserva-tion and stewardshipof water resources.

PRODUCTS

Tracking theThunderbird gameboard and materials.

Bronze thunderbirdtracks insta,1Pd atimportant hydrologicalsites around KitsapCounty.

UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES

There were morerequests for presenta-tions, especially fromschools, than projectstaff could handle.

At one point, partic-ipants had difficultyfinding the tracksbecause they had beencovered by snow.

UNEXPECTED OUTCOMES

I Families appreciat-ed the opportunity tointeract with eachother and ;:, - request-ing more projects.

Interest from out-side the county wassignificantresidentsof neighboring coun-ties wanted to play.

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PROJECT COORDINATOR

Meg SandsKitsap County Dept.of CommunityDevelopment, MS-36614 Division St.Port Orchard, WA98366

(206) 876-7181

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

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METHODS

Replicating Tracking the Dragon: The Hydrologic Cycle inEc..-3t Jefferson County (see page 41).

Engaging study and work teams to ensure technicalaccuracy, creativity and sound instructional methods.

Designing and fabricating bronze thunderbird tracks andinstalling them at hydrologically significant sites.

Developing and implementing a public informationcampaign to engage a wide range of participantsand to acknowledge their participation in thetracking game.

Surveying players before and after the game to gaugetheir water quality attitudes.

RESULTS

About 2,200 participants successfully completed theTracking the Thunderbird game.

Around 6,000 school children learned about waterquality and the game at school assemblies.

Many participants had very positive attitudes towardwater quality protection before the game. Project leadersbelieve that the game strengthened those attitudes withnew experiences.

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TRIBAL AND COMMUNITY

WATERSHED EDUCATION

SPONSOR

Nooksack TribeFisheries Department

PIE FUNDING

$ 7,70G


In-kind contributionsof staff time.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Members of theNooksack Tribe, thepublic, schools, stateand local governmentagencies and theDrayton HarborWatershed Manage-ment Committee.

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The Nooksack water-shed, with Soundwideapplication.

PURPOSE

To share the Tribe'sunique perspective onwatershed manage-ment with its membersand the community.

PRODUCTS

Curriculum onwater quality issuesand careers.

Clean Water is inYour Past... Will CleanWater Be in YourFuture? display andaccompanyingbrochure.

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Different learningstyles and culturalbackgrounds (oral ver-sus written traditions)were obstacles for theculturally diverse pro-ject team's implemen-tation of the project.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

The Nooksack Tribe isnow recognized as aneducational resourcefor the area and itsparticipation is beingsought for K-12, col-lege and internationaleducational projects.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Douglas DobynsNooksack TribeFisheries DepartmentP.O. Box 157Deming, WA 98244

(206) 592-5176

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

145

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METHODS

Developing a curriculum on aspects of watershed protec-tion associated with Tribal culture and treaty rights.

Designing and building a four-panel display and accom-panying brochure that presents historical information onthe Nooksack River in the late 1800s and information onsalmon, the concept of watershed and careers in fisheriesmanagement.

Presenting a watershed education class for the communi-ty including information about careers in water qualityand resource management.

RESULTS

A junior high school curriculum on the life-cycle of thesalmon and its importance to the Tribe has been devel-oped and presented to the Tribal Education Department.

The display has traveled to local schools and libraries.where it has been viewed by over 15,000 people.

Representatives from the Nooksack Planning, MentalHealth, Fisheries and Education departments, theLummi Fisheries Department, the Whatcom CountyPlanning Department and the Washington StateUniversity Cooperative Extension of Whatcom Countyattended a watershed education class presented by theTribe.

Issue papers on flooding and watershed managementwere presented to the Tribal Council.

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PREVENTING NONPOINT POLLUTION

During the 1960s and 70s, when somebody mentioned water pollution we always thought of industrial waste

and large sewage treatment plants as the major culprits. As people looked at our waterways and cried foul, laws

were enacted to eliminate many pollutants usually at the end of the pipe where they flowed into our rivers and

bays. Now, decades later, we can all be proud of the fact that industrial processes and sewcfge treatment facilities

have improved. As a result, pollution from most industrial and sewage treatment discharges has decreased in oneway or another.

But other sources of pollution have come to light. And many of them are caused by ordinary people, doing ordi-

nary things that we all take for granted. Like fertilizing our yards. Washing our cars. Clearing our drainpipes. Using

our septic systems. And so on.

Nonpoint pollution (named that because it originates at no single identifiable point) represents the greatest chal-

lenge to protecting Puget Sound because it involves all of us and our numbers are growing. The challenge lies inthe fact that regulations can only go so far. What is needed is a change of behavior and to do that we all need tochange bad habits (like neglecting our septic tanks) into goad habits (like cleaning and repairing our septic tanks

when necessary).

PIE Fund projects in the following section represent some ways of learning those habits. They reflect techniques

for developing skills that we can apply as individuals at home, on the job and in our communities. Most of all, they

reinforce a very positive message we can make a difference as individuals. Just as the cumulative effect of each of

our actions leads to nonpoint pollution problems, the sum of our individual actions will decrease the growing amount

of nonpoint source pollution flowing into Puget Sound.

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elected officials. .

'SCHOOLSElementary, secondary and post-secondary

teachers and students; youth organizations

PUBLICIncluding families and community groups

RECREATIONAL BOATERSIncluding youth and adult boating

organizations

look for these symbols in each of the PIE project descriptions to find out

which audiences the project coordinatortturgeted.

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BUSINESS PARTNERS FOR CLEAN WATER

SPONSOR

City of Bellevue Stormand Surface WaterUtility

PIE FUNDING

$ 17,500


$ 13,000 from thestate's CentennialClean Water Fund toinitiate the BusinessPartners program.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Owners and employeesof construction, auto-motive, building main-tenance, landscapingand food-related busi-nesses.

AREA COVERED

City of Bellevue

PURPOSE

To educate five tar-geted business groupsabout reducingsources of water pollu-tion and to encouragecooperative efforts toprotect water quality.

To increase publicrecognition of theBusiness Partners pro-gram and raise con-sumers' understand-ing of how their deci-sions and actionsaffect water quality.

To provide otherjurisdictions withinformation on estab-lishing a businesspartnership program.

PRODUCTS

400 copies of HowTo Involve Businessesin Water QualityProtection guide.

1,000 manuals thattarget automotive,construction, land-scaping, food-relatedand building mainte-nance businesses.


Because of the uniquenature of individualbusinesses, follow-uptraining at job sitesand workplaces provedto be mare staff- andtime-intensive thanoriginally planned.However, the pay-off ofstrengthened commit-ments to water quality

protection from indi-vidual businessesmade this extra effortworthwhile.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Nancy HansenCity of BellevueStorm and SurfaceWater UtilityP.O. Box 90012Bellevue, WA 98009

(206) 451-4476

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

Business Partners for Clean Water, continued.

METHODS

Offering workshops on water quality protection and bestmanagement practices to the targeted businesses.

Reprinting the program's instructional manual for eachtargeted business.

Educating the public about their role as consumersthrough written materials, local news media andpresentations at local events.

Preparing a "how-to" publication for other jurisdictions,documenting program development and implementation.project results and lessons learned.

RESULTS

One hundred and fifty businesses participated in work-shops and 35 became Business Partners.

Businesses have responded positively; some have educat-ed their employees, others have instituted new measuresto protect water quality.

Publicity about the program continues to generate inter-est from businesses.

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SPONSOR

Office of WaterQuality, MasonCounty Department ofHealth Services

TARGET AUDIENCE

Residents along FinchCreek.

PIE FUNDING

$ 30,000

AREA COVERED

Hoodsport

PURPOSE

To teach homeownersto recognize septic pol-lution problems andhow to repair them.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Wayne CliffordMason County Dept.of Health ServicesP.O. Box 186Shelton, WA 98584


$ 4,439 from MasonCounty.

PRODUCTS (206) 427-9670

Worshop package,including invitations,fact sheets and othermaterials.

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

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METHODS

Developing a house-to-house traveling water quality edu-cation workshop for shoreline and upland homeowners inthe Hoodsport area of Hood Canal.

Holding "kitchen tab e." workshops for small groups ofneighbors.

Teaching residents in "problem" neighborhoods to usedye tests to find and prove septic system problems tothemselves.

RESULTS

Because of this project's emphasis on self-education, thecommunity has recognized that it has a serious waterquality problem and is developing alternatives for solvingthe problem on a community-wide basis.

III This program model has been adopted in three othercommunities with similar failing septic system problems.

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COMMITTEE FOR LIBERTY BAY

SPONSOR

Poulsbo Chamber ofCommerce

PIE FUNDING

$ 18,500


Volunteer and in-kindservices.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Businesses and fourthgrade students inPoulsbo and northKitsap County.

AREA COVERED

North Kitsap County

PURPOSE

To improve waterquality in Liberty Bayand prevent futurepollution.

To increase theawareness amongchamber members,businesses and stu-dents about effects ofpollution on theLiberty Bay-DogfishCreek watershed.

To demonstrateways that businessesand families can con-trol pollution withinLiberty Bay.

To replicate the cityof Bellevue's PIE-fund-ed Business Partners

for Clean Water project(see page 49).

PRODUCTS

Business resourcebooks.

Fourth grade cur-riculum in the form ofa watershed game.

T-shirts.

Business For LibertyBay stickers for partic-ipating businesses.


It was necessary tosignificantly modifyBellevue's "BusinessPartners" materials tosuit the region's morerural audiences.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

The school district hasrequested that cham-ber members continuetheir involvement withthe school district.

PROJECT COORDINATORS

Kent Soule andKathy CocusPoulsbo Chamber ofCommerceP.O. Box 1063Poulsbo, WA 98370

(206) 779-4999

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

54

I I

METHODS

Providing information on stormwater runoff and nonpointsources of pollution in the workplace.

Recruiting and training speakers from the businesscommunity.

Holding business-hosted "block meetings" to carry outpeer education activities.

Having business volunteers work with the school districtto develop and present a fourth grade curriculum aboutways to control nonpoint source pollution around thehome.

RESULTS

I Customized resource books were crafted for landscaping,auto repair, food-related, construction-related and otherbusinesses.

Watershed games were developed to teach fourth gradeclasses. Take-home packets for the students included"recipes" for less toxic cleaners, sites for recycling, ahome assessment form and a "share card" for each family,stating what changes members would make in their homelife to protect Liberty Bay.

Students that brought back their share cards received aT-shirt with the message "Student for Liberty Bay."

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t EDUCATION PROGRAM ON THE USE

OF PORTABLE PUMPOUT FACILITIES

SPONSOR

Northwest YachtBrokers Association

PIE FUNDING

$ 15,700


$ 45,000 from theEnvironmental Protec-tion Agency throughthe Puget Sound WaterQuality Authority.

$ 15,000 for construc-tion, installation andother project-relatedexpenses.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Recreational boaters,marina owners andoperators and lawenforcement and regu-latory personnel.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide (withnational application)

PURPOSE

To educate boatersabout and demon-strate the feasibility ofportable pumpout sta-tions.

To provide moreconvenient and practi-cal alternatives forboaters to properlydispose of their waste.

PRODUCTS

Eight portableHoney Wagons.

Don't Flush Herebrochure.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

"You...have presentedthe boaters a genuine,workable solution.The 30 minutesrequired to fetch theHoney Wagon, pumpout the holding tank,return and pump...and rinse the Honey-Wagon is such a smallcommitment every twoweeks it is unimagin-able why one wouldnot use this innovativedevise."

Alline and Joe DaPron,Puget Sound boaters

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Jeffrey Briggsc/o Northwest YachtBrokers Association2442 NW Market #321Seattle, WA 98107

(206) 298-7895

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

55

Education.on the. Use umpout.: Facilities ..coptiliu'qd.-,

METHODS

Field-testing HoneyWagons (portable pumpout systemsfor boats) at Ballard Mill, Fremont Boat Company, WestBay, Eagle Harbor, Pleasant Harbor, Liberty Bay and CapSante marinas and at the Port of Friday Harbor.

Presenting educational programs on portable pumpoutsas alterna Lives to improper waste disposal.

Researching, writing and producing a brochure on theissue of boat waste disposal.

RESULTS

Presentations were made to 10 Puget Sound boatersgroups.

During the 1991 boating seasonJune throughAugustHoneyWagons were used 1,111 times (comparedto 153 uses of stationary pumpout facilities). A total of22,220 gallons of waste were pumped into Honey-Wagonsmore than seven times the amount pumpedinto stationary facilities.

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SPONSOR

Metrocenter YMCA

PIE FUNDING

$ 30,000

TARGET AUDIENCE

Businesses and resi-dents of Kirkland.

PURPOSE

To decrease depen-dence on hazardoushousehold materialsand reduce theamount of hazardousmaterial that reachesPuget Sound fromindividual homes andbusinesses.

AREA COVERED

PRODUCES

HazardousMaterials Project Newsnewsletter.

Hazardous Waste inMy Home or Office?brochure.

Pledge cards.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Richard ConlinMetrocenter YMCA909 .7ourth Ave.Seattle, WA 98104

(206) 382-5013

To provide technicalresources that improvethe relationshipsbetween small-quanti-ty waste generatorsand public regulatoryagencies.

To develop a con-stituency for waterquality among busi-nesses, youth andfamilies in the commu-nity.

UNANTICIPATED RESULT

Businesses showedunexpected supportfor the program byassisting in the publiceducation componentsof the project, as wellas participating in thepledge drive.

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

57

I I I

METHODS

Conducting six household hazardous waste collectiondays in Kirkland.

Developing a public awareness campaign on householdhazardous waste and securing pledges from individualsand businesses to reduce the use of hazardous waste.

Developing action programs for youth.

RESULTS

Approximately 30 tons of hazardous waste were collectedand disposed of properly, preventing accidental or inten-tional disposal that could have affected Puget Sound.Over 1,700 people participated in the waste drop-offevents.

1,400 individuals signed pledges to change buying anddisposal practices that involve household hazardouswaste. Forty-two businesses also signed pledges.

Through program publicity and a series of columnsappearing in the Bellevue Journal American, over 45,000people heard about the program or received informationto help reduce their use and improper disposal of house-hold hazardous waste.

II Significant portions of the program have carried onbeyond PIE funding.

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HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION KIT

SPONSORS

7th Avenue Creative &Marketing and GeorgeBrazil CompanyPlumbers

PIE FUNDING

$ 26,675


$ 12,000 for distribu-tion of materials.

$ 7,200 from individ-ual vendors.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Plumbing profession-als and their cus-tomers.

AREA COVERED

Pierce, Snohomish,King and Whatcomcounties.

PURPOSE

To train plumbers tohelp homeownerschoose products andpractices that do not'ollute local waters.

PRODUCTS

Posters.

Don't Let YourFuture Go Down theDrain, Protect YourLiquid Assetsbrochure.

Drain covers.

Refrigerator mag-nets.

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PROJECT COORDINATOR

Janine Terrano7th Avenue Creative &Marketing1809 7th AvenueSuite 1501Seattle, WA 98101

(206) 382-0503

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

59

60

I I

METHODS

Identifying water quality issues that pertain specifically tohome and business owners and. renters.

Designing and producing educational materials to deliverthe message about water gaality to these groups.

Packaging and distributing these materials throughservice technicians of George Brazil.

Conducting training sessions for George Brazil NorthwestRegion operators.

RESULTS

12,000 kits were distributedeach containing a posteron proper disposal of household hazardous waste, adrain cover with the slogan "Always read the label," arefrigerator magnet with a telephone number for house-hold hazardous waste information, and a brochure aboutthe need to read labels of household products.

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e NORTHWEST DAIRY SHORTCOURSE

SPONSOR

Washington StateUniversity CooperativeExtension WhatcomCounty

PIE FUNDING

$ 4,157

TARGET AUDIENCE

Dairy farmers,agribusiness, agencyrepresentatives, con-servation districtemployees, media andUnivei sity faculty,staff and students.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To reduce the negativewater quality effects ofdairy industry manureand improve manuremanagement prac-tices.

PRODUCES

Published proceedingsfrom the shortcourse

UNEXPECTED OUTCOMES

Participants appreciat-ed the emphasis oneducation rather thanregulation, althoughthe fact that an esti-mated 20 percent offarmers are not incompliance demon-strates that educationefforts are incomplete.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

David GrusenmeyerWSU CooperativeExtension WhatcomCounty1000 N. ForestBellingham, WA 98225

(206) 676-6736

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

62

METHODS

Recruiting national experts to educate participants of theNorthwest Dairy Shortcourse about proper manuremanagement practices, the economics and importance ofnutrient management, the impact and costs of nonpointsource pollution, and the development of the stateDepartment of Ecology's dairy waste discharge permitprogram.

RESULTS

Two hundred and twelve people attended the NorthwestDairy Shortcourse.

Based on a follow-up survey of farmers who attended theshortcourse, 17 dairy producers adopted new manuremanagement practices based on what they learned.

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PAINTING CONTRACTOR

EDUCATION PROJECT

TARGET AUDIENCE

Painting contractorsand their employees.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To inform paintingcontractors and theiremployees about prop-er disposal, recyclingand waste reduction ofpaint and paint-relat-ed products.

PRODUCTS

Poster.

Paint: WasteReduction, Recyclingand DisposalInformation brochure.

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PROJECT COORDINATOR

Charles AndersonUrban WildlifeCoalition13716 Park LaneKirkland, WA 98033

(206) 622-5260

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

63

METHODS

Designing a poster and brochure on water quality, paintproducts and the proper use and disposal of paints, thin-ners and other materials.

Involving industry representatives in design review.

Providing a telephone information line for sharinginformation about sound practices for painters.

Distributing printed information through the mail andover-the-counter at Parker Paint, Rodda, Fuller O'Brienarid other local paint suppliers.

RESULTS

Over 1,000 brochures were mailed to painting contrac-tors and over 100 paint stores have displayed informa-tional materials.

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w RADIO PUBLIC SERVICE

" ANNOUNCEMENTS

SPONSOR

EnvironmentalPerspectives

PIE FUNDING

$ 5,100


In-kind donations of$ 340.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Radio audiences

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To educate radio audi-ences on a range ofissues related to waterquality protection.

PRODUCTS

Twelve 30-second pub-lic service announce-ments (PSAs) on pro-tecting water quality inthe Puget Soundregion.


An unrealistic timeline and an overlyambitious productionschedule led to a vari-ety of problems,including variablesound quality andinconsistent PSAlengths. These prob-lems were corrected byreducing the numberof PSAs and usingreel-to-reel tapeinstead of cassettes. Inaddition, some sta-tions required a read-able script in place ofthe recorded versionsof the PSAs; thesewere provided.

Only one in fourradio stations providedinformation on PSA airtimes and audiencesize. Personal contact

with each station'spublic service directorwould have increasedthe number of airingsand possibly given amore accurateresponse than thequestionnaire.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Valerie FisherEnvironmentalPerspectives2800 Haxton WayBellingham, WA 98226

(206) 650-4907

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

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66

METHODS

Creating public service announcements (PSAs) withinformation and suggested actions relating to gardenchemicals, household hazardous waste, protection of wet-lands and fish habitat, surface water runoff and marinedebris.

Distributing taped PSAs to 50 radio stations inWashington.

Soliciting airing and audience information from the radiostations through a questionnaire.

RESULTS

E An estimated audience of 500,000 people heard thepublic service announcements based on radio stationlistening audience information.

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SEA EXPLORER SCOUT TRAINING

SPONSOR

Wooden BoatFoundation

PIE FUNDING

$ 20,000


In-kind staff contribu-tions of $ 21,732, plus$ 2,000 from partici-pant fees.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Boy Scouts of AmericaSea Explorer groups

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To provide hands-onmarine education forregional Sea ExplorerScouts, giving themskills and experiencesto strengthen theircommitment to theprotection of PugetSound.

PRODUCES

Logbooks and portsurveys.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

The program maybecome the basis foran ongoing environ-mental merit badge forSea Explorer Scouts(incorporating the cur-ricula developed byPacific Western Serv-ices (page 3), anotherPIE project team).

HELPFUL HINT

In planning anymarine program,always have a backupplan with indoor activ-ities in the event offoul weather.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Leslie LincolnWooden BoatFoundationCupola House, #2Point HudsonPt. Townsend, WA98368

(206) 385-5582

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

67

68

METHODS

Instructing Scouts in water quality awareness throughworkshops aboard the Foundation's yawl and at the PortTownsend Marine Science Center.

Designing a workshop logbook for each participant,containing a model and techniques for conducting a portsurvey.

Providing an opportunity for the participants to workclosely with a trained marine biologist to collect viablescientific data for the Port Townsend Marine ScienceCenter's water quality monitoring efforts.

RESULTS

I One hundred and sixty-five Scouts took part in 12 train-ing programs, which included rowing to two sites for sed-iment sampling and tests for salinity, turbidity and otherparameters.

li Five groups completed a comparable survey at their homeports.

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SEPTIC PUMPERS

EDUCATION PROGRAM

SPONSOR

Thurston CountyEnvironmental HealthDepartment

PIE FUNDING

$ 11,757

TARGET AUDIENCE

Septic tank pumpersand repairers.

AREA COVERED

Thurston County

PURPOSE

To implement thethree county water-shed plans whichidentify malfunction-ing septic systems as asource of pollution.

To raise awarenessof septic systempumpers and septicsystem owners aboutthe relationshipbetween proper main-tenance and repair ofseptic systems andprotection of waterquality.

To implement the1991 Puget SoundWater Quality Manage-ment Plan, which callsfor education and cer-tification of profession-al installers and main-tainers of on-site sep-tic systems.

PRODUCTS

Professional On-SiteSewage System Main-tenance, a video toteach proper assess-ment, pumping andrepairs of septic sys-tems.

An educationalpacket for prospectivepumpers to study anda certification exami-nation to qualify theapplicant for apumper's license.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

The project team hasserved as subcontrac-tors, assisting theteam of a subsequentPIE-funded projectmodeled after this one.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Debra BakerThurston CountyEnvironmental HealthDepartment2000 Lakeridge Dr. SWOlympia, WA 98502

(206) 786-5455

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

7

I I I I I 11 I

METHODS

Assembling an advisory committee of licensed pur.r.r.t'rqand installers, as well as other technical experts, to assistwith the education of pumpers and to foster a cooperativerelationship between the Thurston County EnvironmentalHealth Department and the business community.

o Teaching a certification course for all currently licensedpumpers on the proper methods for pumping, repairingand assessing septic systems and the relationshipbetween best management practices and the protection ofwater quality.

RESULTS

Fifty-four septic system pumpers took the course.

I A spirit of cooperation arose between the EnvironmentalHealth Department and the individual pumpers in thebusiness community.

o Examination scores from pumpers who took the courseshowed that some information should be reinforced withadditional technical assistance from department staff.

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SOUND FARMERS

SPONSOR

Joy Garitone

PIE FUNDING

$ 22,000


$ 8,800 in donationsof time, materials anddemonstration sites.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Small farm owners inthe Burley Minter and011a lla watersheds.

AREA COVERED

Kitsap County

PURPOSE

To help owners ofsmall farms recognizeagricultural wasteproblems and identifypossible solutions.

PRODUCTS

Seminar workbooks ofappropriate reprints.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

Additional SoundFarmers chapters havebeen formed in othercounties. The projectwill produce theCounty's MarketingGuide, which listsfarm products for sale.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

"The benefits of thisprogram have beentwo-fold. First, there'snever enough availableinformation as far asfarming is concerned,especially about sub-jects like pasture man-agement or waste han-dling and storage.Second, farming is afairly isolated activity,so it's always reassur-ing to get involved witha group that has simi-lar interests to yourown."

Marcia Adams.Sound Farmer

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Joy GaritoneSound Farmers8134 Orchard Ave. SEPt. Orchard, WA 98366

(206) 857-6096

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

71

METHODS

Training landowners in "user friendly" methods formanaging agricultural waste.

Conducting a public seminar on small farm managementfeaturing experts on water quality and livestock.

Establishing and maintaining a demonstration site,planted with cover crops for green manure, herbicidereduction and water filtration.

Providing further training for interested farmers andestablishing a peer group for continued education andsupport.

RESULTS

100 farmers attended the Sound Farmers seminar, whichcovered topics such as farm plans, best managementpractices, cost-sharing, wells, water and animal care.

During the two field days, 80 people analyzed their ownfarm soils, toured a demonstration farm, analyzed grass-es and weed control, and planted and evaluated covercrops.

The first chapter of Sound Farmers was established totrain farmers to help their neighbors prevent waste fromrunning off their lands.

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SOUNDWATCH:An Environmental Guide for Boaters

SPONSOR

48 Degrees North: TheSailing Magazine

PIE FUNDING

$ 25,500


$ 42,000 from KeyBank and the statedepartments ofNatural Resources andEcology.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Recreational boaters

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To inform recreationalboaters about environ-menta: issues andconcerns and to offerpractical advice andaction steps to lessenthe effects of boatingon water quality.

PRODUCTS

SoundWatch, a 64-page illustrated guidein a magazine format,with separate chapterson sewage disposal,handling on-boardsolid waste, bilge spillsand other relevant top-ics. Major issues aredescribed in simpleterms, using activetext and appealingillustrations, plus awide range of humor-

ous anecdotes andinspirational quotes.The guide also con-tains 12 charts identi-fying area shellfishbeds, parks, pumpoutfacilities, marinas andmoorages.


Advice for boaters onhazardous waste recy-cling was difficult toobtain, as state agen-cies currently offer noplans for recyclingcenters at marinas.Ultimately, the chapteron hazardous wasterecycling was eliminat-ed from the book'soutline.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

"We have been awareof most of our respon-sibilities, but Sound-Watch has given ussome easy solutions. I

can once again var-nish without lookingover my shoulder."

Annie Stephens,a boater on Puget Sound

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Jeffrey Briggs48 Degrees North6327 Seaview Ave. NWSeattle, WA 98107

(206) 789-7350

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

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74

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METHODS

Researching, writing, publishing and distributing aspecial supplement to 48 Degrees North.

RESULTS

75,000 complimentary copies of the guide have beendistributed to magazine subscribers, at marinas, marinesupply stores, and yacht clubs, and through the SeattleBoat Show, the U.S. Coast Guard and other marine-relat-ed sources.

Of 322 respondents to a reader survey, 314 said theyhave kept their copy of the guide for future reference and284 recommended SoundWatch to boating friends.

P Asked if SoundWatch helped them take specific actions toreduce pollution, 322 readers gave the publication amean score of 4.36 on a scale of 1-5 (5 being "very helpful" and 1 being "not very helpful").

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SUQUAMISH TRIBE SCHOOL0

OF REAL ESTATE

SPONSOR

Suquamish Tribe

PIE FUNDING

$ 9,800

TARGET AUDIENCE

Members of the realestate and develop-ment communities, aswell as sportsmen,environmentalists andconcerned citizens.

AREA COVERED

Kitsap County

PURPOSE

To educate mem-bers of the real estateand development com-munity on water quali-ty protection.

To build on the suc-cesses of the CitizenAction TrainingSchool, a previous PIEproject (as describedin Public Involvementand Education ModelProducts Fund: 47Success Stories fromPuget Sound).

PRODUCTS

Eight four-hourclasses.

Service projects,including stream fenc-ing, plant restorationand salmon rearing.


The length and num-ber of the classes mayhave discouragedpotential participants.Shorter classes offer-ing fewer continuing-education creditscould cater to realtorsand developers whowant more in-depthinformation on shore-lines, wetlands andother specializedissues. In addition,most professionalspreferred to meet in

the mornings, a timethat is not necessarilyconducive to participa-tion by non-profes-sionals.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Phyllis MeyersSuquamish TribeP.O. Box 498Suquamish, WA 98393

(206) 598-3311

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

87

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METHODS

Conducting eight four-hour sessions covering watersheddynamics, the public trust doctrine, wetlands identifica-tion, the Clean Water Act, forest practices, activities ofthe Nature Conservancy and the Kitsap Land Trust, theState Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and the NationalEnvironmental Policy Act (NEPA), tribal treaty rights, andshorelines regulations from the state departments ofEcology, Fisheries, Wildlife and Community Development.

Overseeing each participant's 10-hour personal serviceproject related to water quality.

Giving 45 credit hours to each realtor, fulfilling theirstate-mandated requirement for continuing education.

RESULTS

Nineteen students took the course, receiving informationand credit needed for professional development.

Personal service projects included stream cleanups andrestorations, fisheries enhancement, fence installation tokeep livestock from a creek and review of an environ-mental impact statement of a proposed landfill.

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ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEMS

SPONSORS

Snohomish HealthDistrict and ThurstonCounty EnvironmentalHealth Department.

PIE FUNDING

$ 30,000

TARGET AUDIENCE

Homeowners withalternative on-sitesewage treatment sys-tems.

AREA COVERED

Thurston andSnohomish counties.

PURPOSE

To reduce waterquality degradationfrom failing on-siteseptic systems.

To emphasize therelationships amongalternative on-site sys-tems, water qualityand public health.

To teach homeown-ers about the func-tions, operations andmaintenance of alt( r-native on-site sewagedisposal systems.

PRODUCTS

Four videos:On-Site Sewage

Disposal Systems:Pressure Distribution,Mound and SandFilter

On-Site SewageDisposal Systems:Pressure Distribution

On-Site SewageDisposal Systems:Sand Filter

On-Site SewageDisposal Systems:Mound

Alternative On-SiteSewage Systems: AVideo Guide Compan-ion guidebook.

A portable displaywith models anddemonstration devices.

PROJECT COORDINATORS

Randal DarstSnohomish HealthDistrict3020 Rucker Ave.Everett, WA 98201

(206) 339-5270

and

Art StarryThurston CountyEnvironmental HealthDepartment2000 Lakeridge Dr. SWOlympia, WA 98502

(206) 785-5455

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

77

78

METHODS

Collaborating to conduct a public presentation anddemonstration program designed to address the concernsof residents in Thurston and Snohomish counties.

Producing a series of videos for distribution to home-owners with alternative on-site sewage disposal systems.

RESULTS

Demonstration devices were developed and used at meet-ings and home shows to illustrate various types of on-sitesewage disposal systems.

The collaboration between these two local agencies hassparked the interest of the association that representsenvironmental health professionals.

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PREVENTING

STORMWATER POLLUTION

lain!' Ask people to describe Puget Sound weather and they usually come up with that one word. Mark Twain

reportedly one said that the. Puget Sound region had two seasons the rainy season and the Fourth of July. The

problem is that it rains on the Fourth too.

Rain complicates more than our holidays. When a good squall hits the Puget Sound basin, the watershed has to

absorb a lot of water. Where forests and fields cover the ground, m st is absorbed. But where rain lands on roofs,

parking lots, highways and other hardened surfaces, it has to go somewhere else. It starts as a thin sheet, gathers

into small torrents, flows down the gutter or ditch, surges into pipes and culverts, pours into natural streams, fills

available lowland and eventually joins Puget Sound, thick with mud.

Stormwater is not just rainwater turned loose. As it flows toward Puget Sound, it picks up soil, airborne dust, oil,

litter, paint chips, pesticides, fertilizer and whatever else we've left on the pavement or in the creek that can be car-

ried by or dissolved in water. Like other forms of nonpoint pollution, stormwater pollution is caused by all of us.

Some of it can be treated. Most of it must simply be prevented.

The following PIE Fund projects focus on individual and group acticos that can prevent stormwater pollution from

harming Puget Sound. They include simple measures, like keeping your engine clean, so that dripping oil doesn't go

down the street to the nearest storm drain and into the Sound. Or telling people exactly where stormwater goes (not

that many people really know). Others are a mix of prevention and treatment actions like recycling antifreeze and

maintaining oil/water separators at an automotive shop. And some involve keepingyour worksite tidy whether

you recycle scrap metal, repair fishing vessels or construct apartment buildings.

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PUBLIC_ ..Indddiiig community groups andlOthilies

:110MEOWNERSlondlords.and:tenants

BUSINESSESDrycleaners, auto repair shops, boatyards,recyclers and any business with paved turfaces

GOVERNMENTGty and county government agencies

SCHOOLSTeachers and students

DEVELOPERSIncluding real estate agents and builders

RECREATIONAL BOATERS

look for these symbols in each of the PIE project descriptions to find out


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Key Strategies forReaching Audiences for

Stormwater Projects,0

Workshops

Best managementpractices workbooks

1P:z=5L-3 Newsletters

Videos

Field Trips

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BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

FOR SHIPYARDS

SPONSOR

Puget SoundShipbuildersAssociation

PIE FUNDING

$ 26,000

TARGET AUDIENCE

Managers and opera-tors of shipyards.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To provide technicaltraining on methodsand practices toreduce discharges ofpollutants from ship-yards.

PRODUCTS

Best ManagementPractices for Ship andBoat Building andRepair Yards manual.


Shipbuilding is a high-ly competitive busi-ness. Some shipyardmanagers thought thisproject was merely aruse for viewing theiroperations. Otherswere skeptical of theprogram's educationaland informationalintent. They neededassurance that partici-pation would benefitprogram participantsand water quality.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

The AmericanWaterways Associationincorporated some ofthe project team'sresources in its effortsto address environ-mental issues facingthe maritime industry.

The Associationencouraged othershipyards to partici-pate in the workshop,and one yard laterhired the project teamto repeat the trainingfor its employees.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Robert McMahonPuget Sound Ship-builders Association2300 WestCommodore WaySeattle, WA 98199

(206) 285-3200

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

Best kicitiagem0fNdices.-fai Shipyar4 continued

METHODS

Developing a curriculum on best management prac-tices for shipyards.

Conducting workshops to train shipyard employees.

'm Paying confidential visits to individual shipyards toassess the practices presently employed and to advisemanagers and operators on policies and practices.

Mailing the best management practices manual to allshipyards in Puget Sound.

RESULTS

Twenty-four shipyards and boatyards participateddirectly through workshops or site visits.

Several facilities are implementing best managementpractices based on the manual.

Since completion of the workshops and site visits, sev-eral facilities have sought additional advice from theproject team.

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BLACKJACK CREEK BROCHURE

SPONSOR

City of Port Orchard

PIE FUNDING

$ 4,200

TARGET AUDIENCE

Port Orchard residents

AREA COVERED

Port Orchard

PURPOSE

To educate the publicabout the hazards ofdumping used auto-mobile oil and otherchemicals into stormdrains that affectBlackjack Creek, asalmon spawningstream.

PRODUCTS

BOA, jack CreekBrochure

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

The camera-readycopy of the brochurehas been offered toother agencies or orga-nizations that wish toreprint it.


Delivering the infor-mation to homeownersdid not necessarilymean that people wereinformed. Accordingto the follow-up sur-vey, half of the peoplewho received thebrochure did notremember seeing it!

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PROJECT COORDINATOR

Lawrence Cur lesCity of Port Orchard216 Prospect St.Pt. Orchard, WA 98366

(206) 876-4991

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

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METHODS

Developing and distributing an educational brochurethat encourages recycling of petroleum products.

Forming a steering committee that included representa-tives from the local conservation district, Public UtilityDistrict #1, the Suquarnish Tribe and the county recy-cling coordinator to assist in the design of the brochure.

Working with the staff of local oil recycling sites to trackthe level of participation.

Organizing a Boy Scouts project for stenciling stormdrains and catch basins with the message "Dump NoWaste-Drains to Stream."

RESULTS

The brochure was distributed to 1,900 homes andapartments, and also to retail sellers of motor oil.

The Boy Scouts stenciled 90 catch basins and mountedanti-littering posters along the waterfront.

A follow-up survey confirmed that people who read thebrochure thought it was effective.

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SPONSOR

Port of Port Townsend

PIE FUNDING

$ 8,000


$ 5,000 for more signsplus in-kind contribu-tions from the Port ofPort Townsend.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Recreational boaters,commercial fishersand marine workers.

AREA COVERED

Port of Pt. Townsend'sBoat Haven and PointHudson Marina.

PURPOSE

To reduce bottom sedi-ment and surfacemicrolayer contamina-tion in Puget Sound byeducating boatersabout the value ofmarine life and stepsthey can take in themarina or boatyard toprotect habitat andimprove water quality.

PRODUCTS

I Best ManagementPractices for Boatersguide.

Four sets of infor-mational signs.

Informational flyers.


"We were surprised athow quickly boatersresponded to this pro-gram. I believe thisshows that boatersgenuinely care aboutthe environment. If wecan show them a bet-ter way of doing theirnecessary mainte-nance and repairs andalso show the benefitsto the marine ecosys-tem, then they aremore than willing todo whatever they canto protect the environ-ment."

Ken Redon,project coordinator

tePROJECT COORDINATOR

Ken RadonPort of Port TownsendP.O. Box 1180Pt. Townsend, WA98368

(206) 385-2355

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

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METHODS

m Partially replicating the PIE-funded project at Quarter-thaster Harbor (described on page 97).

Installing interpretive signs at the Port of Port TownsendBoat Haven, the marina and the haulout facility toprovide information to boaters and harbor users aboutthe ecosystem of the Sound.

Distributing flyers to all port patrons describing properprecautions, containment and disposal activities forhazardous wastes from boat maintenance and buildingactivities.

Stenciling storm drains leading to Pt. Townsend Bayand adjacent to port tidelands with the message "DumpNo Waste-Drains to Bay."

Designating waste disposal sites at the port.

Holding a series of workshops on best managementpractices for boaters.

Providing all port tenants with a copy of the bestmanagement practices guide. New tenants receive acopy when they sign up.

RESULTS

The port has seen an increase in efforts by tenants toincorporate best management practices into their repairand maintenance routines.

Boaters have a greater appreciation of the marineecosystem which will lead to the use of tarps, drip pans,drop cloths and sewage pumpouts.

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CHANGE AND RECYCLE (C.A.R.rOIL PROGRAM

SPONSOR

CommunicationsNorthwest

PIE FUNDING

$ 25,000


In-kind service contri-butions from Commu-nications Northwest.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Do-it-yourself oilchangers and oilretailers, wholesalersand processors.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To involve retailersof motor oil in promot-ing recycling andproper disposal oftheir product.

To educate do-it-yourself oil changersof the consequences ofdumping used oilimproperly, and toencourage them torecycle or properly dis-pose of the oil.

PRODUCTS

Window stickersand counter cards forstores promot- g oilrecycling.

Brochure with dis-count coupon for re-usable oil recycling kit.

Training packet forstore employees.

UNEXPECTED OUTCOME

Initially it was difficultto find locations thataccept used motor oil.However, after leF mingof this difficulty, _ever-al committee membersbegan collecting usedoil at their stores. Twoadditional retailers andtwo recycling busi-nesses voluntarilyjoined the project.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

"Our customers andour employees haveappreciated the com-munity effort to cleanup Puget Sound. I'vereceived over 500 re-deemed coupons...With this in mind wehave opted to reprintthe brochure at ourown expense."

Laura Stutsman,program participant

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

Several of the cooper-ating retailers reprint-ed brochures and con-tinued the program attheir own cost.

AWARD

The project received aTotem Award from thePuget Sound Chapterof the Public RelationsSociety of America.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

R. Danner GravesCommunications NW111 W. Harrison St.Seattle, WA 98119

(206) 285-7070

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

87

88

METHODS

i Convening a 10-person design committee, with repre-sentatives from auto supply, auto parts and auto ser-vices shops plus hazardous waste processors andcompetitors in the oil market joining together forenvironmental protection.

Installing education and promotion programs in retailoutlets.

Distributing 100,000 brochures (each with a discountcoupon for purchase of a reusable oil recycling kit)to the public in 50 school districts.

0 Publicizing the program through the distribution ofmedia kits to newspapers and TV stations.

it Training employees in all participating stores topromote oil recycling.

Distributing 500 counter cards explaining the programto retail outlets.

Encouraging the next generation of do-it-yourself oilchangers to recycle oil by making information availableto all public high schools and vocational schools thatoffer auto mechanics training.

RESULTS

Elements of this program have been permanentlyadopted by several large automotive retailers, includingShuck's, Al's Auto Supply, NAPA and Fred Meyer.

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ASSISTANCE FOR DRYCLEANERS

SPONSOR

Washington StateDrycleanersAssociation

PIE FUNDING

$ 37,000

TARGET AUDIENCE

Owners and operatorsof drycleaning serviceswithin the PugetSound region.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To inform dryclean-ers of the Affects ofimproper disposal ofhazardous waste gen-erated by their busi-nesses, the benefits ofproper disposal andthe options availablefor proper disposal.

I To improve compli-ance with properwaste managementguidelines.

PRODUCTS

ii Brochure, in Koreanand English, on theeffects of improperwaste disposal and thebenefits and savings ofproper disposal.

Profile of PugetSound drycleaners.

PROJECT STRATEGY

To develop an efficientsystem for schedulingone-on-one visits, theproject team used acomputerized systemthat included the loca-tions of highways,nearest cross streetsand numbered exitsfrom freeways. Withthis information, visitscould then be easilyplotted on an existingstate map.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

EPA, Region 10, high-lighted the project aspart of an educationalvideo for drycleaningprofessionals through-out the United States.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

Writing for TheWestern Cleaner andLaunderer, JackEllison lauded thiseffort as a "unique,first of a kind" project."Although owners haveno obligation to com-ply, they usuallyimmediately see thisas an opportunity tolearn and benefit."

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Deborah RechnitzWa. Drycleaners Assn.3425 Vernhardson St.Gig Harbor, WA 98335

(206) 851-6327

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

89

90

Hazardous Waste Management Assistance, Continued

METHODS

Preparing and distributing a tec: cal brochure (inEnglish and Korean) for drycleaners, including thecosts and fines of improper disposal and the methodsand available resources for proper disposal.

Compiling a profile cif drycleaners in the Puget Soundregion (for example, the numbers of Korean-speakingbusiness owners and employees or establishmentscomplying with current hazardous waste regulations).

Training a field representative in communication skills,industry standards, needs of small drycleaning estab-lishments and Korean cultural awareness.

Providing one-on-one training to over 1,200 drycleaningestablishments in the Puget Sound region, beginningwith those not complying with existing hazardous wasteregulations.

RESULTS

Research showed that at the beginning of the project,approximately 57 percent of all drycleaning establish-ments were in compliance: at the end of the project,that number had grown to 95 percent. Forty percent ofthe people visited were of Korean descent.

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How LAND DEVELOPMENT AFFECTS

OUR WATER RESOURCES

SPONSOR

The Building IndustryAssociation ofWashington andthe WashingtonAssociation of Realtors

PIE FUNDING

$ 25,000


$ 4,000 in matchingfunds from the projectsponsor.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Builders, developers,real estate agents, thegeneral public andlocal and state officialsregulating land devel-opment.

SCOPE

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To educate land-owners, builders, realestate agents, govern-ment officials andinterested partiesthroughout the PugetSound region on theimportance of properwetland and stormwa-ter management, theprocedures for devel-opment required bygovernments and theimpacts of develop-ment on stormwatersystems and wetlands.

To promote betterworking relationshipsamong all levels ofgovernment, propertyowners and managers,

environmentalists,concerned citizens andthe building industry.

PRODUCTS

Building in PugetSound is Wetland andStormwater Manage-ment, a how-to manual.

I Monthly newsletter.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

'The program was abig success for every-one involved. We sawthis project as anopportunity to educateour membership aboutsome very importantissues affecting ourindustry."

Dick Rokes, President,Building Industry

Association of Washington

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Bob DeGarmoBuilding IndustryAssociation of Wash.P.O. Box 1909Olympia, WA 98507

(206) 352-7800

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

91

92

How and-Development Affects Our Water Resources, continued

METHODS

Providing an open forum between regulators and thosebeing regulated in the form of live day-long workshopsat which attendees learned about industry concerns aswell as the interest of government regulations and

processes.

Producing and distributing a monthly newsletter.

Developing a "how-to" manual, which includes materi-als from federal, state and local agencies, an outline ofproposed and current regulations and a directory ofimplementing agencies affecting wetlands andstormwater in the Puget So' region.

RESULTS

SE Workshops were attended by over 400 professionalsand interesteL members of the public. The workshopsindirectly reached more than 1,200 people.

This project provided valued information about currentregulations and guidelines for development to an indus-try that is greatly affected by these new rules.

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NPDES BOATYARD HANDBOOK

SPONSOR

Northwest MarineTrade Association

PIE FUNDING

$ 40,000


Northwest MarineTrade Association paidfor extra staff assis-tance on mailings andfor phone and trans-portation costs.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Boatyard owners andoperators, employees,independent boatrepair contractors andothers involved withboatyards.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To help boatyardsunderstand and com-ply with NPDES boat-yard permits.

To provide informa-tion and materials tohelp them operate inan environmentallysound manner andmake their operationsmodels for othermarine businessesand recreationalboaters.

To help Washing-ton's boatyard opera-tors understand theirrole in protecting thestate's waters.

PRODUCTS

Boatyard OperatorsHandbook, a manualdescribing how tocomply with NPDESrequirements.

Promotionalbrochure.


Knowledge of boatyardoperators' needs grewfrom this project. Thisknowledge and experi-ence is being calledupon by marinegroups in other partsof the country.


"It was difficult at firstto gain credibility withskeptical agencies and

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environmental organi-zations. The industryhas been part of theproblem for so longthat people had diffi-culty trusting ourintentions. Once thiswas overcome, howev-er, support was signifi-cant."

Hal Schlomann

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Hal SchlomannNW Marine TradeAssociation1900 N. Northlake WaySuite 233Seattle, WA 98103

(206) 634-0911

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

93

94

NPDES Boatyard Handbook, continued

METHODS

Contacting boatyards and businesses performingboatyard activities to inform them of the new NationalPollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)general permit requirements.

Conducting eight regional workshops to provide infor-mation and reference materials about NPDES permits,related requirements and best management practicesfor boatyards.

Identifying operational changes and equipment anddemonstrating monitoring techniques and record-keep-ing procedures that may help boatyards and businessescomply with permit requirements.

w Cooperating with and assisting wholesalers in theirindependent efforts to train outside sales personnelabout permit conditions.

Producing a Boatyard Operators' Handbook, withreference materials that included the general permitand application form, a fact sheet, state water qualityregulations, best management practices, record-keeping aids, and model spill and solid waste manage-ment, reduction, recycling and disposal plans.

RESULTS

wt Ecology reports that a high percentage of eligible indus-try members have filed for permit applications.

a Many workshop participants have expressed a willing-ness and desire to help clean up our state's waters.

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SPONSOR

Olympia SchoolDistrict No. 111

PIE FUNDING

$ 3,540

TARGET AUDIENCE

High school studentsand staff from Capitaland Olympia HighSchools.

AREA COVERED

City of Olympia

PURPOSE

To provide high schoolstudents with theopportunity to workcooperatively toward acommon purpose: theappropriate disposal ofused motor oil.

PRODUCTS

Brochures de,scrib-ing appropriate meth-ods motor oil disposal.

Student marketingplan for selling oil dis-posal containers.

UNEXPECTED OUTCOME

Heightened awarenessprompted some of thestudents to getinvolved in a localstream project withTrout Unlimited and the

Hulbert auto dealership.


High school studentsbecame involved asmentors with childrenat Roosevelt Elemen-tary School. Highschool science stu-dents did an outstand-ing job of talking toelementary classesabout water quality.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

Science programs atboth high schools willinvolve students inwater quality testingwith kits purchasedfor the project. A localelementary school alsointends to replicate theproject.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Lamy Fresh leyOlympia SchoolDistrict No. 1111113 East Legion WayOlympia, WA 98501

(206) 753-8916

PROJECT TIMELINE

1959-1991

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METHODS

Identifying and recruiting key stulent leaders and par-ticipants from science, marketing and graphics classesto design and produce an informational brochure onthe recycling of waste oil and to develop a marketingplan for selling the containers.

Purchasing oil recycling containers.

Having the students sell the containers and informpeople about oil disposal and recycling.

RESULTS

Project participants sold 400 oil disposal containers. Afollow-up survey revealed that people who purchased acontainer used it and disposed of their oil in an appro-priate manner.

Based on the number of containers sold, an average oftwo oil changes per year and an estimated 50 percentincidence of improper oil disposal, the project teamestimates that their students' efforts will keep 1,500 to2,000 quarts of oil out of the Sound.

People who did not purchase containers received print-ed information about oil disposal methods and loca-tions and had the option of discussing the problem ofwaste oil with an informed student.

The project increased staff and student awareness andinvolvement in water quality issues.

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ALLIANCE BOATERS' PROJECT

SPONSOR

Quartermaster HarborAffiance

PIE FUNDING

$ 10,200

TARGET AUDIENCE

Commercial and recre-ational boaters.

AREA COVERED

Vashon Island and theKitsap Peninsula.

PURPOSE

To reduce water col-umn, surface and sed-iment contaminationof QuartermasterHarbor on VashonIsland by4-_achingboaters how to protectPuget Sound and byconducting beachcleanups.

PRODUCTS

Interpretive displaysat the Yacht Club andMarina.

The Main Sheetnewsletter.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

The project displayhas been reproducedand installed atShilshole Bay Marinain Seattle.

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PROJECT COORDINATOR

Barbara NightingaleQuartermaster HarborAllianceP.O. Box 97Burton, WA 9801i

(206) 463-3624

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

98

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METHODS

IN Building dockside displays at the QuartermasterHarbor marina and yacht club describing the marineecosystem and measures boaters can take to protectthe ecosystem.

Presenting seven workshops on best managementpractices for boaters and boatyards on the KitsapPeninsula.

Publishing a newsletter on environmentally soundboater activities and maintenance techniques.

a Providing hazardous waste disposal sites and informa-tion on disposal alternatives at boat haulout sites.

Involving young people in beach cleanups.

a Stenciling storm drains that flow into the harbor with a"Dump No Waste-Drains to Bay" message.

RESULTS

a Collection of over two tons of garbage (mainly plasticdebris) from Vashon Island beaches.

Better stowage of garbage on boats.

Increased use of tarps to catch boat hull scrapings,drippings and spillage, which should result in less con-tamination of sediments and surface waters.

a Publication of articles about the life-cycles of herringand barnacles in the local press, with editorial empha-sis on impacts to these creatures from poor boatingpractices.

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SPONSOR

Federal Way Water andSewer Citizen AdvisoryCommittee

PIE FUNDING

$ 5,200


$ 800 in matchingfunds to complete thevideo.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Area residents andstudents.

AREA COVERED

Federal Way areaserved by the waterand sewer district.

PURPOSE

To inform Federal Wayresidents about thedamaging effects ofstormwater runoff onPuget Sour Au and tosuggest remedies tocorrect runoff prob-lems.

PRODUCTS

Rainy Days in FederalWay video and accom-panying fact sheet pro-duced by junior highstudents.


According to one pro-ject team member,"some superhumanefforts" were requiredto channel the enthu-siasm of junior highschool studentsinvolved in video pro-duction. Working witholder students mayhave required less ofan effort.

UNEXPECTED OUTCOME

Through the advisoryprocess, key peoplefrom the new city ofFederal Way and thelocal water and sewerdistrict had a chanceto meet and worktogether for the firsttime.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

The Federal Way Waterand Sewer Districtplans to produce simi-lar public informationvideos, using a stu-dent group to describethe sewage treatmentplant.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Lois KutschaFederal Way Water andSewer District31627 First Ave. S.Federal Way, WA98063

(206) 939-4792

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

99

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METHODS

Convening a citizen advisory committee to superviseproduction of a videotape and fact sheet on stormwaterrunoff by Sacajawea and Kilo Junior High Schoolscience clubs.

Interviewing stormwater managers and experts forbackground material.

Recruiting students to write, narrate and produce thevideo.

III Presenting the video to schools and community groups.

RESULTS

Twenty junior high school students were involved in theproject and became advocates for the watershed.

Runoff problems were easier to understand because thevideo "brought the issue home" by emphasizing areasspecific to Federal Way.

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EDUCATION PROJECT

SPONSOR

Olympia SchoolDistrict No. 111

PIE FUNDING

$ 12,400


Matching funds fromthe local PTA and theschool district.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Students, parents,neighbors and busi-nesses of RooseveltElementary Schoolcommunity.

AREA COVERED

Northeast Olympia

PURPOSE

To increase awarenessof Roosevelt Elemen-tary School students,their parents, neigh-bors and local busi-nesses about howtheir activities con-tribute to stormwaterrunoff and what theycan do to reduce pol-lution of Puget Soundfrom stormwaterrunoff.

PRODUCTS

Public serviceannouncements

AUDIENCE RESPONSES

"My child now moni-tors the amount ofwater we use when webrush our teeth."

"When I was burningleaves, my daughterrefused to leave mealone until I promisednot to dump flamma-ble stuff on it to makeit go. I was annoyed,but she was right."

Parents ofparticipating sti HiPnts

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PROJECT COORDINATOR

Kay O'SullivanRoosevelt ElementarySchoolc/o Olympia SchoolDistrict No. 1111113 East Legion WayOlympia, WA 98501

(206) 753-8972

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

101

Roosevelt School Stormwater Education Project, continued

METHODS

Raising awareness through a year-long program ofactivities that show the connections among stormwaterrunoff and drinking water, streams, wetlands, themarine environment and hazardous waste.

Encouraging parents and neighbors to recycle oil.

Hosting a community water quality fair to involve fami-

lies and neighbors.

Developing public service announcements.

Stenciling storm drains on neighborhood streets.

Conducting a student survey of parents and neighbor-hood residents before and after the project to assesschanges in knowledge and behavior.

Distributing an existing pamphlet to parents, neighborsand local businesses.

a Involving students in an examination of school prac-tices affecting stormwater.

RESULTS

Pre- and post-project surveys appeared to show anincrease in awareness.

a Students' knowledge spread to families and neighbors.

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ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDANCE

SPONSOR

Pacific Iron and Metalwith Metro, the Insti-tute of Scrap RecyclingIndustries andEMCON Northwest

PIE FUNDING

$ 7,554

TARGET AUDIENCE

Operators and employ-ees of metal recyclingfacilities.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To reduce contamina-tion of stormwaterrunoff from metalrecycling operations bydeveloping best man-agement practices forthe industry.

PRODUCTS

Scrap Metal RecyclingEnvironmentalGuidance Manunl.


The most difficultProblem encounteredwas reconciling differ-ent interpretations ofindustry requirementsby various agencies.Metro, the Departmentof Ecology and EPAwere not always in

agreement on properenvironmental proce-dures that ensurecompliance with vari-ous state and federallaws and rules.


Some of the best man-agement practices thatwere developed for themanual are going to beincorporated by theInstitute of ScrapRecycling Industries,which means that theywill be distributed inall 50 states.

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PROJECT COORDINATOR

Rick SternoffPacific Iron and MetalP.O. Box C-3637Seattle, WA 98124

(206) 628-6232

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

103

104

Scrap Metal Recycling Environmental Guidance continued

METHODS

Cooperating with the Municipality of MetropolitanSeattle (Metro) to develop background informationand a potential distribution list.

Developing and distributing a manual that discussesthe contamination of stormwater runoff from thesefacilities, identifies best management practices toreduce or prevent stormwater contamination and pre-sents information on new state requirements forstormwater control.

Making a presentation at a meeting of the PacificNorthwest Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries.

RESULTS

Forty-five manuals have been distributed.

Test results showed that stormwater contamination atPacific Iron and Metal was greatly reduced after thecompany put in place best management practicesdescribed in the manual.

By providing a single environmental reference, PacificIron and Metal has made it easier for metal recyclers tooperate in an environmentally sensitive manner.

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SPONSOR

City of Bremerton

PIE FUNDING

$ 16,500


Donations of staff timeand materials.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Service clubs, commu-nity groups, studentsand visitors to CityCenter WaterfrontPark.

AREA COVERED

Sinclair Inlet

PURPOSE

To provide the publicwith information oncontaminated sedi-ments in Sinclair Inlet,including sources ofhistorical industrialpollution, presentsolutions and the pub-lic's role in implement-ing these solutions,

PRODUCTS

I Sedimental Journeyslide show and script,suitable for presenta-tion with minimal pre-senter training.

Interpretive dis-plays.


"It was a real challengeto develop displaysthat did not point fin-gers at polluters butrather engaged every-one as part of thesolution."

Don Pratt

UNEXPECTED OUTCOME

Because of the involve-ment of so many dif-ferent jurisdictions, itwas almost impossibleto get approval toinstall the panels.However, once theywere completed, thepower of the productsold itself and agen-cies were more thanhappy to participate.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Don PrattCity of Bremerton239 Fourth St.Bremerton, WA 98310

(206) 478-5275

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

117 105

METHODS

Installing interpretive signs on the Bremerton recre-ational pier and developing a slide show program toshow existing sediment and marine life conditions,tell why these conditions exist, explain potential healthconsequences, identify corrective actions currentlyunderway and suggest ways to be involved in thesolutions.

RESULTS

Four interpretive panels were installed at the OverwaterPark in Bremerton, at the Port Orchard marina and attwo neighborhood waterfront parks in Bremerton.

II Slide show was presented to area fourth grade marinescience classes, at local libraries and at Clean WaterWeekend festivities.

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STORM DRAIN STENCILING

SPONSOR

Skagit Valley YMCA

PIE FUNDING

$ 3,198


Materials and volun-teer time donated bylocal government, theDepartment of Ecologyand Draper ValleyFarms Corp., plus$ 2,290 raised fromother sources.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Members of the YMCAEarth Corps and otherresidents of the SkagitRiver Valley.

AREA COVERED

Skagit County, focus-ing on neighborhoodswith storm drains.

PURPOSE

To reduce theamount of pollutionentering Puget Soundvia Skagit Countystorm drains by bring-ing together YMCAEarth Corps and areagroups in a coopera-tive effort.

To develop youthleadership skills inenvironmental stew-ardship.

To educate resi-dents about the stormdrain system andresponsible disposal ofwastes.

PRODUCTS

4,000 door hangerswith wste disposalinforni,.., ion.


Graduation and otherlosses of YMCA EarthCorps student organi-zations made comple-tion of the project achallenge. Corps teamleadership was carriedforward by the remain-ing young people whocontinued to supportthe project.


Outreach to a Mt.Vernon middle schoolresulted in studentsadopting a local creekand taking on respon-

sibility for stencilingthe neighborhood neartheir school.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Julie CarpenterSkagit Valley YMCA215 E. Fulton St.Mt. Vernon, WA 98273

(206) 428-8553

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

107

METHODS

Educating residents about the storm drain system, itsconnection to Puget Sound and an individual'sresponsibilities in preventing pollution from enteringthe system.

Making presentations in classrooms about storm drainsand stenciling.

Stenciling storm drains with the message "Do NotDump-Drains to Stream."

Preparing a materials and procedures record for othersto use when the storm drains require re-stenciling.

Distributing over 3,000 informational door hangers inareas with storm drains.

RESULTS

Public works departments now have maps indicatingthe storm drains stenciled in their cities.

The youth involved in stenciling revealed tremendousshifts in their attitudes as they became responsible"stewards of the storm drains."

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SPONSOR

National Association ofIndustrial and OfficeParks (NAIOP)

PIE FUNDING

$ 35,000


Subcontractors con-tributed labor andmaterials for work-shops.

TARGET AUDIENCE

NAIOP members, realestate developers,design professionalsand governmentagency staff.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To educate the tar-get audience about therelationship betweenland development andPuget Sound waterquality.

To explain and pro-mote the use of vege-tated swales for biofil-tration and surfacewater management inindustrial and officepark developments,

PRODUCTS

Guidebook for WaterQuality Swales.

Water QualitySwales video.

UNEXPECTED OUTCOME

The video and techni-cal guidebook contin-ue to be used by agen-cies and consultingfirms for in-houseseminars.

AWARD

The project receivedthe Honor Award fromthe Washington chap-ter of the AmericanPlanning Association.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

"This project was help-ful because it allowedus to cooperatively dis-cuss water quality...with public agencies."

--George Sherwin,Qundrant Corporation

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Richard WeinmanNAIOPc/o Huckell/WeinmanAssociates205 Lake St. SouthKirkland, WA 98033

(206) 828-4463

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

12i109

110

Water 'Quality Sates continued

METHODS

Taking a multimedia approach, producing a videooverview of surface water management issues and apublished compilation of technical data on the designand function of water quality swales and presentinginformational workshops with expert panelists.

Fostering a cooperative dialogue on water quality issuesamong private developers and public agencies.

I Promoting use of water quality swales in commercialdevelopment projects to control stormwater runoff.

RESULTS

I One hundred and eighty-nine people attended theworkshops and 2,000 copies of the technical guidebookwere distributed.

Several trade journals and other publications reprintedan article on swales submitted by the project team.

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Marshes, bogs, fens, swamps, wet meadows and other systems we call "wetlands" form an irreplaceable part of

each watershed. These are the collectors, filters and distributors of water, crucial organs of the land that store and

treat surface water and recharge the underground supplies called aquifers. In addition, the various types of wetlands

form some of the most productive habitats we have, supporting whole communities of plants and animals.

Protecting wetlands is complex because the systems are complex. We can't see all the physical, biological and

chemical processes at work. For too long, we've taken those processes for granted so much that with wetlands

dwindling we find that the costs of providing human-made measures to perform the some 'work" are prohibitively

expensive.

Wetlands issues are complex too, because traditional means of protecting them : -ven't worked. Principles of

property rights and the authority of government agencies call into question just what measures society can use to pro-

tect its wetland legacy. Like other areas that involve water quality, the complexity of the issues calls for multiple solu-

tions; no one 'right" answer will suffice.

The following projects reflect a variety of ways that wetlands in the Puget Sound region have been addressed by

educators. Some projects have defined small but critical audiences, like land trusts, developers and public decision-

makers. Others have built bridges between students and wetland owners. Others have broadened the constituency

for wetlands by developing databases, bibliographies and other similar resources.

As diverse as these audiences and strategies are, one theme runs through all of these projects: there are ways

that everyone, regardless of political stance, can bring at least one solution to the table. Whether that solution is reg-

ulatory or voluntary; preventive or corrective; brood in scope or involving only one small area, it is in everyone's

interest that Puget Sound's wetlands thrive.

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TRIBES

Look for these symbols in each of the NE project descriptions to find out


Key Strategies for


Wetlands Projects

Workplace workshops

Kitchen talks

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:'-r'3rochures/Newsletters,

Guidebooks

Model protection plans

Curriculum

shows

Informational meetings

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CAPITOL LAND TRUST

SPONSOR

Capitol Land Trust

PIE FUNDING

$ 32,000

TARGET AUDIENCE

Staff of Puget Soundland trusts.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To increase thenumber of high qualitywetlands that are pro-tected by Washingtonland trusts.

To promote partner-ships between landtrusts and all levels ofgovernment for moreeffective utilization ofresources for wetlandspreservation.

To provide trainingand educational mate-rials on the identifica-tion of high qualitywetlands, resourceinformation on siteassessment and man-agement.

PRODUCTS

Wetland Preservation,A Resource Manual ForLand Trusts (contain-ing a model conserva-tion easement).

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PROJECT COORDINATOR

Wendy EliotCapitol Land TrustP.O. Box 3077Lacey, WA 98503

and

Peggy BillRt. 1 Box 2378Lopez, WA 98261

(206) 468-2491

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

METHODS

Preparing two case studies (Capitol Land Trust andThurston County; Columbia River Land Trust and U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service) highlighting the importance ofland trusts working with all levels of government to iden-tify high quality sites and design wetlands preservationand restoration projects.

Assessing needs of land trusts by identifying existingexpertise, the number of wetlands protected and trainingneeds.

Providing land trusts with a reference manual whichfocuses on topics important for effective wetlands preser-vation.

Providing field training to land trust members on wet-lands assessment.

Developing model wetlands conservation easement lan-guage for use by land trusts.

RESULTS

Two pilot projects in Thurston County and on the Colum-bia River to design and implement wetlands restoration.

Ninety people attended three workshops.

The Washington Department of Ecology has agreed todistribute the resource manual, printing additional copiesas needed.

The resource manual includes "boilerplate" languagemaking it easier for land trusts to negotiate and writeconservation easements.

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SPONSOR

Adopt a Beach

PIE FUNDING

$ 10,000

TARGET AUDIENCE

Shoreline residentsand communitygroups.

AREA COVERED

Thurston, Kitsap andADDITIONAL RESOURCES Pierce counties.

This project was acomponent of a muchlarger project, whichreceived $ 83,000 fromthe Bullitt Foundation.

PURPOSE

To help citizensorganize a useful,credible and effectiveland and water stew-ardship project.

To develop lastingpartnerships betweenvolunteers and localagencies responsiblefor protecting the envi-ronment.

PRODUCTS

Customized field man-uals for shoreline, wet-lands and shellfishmonitoring.

UNEXPECTED OUTCOME

Interest in volunteerassistance with moni-toring activities hasincreased among localgovernments of thethree targeted cc:un-ties.

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PROJECT COORDINATOR

Ken PritchardAdopt a BeachP.O. Box 21486Seattle, WA 98111

(206) 624-6013

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

115

METHODS

Identifying local needs for shoreline and wetlandsstewardship.

Facilitating agreements between volunteer groups andlocal government agencies with monitoring programs.

Tapping into the network of experts and resources devel-oped by Adopt a Beach during the previous six years.

Providing a project format and adopting standardizedmonitoring techniques.

Initiating wetlands and shoreline monitoring and mappingprojects.

RESULTS

Students and other volunteers are monitoring waterquality in Commencement Bay and Can Inlet, conductinga bird census in Port Ludlow and mapping wetlands andother habitats in Auburn and Bear and Wollochet creeks.

iii Of 25 organizations recruited to Catalyst, nine wereenlisted through this PIE project.

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SPONSOR

Mary The ler Commu-nity Center

PIE FUNDING

$ 37,000


Over $2 million ingrants from the stateInteragency Commit-tee for Outdoor Recre-ation, the Legislature,the state departmentsof Ecology, NaturalResources andWildlife, and othersources.

AREA COVERED

Belfair

TARGET AUDIENCE

Public school studentsin grades K-12, collegegraduate and under-graduate students andfaculty, and the pub-lic.

PURPOSE

To promote aware-ness of the value ofwetlands and theirwater resources.

To provide an oppor-tunity for educationalinstitutions to cooper-ate in using a range ofresources to design acustomized curricu-lum on wetlands.

PRODUCTS

The Hood CanalWetlands Project video.

A field guide to thebirds, vegetation andinsects of the wetland.

A master plan fortrails.


The project's scopegrew far beyond whatwas originally envi-sioned. Keeping thelines of communica-tion open among pub-lic school and collegestaff, the project teamand participantsbecame a major task.

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AWARDS

In part for its ambi-tious wetlands project,the North MasonSchool District waschosen to receive a"Schools for the 21stCentury" grant. It alsoreceived achievementawards from PacificNorthwest magazineand the Hood CanalCoordinating Council.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Jerry WalkerMary E. The lerCommunity CenterP.O. Box 1445Belfair, WA 98528

(206) 275-8119

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

117

118

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METHODS

li Developing a core library of reference texts on waterquality, wetlands and related environmental subjects,housed in the North Mason High School with satellitelibraries in middle and elementary schools.

Developing and exchanging lesson plans among teachers.

RESULTS

Eight hundred and fifty students from four schools madefield trips to "walk the wetlands."

North Mason county school teachers reported 356 hoursof classroom wetlands activities.

A Summer Water Quality Festival with 23 exhibits (includ-ing many PIE projects) was attended by 3,500 people.

Sixty-three acres of adjacent Washington Department ofWildlife wetlands property was joined to the originalTheler Wetland to coordinate protective status and plan-ning on 135 acres of wetlands.

The Schools for the 21st Century grant focused wetlandseducation as the core curriculum for North Mason HighSchool.

Systematic water quality testing is a permanent part ofthe high school curriculum.

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WASHINGTON WETLAND NETWORK

SPONSOR

Seattle AudubonSociety - WETNET

PIE FUNDING

$ 22,400


$ 25,000 from theEnvironmental Protec-tion Agency

TARGET AUDIENCE

Public, communityand environmentalgroups, Tribes,landowners, develop-ers and agencies.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To increase the par-ticipation of citizensand organizations inthe governmental wet-lands and watershedprotection processes.

To develop wetlandseducational and out-reach materials thatsupplement a citizens'training program.

PRODUCES

Critical Area Data-base.

Citizen's Toolbookfor understandinggrowth managementand wetlands protec-tion with specificchapters for variousPuget Sound counties.

Annotated bibliog-raphy of wetlands protection and enhance-ment material.,

Citizen's Directory toover 350 non-govern-mental organizationsinvolved in wetlandspreservation.

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PROJECT COORDINATOR

Barb Douma andDee ArntzSeattle AudubonSocietyc/o WETNET8028 35th Ave. NESeattle, WA 98115

(206) 624-6013

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

119

Washington Wet kind Network; scontiriued

METHODS

Developing educational and outreach materials to supple-ment the Wetlands Network (WETNET) database andtraining program funded by EPA, focused on wetlandsprotection, the Growth Management Act and the planningprocess.

Offering workshops in wets. is protection.

Developing a wetlands bibliography resource guide tobooks, articles, videos and national, state and local publi-cations.

Developing a resource guide to wetlands ordinances andpolicies in the Puget Sound region.

Mailing bimonthly press releases listing a calendar ofevents related to citizen involvement opportunities.

RESULTS

Improved communications among many previouslyunconnected organizations as a result of the process.

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Kingston Junior HighSchool and the NorthKitsap School District

PIE FUNDING

$ 4,500


In-kind contributionsof $ 8,095, plus note-books and plant press-es.

WETLANDETLAND PROJECT

TARGET AUDIENCE

Seventh grade sciencestudents at KingstonJunior High.

AREA COVERED

Kingston

PURPOSE

To use a wetland adja-cent to school propertyas a learning resourcefor educating seventhgrade science studentsabout wetlands.

PRODUCTS

Local wetlands-centered curriculum.

Brochure on wet-lands and waterquality.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

The wetland hasbecome the focus foran integrated, all-school Earth Day pro-gram involving classesin science, art andlanguage arts. Otherteachers are nowusing the site as anoutdoor classroom.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Megan McCarthyKingston Junior HighSchoolc/o North KitsapSchool District9000 NE WestKingston Rd.Kingston, WA 98346

(206) 297-7070

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

121

122

Wetland Project, continued

METHODS

Conducting botanical and faunal surveys of selected areasin the wetland and basing individual and group learningactivities on survey information.

Conducting ongoing qualitative water monitoring in thewetland.

RESULTS

The survey and monitoring have involved 190 seventhgraderstwice as many students as originally anticipated.

I Junior high math students used the monitoring data tolearn statistical graphing.

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WETLANDBLAND RESTORATION,

PRESERVATION AND EDUCATION

SPONSOR

Collins ElementaryParent Teacher Associ-ation

PIE FUNDING

$ 18,000


1,400 volunteer hours,including dump trucksand drivers donated bylocal constructioncompanies.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Parents, employeesand students atCollins ElementarySchool, area residents,and Franklin PierceSchool District resi-dents and employees.

AREA COVERED

Collins ElementarySchool and FranklinPierce School Districtin Pierce County.

PURPOSE

To preserve andprotect the CollinsWetland.

To teach the targetaudience about wet-lands and water quali-ty.

To develop opportu-nities for communitymembers to contributeto the preservationand protection ofPuget Sound and itswetlands.

PRODUCTS

A video document-ing the project before,during and afterrestoration.

Wetland Trail Guide,written by students toaid in the interpreta-tion of the wetlandtrail.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

The Clover CreekCouncil has beenformed by participantsin the project toaddress similar con-cerns in anotherdrainage in PierceCounty.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Nancy SmithCollins ElementaryPTA4608 128th St. EastTacoma, WA 98446

(206) 535-6330

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

"This year, for the fiattime, we had a Mallardduck nest in the wet-land and we now havebaby ducks...To us thismeans that not only dowe think the area looksbetter and is on its wayto being restored, butthe birds are also con-vinced."

Nancy Smith

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Wetland Restoration, Preservation and Education, con ued

METHODS

Engaging adults and students in efforts to restore theexisting wetland on school property, including cleanup ofa dump site.

Establishing an "Earth Watch" group to involve studentsin wetlands protection through the school's science club.

Hosting a "Wonders of Wetlands Day" to promote commu-nity awareness of wetlands values.

Recruiting and training older students and adults asEnvironmental Study Area Docents.

RESULTS

A 2.5-acre wetland historically used as a dump has beenrestored.

Over 2,000 students, staff and community members wereeither involved in the restoration and education project orvisited the wetland.

Thirty-eight dump truck loads of construction debris wereremoved from the wetland; nat,ve vegetation was restoredand an observation area built.

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SPONSOR

Washington StateUniversity CooperativeExtension KingCounty

PIE FUNDING

$ 9,900


Match for volunteertraining from sponsor-ing agency.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Thirty volunteers forextensive training and5,000 members of thegeneral public.

AREA COVERED

King County

PURPOSE

To train volunteers toeducate the public onstrategies for protect-ing and restoring wet-lands as part of theCooperative ExtensionLand/Water Steward-ship program.

PRODUCTS

Field Guide to Wet-land Characterization:A Non-TechnicalApproach.

Wetland PlantGuide, a companionpublication to the fieldguide.


Because there was somuch debate on thefederal level about thedefinition of a wetlandand definitions keptchanging, it was diffi-cult to complete char-acterizations.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Curt MoultonWSU CooperativeExtension - KingCounty612 Smith TowerSeattle, WA 98101

(206) 296-3900

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

137 125

126

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METHODS

Training a core of 30 volunteers on general water quality,stewardship and wetlands protection.

Educating the public by providing 60 hours of public out-reach per trained volunteer through community work-shops, presentations at public events and participation ina speakers' bureau.

Producing a wetlands characterization field guide andgeneral information publication for use by the public inwetlands protection.

Sending information through The Small Farmer Newsletterto rural audiences.

RESULTS

Thirty-six volunteers received 100 hours of training asLand/Water Stewards.

Volunteer hours have been dedicated to other projects inthe community.

1,000 Field Guides to Wetland Characterization: A Non-Technical Approach have been printed and distributedthroughout King County.

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WATERSHED EDUCATION

SPONSOR

Metropolitan Park Dis-trict of Tacoma andthe Snake Lake NatureCenter

PIE FUNDING

$ 26,500


Contributions from theTacoma Morning NewsTribune newspaper,Zellerbach Paper andPrintworks for thehomeowner's guide;$ 200 from PugetSound Bank for stormdrain stenciling.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Watershed residents,students and teachersfrom regional elemen-tary schools.

AREA COVERED

Snake Lake watershed

PURPOSE

To increase home-owner awareness ofhow individual actionsaffect urban water-sheds.

To teach elementarystudents about thefunctions and valuesof wetlands.

PRODUCTS

The Adventure ofPrecop the Raindrop.

Wetland Wonderscurriculum.

Storm drain stencil.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

The Wetlands Wonderscurriculum became amajor program offeredat the Nature Center,and teacher trainingsessions are offeredregularly.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

John GarnerSnake Lake NatureCenter1919 So. Tyler St.Tacoma, WA 98405

(206) 298-7895

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

127

Wetlands and Watershed Education, continued

METHODS

Developing and distributing a homeowner's guide.

Stenciling storm drains throughout the Snake Lakewatershed.

Posting watershed boundary signs.

Staging a community watershed fair.

Mounting a wetlands education program for area schools.

RESULTS

Fifteen thousand copies of The Adventure of Precop theRaindrop, a homeowner's guide in a comic book format,were distributed door-to-door by students from the highschool science club.

Student teams, with support from the city of Tacomatraffic engineering and stormwater utility departments,stenciled 125 storm drains with the message "Dump NoWaste-Drains to Snake Lake" and the logo o:a CanadaGoose within a waterdrop.

Seven "Welcome to Snake Lake Watershed" signs werefabricated and installed on major arterial roads.

A water quality education component was added to theNatures Center's annual Discovery Day.

The successful partnership created in this project hasbeen expanded in a subsequent PIE project, Puget SoundPartners (see page 19).

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SPONSOR

Greater HansvilleChamber of Commerce

PIE FUNDING

$ 12,000


Forty percent of pro-ject staff time was vol-unteered.

TARGET AUP'5.N(E

The public in thevicinity of the pro-posed HansvilleGreenway Corridor.

AREA COVERED

North Kitsap County

PURPOSE

To enhance the pro-tection of a fragile sys-tem of wetlands, wet-lands buffers, wildlifehabitat and openspace in north KitsapCounty.

To develop a com-munity action modelfor Kitsap County byinvolving communityyouth with adults ineducational efforts.

To promote atti-tudes and behaviorpatterns that supportpresent and futureenvironmental protec-tion.

PRODUCTS

Wetlands inventoriesfor Buck's Lake, Northand South BeaverPonds and Hawks HoleCreek.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Sid KnutsonGreater HansvilleChamber of Commerce5100 NE Admiralty WayHansville, Wa 98340

(206) 638-2869

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

129

Wetlands Assessme

METHODS

Recruiting a team of volunteers from the recently complet-ed PIE-funded Water Watchers Program and hiring a wetlands consultant to conduct inventories.

Performing wetlands inventories on Upper Hawks Pond,Lower Hawks Pond and Buck Lake, and their connectingstreams to Hood Canal at the north end of Kitsap County.

Educating landowners about ways to protect wetlands bypreventing activities that degrade wetlands functions andvalues and encouraging personal participation in mitiga-tion and enhancement efforts.

Incorporating maps and inventory information intoKitsap County's Geographic Information System to assistcitizens in the protection and preservation of wetlands.

RESULTS

A permanent monitoring program is being carried out byvolunteers trained in this project.

Publicity about this project has led to support throughoutKitsap County for public acquisition of these wetlands toensure their preservation.

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SPONSOR

Whatcom CountyPlanning Department

PIE FUNDING

$ 8,000


In-kind contribution ofstaff time by county;architectural drawingsdonated.

TARGET AUDIENCE

The development com-munity, including con-tractors, developers,realtors and land useattorneys.

AREA COVERED

Whatcom County

PURPOSE

To educate thedevelopment commu-nity about the func-tions of wetlands andto help them under-stand the value of wet-lands.

To increase thenumber and acreage ofprotected wetlands inWhatcom County.

PRODUCES

Site booklets.

Development andWetlands: Are MereOptions? brochure.


The project teamsought to interpretproposed regulationsof the county's tempo-rary critical areas ordi-nance. However afterthe ordinance'sprogress was delayedby a referendum, theproject team had tochange its focus,exploring aspects ofsound developmentrather than implemen-tation of wetlands reg-ulations.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Terri PlaiceWhatcom CountyPlanning Department254 W. Kellogg RoadBellingham, WA 98226

(206) 676-6756

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

131

132

METHODS

Providing experiential education through field study andtours of representative wetlands.

Organizing tours to a variety of sites exemplifying wet-lands categories and to one wetland mitigation site.

Producing a handbook explaining the characteristics ofeach site.

Producing an informational pP rnphlet about wetlandsissues for distribution to the ,.,:velopment community.

Creating an environment for constructive dialogue aboutthe long-term effects on Puget Sound caused by thecontinued loss of wetlands.

RESULTS

Six tours to seven sites were held, with a booklet contain-ing an aerial photograph of each site and explaining thewetlands issues there.

According to the project coordinator, the project created adialogue in a community polarized by wetlands issues. Inaddition, tour participants became convinced of theimportance of wetlands.

A property ;Lights organization invited the county to dis-tribute the brochure at their booth at the BellinghamHome Show.

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SPONSOR

National Association ofIndustrial and OfficeParks (NAIOP)

PIE FUNDING

$ 30,000


In-kind services andmaterials.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Real estate developers,brokers, lawyers,bankers and consul-tants.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To educate the tar-get audience aboutwetlands values andfunctions as theyrelate to water qualityand about the federal,state and local wet-lands regulatory pro-grams.

To identify sourcesof conflict or percep-tions of conflictbetween developersand regulatory agen-

cies and to clarifythose conflicts.

To foster coopera-tion between develop-ers and regulatoryagencies in imple-menting innovativeapproaches to wet-lands protection.

PRODUCTS

Four workshops.

I Slide show summa-rizing workshops andguidebook.

Wetland Incentives:Non-RegulatoryApproaches to Protect-ing Wetlands guide-book.

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PROJECT COORDINATOR

Richard WeinmanNAIOPc/o Huckell/WeinmanAssociates205 Lake Street So.Kirkland, WA 98033

(206) 828-4463

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

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METHODS

Involving the National Association of Industrial and OfficeParks, Army Crsrps of Engineers, EPA, U.S. Fish andWildlife Servi( local governments, environmental organi-zations, Washington Department of Ecology and PugetSound Water Quality Authority in project planning toacquire a wide range of expertise in technical information.

Compiling and summarizing existing information regard-ing wetlands protection programs in the Puget Soundregion.

Producing a workbook, slide show and workshops toachieve understanding of the regional context of wetlandsprotection issues and to help identify and minimize poten-tial conflicts regarding the regulatory requirements.

Presenting a series of workshops for the target audienceto describe regulations and non-regulatory and incentiveapproaches to wetlands managerr it.

Planning a public information component for the projectto communicate its availability and content to a largeraudience.

RESULTS

Ninety-seven percent of workshop participants whoresponded to a survey said the guidebook and workshopgave them new and useful information.

This slide program is available to local governments andother groups. Eighty percent of survey respondents whosaw the slide show said their organization would find ituseful.

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e PROTECTING FISH, WILDLIFEek) AND SHELLFISH HABITAT

You can measure water quality in twoways. The first is to examine just the substance H2O for its purity. The

second is to consider all the living things that dean water sustains and find out how they are doing. As a society, we

value clean water for its own sake its purity and for what it is to us, a thirst quencher, a refreshing dip, an essen-

tial ingredient in an industrial process. We need clean wate, to sustain our lives. But to live fully ourselves, we also

need all the other lifeforms that live in, on or around it salmon, caddisflies, eelgrass, buffer dams, pond

turtles...and the list goes on.

Protecting the habits of water-dependent plants and animals requires active stewardship. But before we act in

ways that affect the complex relationships between organisms and their habitats, we must know something about

those relationships. In some cases, we need to know about the past what habitats looked like before they were

changed to make room for modern society. In other cases, we need to know about the specific requirements of vari-

ous organisms so that the habitats providing those -squirements can be reconstructed. In yet other cases, we may

only need to know the techniques of preserving, restoring or reconstructing critical habitats, stream by stream, log by

log, boulder by boulder and plant by plant.

For some learners, understanding habitats may begin with an encounter with the wild a moment of amaze-

ment and wonder. For others, it begins with the ecological theory and supporting facts. For still others, it may begin

with the work of restoration. In each of the following PIE Fund projects, audiences moved some distance on the jour-

ney from understanding habitats to fixing the ones that have been broken. In that journey, each learner experiencedin some way the link that eventually binds him or her to everything living in the Puget Sound basin.

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SHELLFISH HARVESTERSIncluding commercial and recreational har-

vesters, restaurants and shellfish consumers

PUBLICIncluding community organizations, families,

landowners and recreationists

Look for these symbols in each of the PIE project descriptions to find out


Key Strategies for


Habitat Projects

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School curriculum

Anterpretive displays

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BOUNDARY BAY ECOSYSTEM

AWARENESS PROJECT

SPONSOR

Point Roberts HeronPreservationCommittee

PIE FUNDING

$ 12,000


$ 12,000 in matchingfunds from Labatt'sBrewing Co., Environ-ment Canada, B.C.Lotteries and others.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Recreationists, schoolgroups, farmers,marine operators,boaters and membersof the business com-munity.

AREA COVERED

Point Roberts, Wa.,and Tsawwassen, B.C.

To increase aware-ness of the effects ofpoint and nonpointsource pollutants onthe Boundary Bayecosystem.

To foster a commit-ment to action withinthe communities sur-rounding BoundaryBay.

PRODUCTS

A 300-page schoolcurriculum guide.

A mobile interpre-tive center and waterquality laboratory.

Informationalbrochures.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Martin KeeleyPoint Roberts HeronPreservation SocietyP.O. Box 1421Pt. Roberts, WA 98281

(206) 945-3387

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

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Bounddry Bay Awareness Prole( continued

METHODS

Developing a mobile interpretive center to provide educa-tional programs to communities, area schools and othertarget audiences.

Training teachers and community volunteers to establishand operate data collection and monitoring programs forelementary, junior and senior high school students.

Developing a Boundary Bay ecosystem teachers' resourcekit.

Designing educational programs that promote communityinvolvement in identifying the problems and potentialsolutions within the Boundary Bay area.

RESULTS

Thousands of school children have participated in theprogram.

Increased public awareness about environmental issuesaffecting the bay now exists.

The local business community has become proactive ineducation and enhancement efforts.

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SPONSOR

Port Townsend MarineScience Center

PIE FUNDING

$ 13,000


$ 2,200

TARGET AUDIENCE

Visitors to Fort Wor-den State Park andstudent groups.

SCOPE

Fort Worden, PortTownsend

PURPOSE

To provide informationabout eelgrassitsgeographic distribu-tion, habitat functionsand its link to com-mercially importantfish and shellfishspecies.

PRODUCTS

Eeigrass aquariumand seven interpretivepanels describing eel-grass ecology, hydrolo-gy, geology, impactsfrom development andmitigation strategies.

A reproduction ofone of the interpretive

panels, The EelgrassMeadow: A World ofMicrohabitats, is avail-able to the public, asare original graphicsfor reprinting as book-lets, brochures orposters.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

"Very timely with pro-posed waterfrontdevelopments (it's]important to havepublic educationemphasizing the eco-logical importance ofeelgrass."

Comment from theMaine Science Center's

guest register

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Judy D'AmorePort Townsend MarineScience CenterFt. Worden State ParkPt. Townsend, WA98368

(206) 385-4898

PROJECT TIMELINE

1987-1989

METHODS

Designing and building an outdoor eelgrass display andinterpretive panels at the Port Townsend Marine ScienceCenter.

Training docents to present information on eelgrassecology to visitors.

RESULTS

Over 40 volunteers have received training in eelgrassecology, exhibit maintenance and public education.

Thousands of visitors to the Marine Science Center haveseen the display.

The exhibit has become the starting point for a multi-media tour of the Puget Sound basin, currently beingdeveloped by the center.

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SPONSOR

Washington Sea GrantMarine AdvisoryServices

PIE FUNDING

$ 5,000

TARGET AUDIENCE

Commercial fishers,recreational boaters,ports, marinas, educa-tors, agencies and thepublic.

AREA COVERED

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PURPOSE

To encourage peoplewho use Puget Soundto be more responsibleabout disposing oftrash.

PRODUCTS

Marine Debris: Get aGrip on It! poster.

Marine Debris.

Let's Keep OurShorelines Clean.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Mike SprangerWashington Sea Grant3716 Brooklyn Ave. NESeattle, WA 98105

(206) 543-6600

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

141

142

METHODS

Revising and reprinting Marine Debris: How Recreation-al Boaters Can Help Solve a Serious Problem; Getting aGrip on Marine Debris at Squalicum Harbor; MarineDebris: How Commercial Fishermen Can Help Solve theProblem; and the poster, Marine Debris: Get a Grip onIt!

RESULTS

Marine Debris: Get a Grip on It! was reprinted anddistributed.

The two marine debris publications were revised andmerged into one publication and distributed.

Getting a Grip on Marine Debris at Squalicurn Harbor wasnot reprinted for soundwide distribution because it wasnot specific enough for other harbors in terms of pumpingstations, recycling centers locations and other marine-related services. A more specific draft was revised andsubmitted for use at the John Wayne Marina in Sequim.

Let's Keep Our Shorelines Clean, a general guide to wastedisposal and marine resource protection.

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nmOONIS PRAYER, WISDOM OF THE AGES

SPONSOR

Northwest Indian Fish-eries Commission andKIRO-TV

PIE FUNDING

$ 15,000


KIRO-TV contributedabout $ 50,000 in pro-duction costs.

TARGET AUDIENCE

The general televisionviewing audience.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To conduct a tradition-al Indian council ofelders on the environ-ment and use this as abasis for productionand broadcast of aprime-time documen-tary on tribes and theenvironment.

PRODUCTS

Moon's Prayer, Wis-dom of the Ages video.

Wisdom of the Ages:The Tribes and theEnvironment booklet.

A poster and aseries of public serviceannouncements,

so.

based on The Moon'sPrayer theme.


After the first prime-time broadcast to100,000 viewers, hun-dreds of telephonecalls were received byKIRO-TV and theNorthwest Indian Fish-eries Commission frompeople wanting to helpthe environment.However, there was nomechanism to linkthese potential volun-teers with ongoing pro-jects.

AWARDS

Moon's Prayer won anEmmy Award in thecultural cocumentarycategory.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Stephen RobinsonNorthwest Indian Fish-eries Commission6730 Martin Way E.Olympia, WA 98506

(206) 438-1180

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

143

144

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METHODS

Holding a council of elders, involving tribes from severalstates and countries.

Producing a 50-minute documentary video on a variety ofenvironmental issues in the Puget Sound area, includingforest practices and fisheries.

Broadcasting the video on KIRO-TV and affiliate stations.

Producing an accompanying informational brochure.

RESULTS

The video was broadcast in the United States, Canada,Mexico and at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil.

Two hundred copies of the video and 20,000 copies of thebrochure were distribut to schools in Washington state.

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OIL SPILL RESPONSE EDUCATION

SPONSOR

Vashon Island BirdRescue Association

PIE FUNDING

$ 2,170


$ 200 in local support;supplies donated by alocal veterinarian andvolunteers.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Residents of Vashon-Maury Islands.

AREA COVERED

Vashon-Maury Islands

PURPOSE

To educate the com-munity and membersof local service andrecreational organiza-tions on the effects ofoil spills on local birdpopulations.

To promote an orga-nized response tospills in accordancewith the protocols andaccepted practicesadopted by the Wash-ington Department ofWildlife.

PRODUCTS

E Spill response train-ing manuals:Volunteer SupportTransportation

SupportSearch and

Collection SupportCommunication

SupportPrimary CareSupport

Seven training ses-sions.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Margaret BoosVashon Island BirdRescue AssociationP.O. Box 137Vashon, WA 98070

(206) 463-5805

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

157 145

I ' II I 0 I I I

METHODS

Training volunteers and maintaining a roster of volun-teers and island coordinators to serve in the areas ofsearch and collection, primary bird care, transportation,communications and support services.

Producing and distributing four newsletters per year toinform members and other people about ongoing volun-teer opportunities, meeting agendas and times, changesin protocols, state-sponsored training sessions and on-going progress of the Vashon Island Bird Rescue Associa-tion (VIBRA).

Procuring and maintaining supplies and equipment fortraining sessions and for an immediate local response inthe event of an oil spill.

Holding regular educational and organizational meetingsfor volunteers and the general public.

RESULTS

A critical shortage of trained spill responders was filled.

VIBRA received official recognition as an oil spill respon-der by the Washington Department of Wildlife.

VIBRA was identified as a reserve responder to assist theIsland Oil Spills Association, based in the San JuanIslands, in the event of a spill in northern Puget Sound.

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PROTECTING SALMON HABITAT:e What One Business Can Do

SPONSOR PURPOSE

Trout Unlimited andHulbert Pontiac Cadil-lac (Olympia)

PIE FUNDING

$ 4,000

To encourage the useof best managementpractices for auto deal-erships and to improvesalmon and trouthabitat in IndianCreek.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Citizens, public agen-cies, business commu-nity and students.

PRODUCTS

Indian Creek Water-shed and Youbrochure.

AREA COVERED

Olympia

Indian Creek Water-shed video.


Early in the project, amajor flood forced theproject team to modifyits original goal ofrestoring and enhanc-ing salmon spawningareas and to focusinstead on publicinvolvement and edu-cation about waterquality and habitatrestoration. However,the flood served as afocal point, promptingmore public involve-ment than the projectteam had originallyenvisioned.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Jim WilcoxTrout Unlimited3322 104th SWOlympia, WA 98502

(206) 352-7988

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

147

148

METHODS

Producing a broadcast-quality video and an educationalbrochure about pollution levels, flood considerations andstorm drain locations and their effectiveness in IndianCreek.

RESULTS

More than 1,000 people were directly involved in streamrestoration and protection.

Information from this project will help guide efforts tocontrol flooding by rerouting Indian Creek.

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SPONSOR

Underwater Society ofthe Pacific Northwest

PIE FUNDING

$ 8,100


Volunteer staff time

TARGET AUDIENCE

Puget Sound diversand other individuals,agencies and groupsinterested in creatingartificial reefs andunderwater marineparks.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To educate recre-ational divers aboutthe effects of theiractivities and suggestways to lessen individ-ual impacts to subti-dal habitats.

To identify possiblesites for artificial reefcreation to relieve theeffects of overuse incertain existing areas.

PRODUCTS

Puget Sound Recre-ational Divers Survey.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

Results from the sur-vey have been used bythe Washington StateDepartment of Fish-eries and the NorthernStraits Marine Sanctu-ary program of theNational Oceanic andAtmospheric Adminis-tration.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

The survey told usthat, basically, recre-ational divers weren'ttoo keen on restrictingaccess to divers inorder to protect theenvironment at certainsites. However,mosta total of 166diverswere stronglysupportive of placingsome restrictions onhunting or harvesting

in certain areas. Evenmore divers favoredthe protection of par-ticular species throughthe placement ofrestrictions on har-vesting."

Laura Geselbracht,project team leader

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Laura GeselbrachtUnderwater Society ofthe Pacific NorthwestP.O. Box 418Seahurst, WA 98062

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

I62149

METHODS

Surveying recreational divers and dive boat operators inPuget Sound on favorite diving sites, types of activitiespursued and perceptions of cumulative impacts of divingactivities.

Producing a report with survey results to educate thetarget group about impacts to marine ecosystem fromdiving activities.

RESULTS

Four hundred and seventy-five copies of the surveyresults have been circulated to the target audience.

Ten presentations on survey results were given to morethan 160 members of diving clubs.

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ROSARIO BEACH:Protecting the Marine Ecosystem

SPONSOR

Fathom That! Creations

PIE FUNDING

$ 21,000

TARGET AUDIENCE

Visitors to RosarioBeach.

AREA COVERED

Deception Pass StatePark

PURPOSE

To educate localschool children, diversand park visitorsabout the fragilenature of the rockyshore habitat atRosario Beach inDeception Pass StatePark.

PRODUCES

A two-paneled kioskof interpretive materi-als.

I Exploring the RockyShore at Rosario Beachinterpretive brochure.

Turning the Tide atRosario Beach middleschool curriculum.

Diver educationprogram: Sea What?

I A Closer Look slideprogram for divers.

UNEXPECTED OUTCOME

Washington StateParks and Recreationrangers have installedsigns at the beachreading "ProtectedSiteDo Not Disturb."

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Judy FriesemFathom That! Creations2593 Hastings Ave. W.Pt. Townsend, WA98386

(206) 385-5582

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

163 151

Rosario Beach: Protecting the Marine Ecosystem continued

METHODS

Producing a multi-level educational program, including akiosk of interpretive materials, an illustrated brochure, aslide presentation and hands-on activities for RosarioBeach visitors.

RESULTS

Three hundred and eighty people participated directly inthe program.

Students, divers and park visitors wrote the WashingtonDepartment of Fisheries and the State Parks and Recre-ation Commission supporting creation of a marinereserve.

A teacher's comment about students' attitudes towardthe tidepools: "They are very sensitive to taking things offthe beach now."

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SPONSOR

Puget Sounders

PIE FUNDING

$ 9,900

TARGET AUDIENCE

Visitors to VashonIsland's KVI Beach,Mountain Lake onOrcas Island andLarrabee State Park inWhatcom County.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To offer a cost-effectiveway of providing envi-ronmental interpreta-tive information inpublic places that lackpermanent displays.

PRODUCTS

Forty portable displayson the natural andcultural history ofPuget Sound.

UNEXPECTED OUTCOME

Interpretive panelshave also been placedat the Bellingham BayDiscovery Project toeducate the publicabout hazardouswaste sites.

PROJECT COORDINATUR

Arnie KlausPuget SoundersP.O. Box 4119Bellingham, WA 98227

(206) 676-8094

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

1 65 153

METHODS

Identifying 40 Puget Sound ecosystem topics for interpre-tive displays.

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Engaging schools, colleges, governments and communityagencies and organizations in the design and reviewprocess.

Designing and building over 40 portable, weatherproofsignboards interpreting various facets of the Puget Soundecosystem, including human interaction.

Installing signboards at three Puget Sound parks.

Presenting displays at special events (for example, variousbeach cleanups and Lake Whatcom Day).

RESULTS

Signboards and displays have been seen by more than1,500 people.

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SPONSOR

Pacific Coast OysterGrowers Association

PIE FUNDING

$ 16,000


In-kind services andcosts of reproducingtapes, slides andbrochures from thePacific Coast OysterGrowers Association.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Shellfish growers, dig-gers and consumers,restaurants, membersof civic and environ-mental organizations,boaters, landowners,public health workers,elected officials andstudents.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To demonstrate therelationship betweenhealthy shellfish andclean water in PugetSound.

PRODUCTS

Portable display.

Shellfish in PugetSound video.

II Shellfish in PugetSound slide show.

Brochures.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Tim SmithPacific Coast OysterGrowers Association1023 S. Adams #129Olympia, WA 98501

(206) 459-2828

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

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METHODS

Developing a traveling exhibit, a video and a live shellfishdisplay tracing the historical impact of water qualitydegradation on the Sound's naturally occurring andcommercially farmed shellfish resources.

O Assessing the current water quality status in shellfishgrowing and harvesting areas by identifying various typesof pollutants that threaten the Sound's commercial andrecreational shellfish resources.

Exploring ways of protecting the Sound's commercial andrecreational shellfish resources through public educationand involvement.

RESULTS

The display, slide show and video were in high demandfrom businesses and other organizations.

The Pacific Coast Oyster Growers Association establisheda "water quality fund" from proceeds raised at Seattleoyster bars.

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SPONSOR

Peninsula School Dis-trict and KopachuckMiddle School

PIE FUNDING

$ 2,900


In-kind staff contribu-tions of $ 1,300.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Students in sixth toeighth grades.

AREA COVERED

Peninsula School Dis-trict

PURPOSE

To assess andimprove stream habi-tat in Dickson Creek.

To teach principlesof ecology and hydrol-ogy through a processof field-based investi-gations and problemsolving.

PRODUCTS

Computer disk withresources for teachers.

Environmentalbookmarks.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

The Point Defiance Zooand Aquarium askedthe groups to designand produce an envi-ronmental bookmark,which is now includedwith book purchasesat the Aquarium.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

"We mapped thestream and plantedthe salmon, and wetaught the 4th gradersabout the food web. Ithought it was prettycool that we couldmake a difference."

Kirsten Digmann,seventh grader at

Kopachuck

PROJECT COORDINATOR

John Valentinec/o Kopachuck MiddleSchool10414 56th St. NWGig Harbor, Wa 98403

(206) 265-3392

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

69

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METHODS

Using models developed by the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency's Streamwalk program, Oregon'sStream Scene and Washington's Adopt a Stream organiza-tion.

Working with the Peninsula Neighborhood Associationand the South Rosedale Chapter of the Washington StateFisheries Coop to restore Dickson Creek and Sylvia Lake.

Monitoring the return of crayfish and caddishly larva inthe south branch of Dickson Creek, following the recentcessation of algicide use in Sylvia Lake.

Conducting a workshop for teachers.

Having students share their newly acquired knowledgewith elementary students at Voyager and ArtondaleElementary Schools.

Producing a computer disk with resources for introducingeducators to the concepts of streamkeeping.

RESULTS

Fifty-five middle school and 120 elementary school stu-dents collected data on water quality, macroinvertebratesand salmon and wildlife habitats.

The students restored salmon habitat in Dickson Creekand planted willows to stabilize its banks.

Other teachers in the district showed interest in develop-ing similar projects as a result of the teacher training.

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GREYWOLF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SPONSOR

Clallam CountyDepartment of Com-munity Development,Water Quality Office

PIE FUNDING

$ 28,000


$ 10,200 from theWashington Depart-ment of Wildlife, U.S.Fish and Wildlife Ser-vice and North OlympicSalmon Coalition.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Students, parents, fac-ulty and staff at Grey-wolf Elementary Schooland community mem-bers.

AREA COVERED

Matriotti Creek andthe Dungeness Riverwatershed.

PURPOSE

III To foster waterquality and habitatawareness among chil-dren and adults in theDungeness Riverwatershed.

To create a waterquality learning centerand ongoing educa-tional program atGreywolf ElementarySchool on MatriottiCreek.

PRODUCTS

A permanent environ-mental educationlearning station on theschool grounds.

HANDS-ON EDUCATION

"Being able to getdown to the water, tosee it up close, to workin and around thestream will be invalu-able in developingawareness among par-ticipants."Claire Rogers, coordina-tor for the Matriotti CreekCommunity Educational

Learning Area

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Claire RogersClallam County Depart-ment of CommunityDevelopmentWater Quality Office223 E. Fourth St.Pt. Angeles, WA 98362

(206) 683-2037

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

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METHODS

o Providing hands-on water quality and habitat educationin the Dungeness River watershed.

Installing signs that describe the relationship of MatriottiCreek to other neighboring water bodies, including PugetSound.

Enhancing physical and biological characteristics ofMatriotti Creek through streamside plantings, landstabilization and restocking with juvenile salmon.

RESULTS

Nine hundred people were involved in restoration activi-ties and workshops.

A 1,500 foot stretch of Matriotti Creek was restored assalmon and trout habitat, including the school site andadjacent properties.

A school board representative attended a land use hear-ing, voicing concern about water quality impacts from aproposed upstream development.

The project is being viewed by many area property ownersas an attractive example for their own property.

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STREAM RESTORATION

SPONSOR

City of Issaquah

PIE FUNDING

$ 29,600


In-kind services of$ 18,000 from citystaff and high schoolteachers; plant materi-al donated by nurs-eries.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Residents, middleschool students andservice, business andprofessional organiza-tions of the IssaquahCreek watershed.

AREA COVERED

Issaquah Creek water-shed

PURPOSE

To inspire feelingsof community owner-ship and responsibilityfor local and regionalwater resources.

To incorporate his-torical, scientific andaesthetic perspectivesin this approach.

PRODUCTS

o City of IssaquahWater Quality video.

Color-it-yourselfstream poster.

UNEXPECTED OUTCOME

The PIE-funded videowas incorporated intothe middle school cur-riculum of theIssaquah School Dis-trict. At the request ofdistrict teachers, ahandbook is beingcompiled to effectivelyintegrate the video intothe curriculum.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Maggie DowneyCity of IssaquahP.O. Box 1307Issaquah, Wa 98027

(206) 391-1000

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

161

162

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METHODS

Bringing senior citizens, historians and environmentalistsfrom the community together with high school students toraise awareness of water resources.

Developing and presenting a video for student and com-munity groups.

Producing an educational color-it-yourself poster.

RESULTS

The fish and wildlife habitat of Issaquah Creek wasenhanced by the addition of native shade trees and fruit-bearing plants.

An educational video and a poster of the creek, wetlandplants, riparian habitat, gravel bars and other featuresare available to Issaquah residents and teachers.

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INVOLVING THE PUBLIC

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In each aspect of water quality, there is a place for our active participation. Preventing nonpoint and storm-

water pollution requires changing our personal habits. Protecting wetlands and habitats may involve hands-on work

to restore and repair damaged ecosystems. In many areas, however, acts of citizenship can make the difference. This

means participating in the democratic processes by which our society's values are transformed into the actions of our

local, tribal, state and federal governments.

Such actions include the adoption of laws and local ordinances, the creation of administrative programs and the

approval and denial of permit applications. This involves compromise, agreement, negotiation and testimony to find

solutions that reflect the best available outcome from mixed interests and agendas. It reflects the democratic process

in action that messy, inefficient, unending public debate where differences get settled in public hearings and

appeals, hard-nosed negotiation, ad hoc task forces and committees.

Public involvement isn't just the political stuff either. In some cases, it involves doing things we've previously

left for experts. For example, collecting data upon which public decisions will be based and explaining the environ-

mental principals behind the regulations. We can participate on our own or through organizations and associations.

Educating for public involvement often means revealing the intricacies of technical or governmental processes to

the citizens they are supposed to serve. When citizens have the knowledge and skills to participate, the processes

themselves often change. Experts learn to listen. Decisions take in broader concerns and better reflect the common

sense of ordinary people.

The following PIE projects take on a variety of strategies to "re-democratize" water quality issues. Each finds

new strategies for opening dialogues between citizens and their representative governments and among themselves

so that the agreements needed to achieve and assure clean water evolve in an open process.

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Scouts, Cub Scouts, Earth Service Corps

BOATERSInduding scuba divers and fisheries

Look for these symbols in each of the PIE project descriptions to find out


Key Strategies forInvolving the Public,

Workshops

Guidebooks

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A WATER QUALITY MODULE FOR THE

SHORTCOURSE IN LOCAL PLANNING

SPONSOR

Planning Associationof Washington

PIE FUNDING

$ 22,000


$ 2,000 to assist in theproduction of trainingaids.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Local planners, plan-ning commissioners,elected and appointedofficials, developersand the public.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To educate the tar-get audience on therelationship betweenland use decisions andwater quality.

To facilitate actions,particularly thoseinvolving planning orregulatory measuresthat local governmentcan take to protectwater resources.

PRODUCTS

We All Live Down-stream: A Shortcoursein Water QualityProtection manual.

11 Water is Life slideshow.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Bob Burkec/o McConnell/Burke11000 NE 33rd PlaceSuite 101Bellevue, WA 98004

(206) 632-5432

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

177

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METHODS

Developing a water quality curriculum and training aidsto be added to the Shortcourse in Local Planninganongoing education program previously developed by thePlanning Association of Washington.

Presenting a pilot training session to project facilitators,enabling them to use the curriculum.

Presenting a pilot shortcourse to local elected officials,developers, citizen activists, planners and planningcommission members.

RESULTS

An 87-page manual with six chapters and appendices wascreated.

Fifteen facilitators were trained.

Parts of the program have been updated to include growthmanagement planning.

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SPONSOR

Theatre in the Wild

PIE FUNDING

$ 16,366


The Municipality ofMetropolitan Seattle(Metro) provided fundsto produce 50 addi-tional copies of themanual creaied byTheatre in the Wild.In-kind donations ofprinting and artworktotalling $ 5,488 werealso obtained.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Actors, directors, play-wrights, theatre edu-cators and techni-cians, administrativepersonnel, boardmembers, volunteers,set and costumedesigners, and otherpersonnel of theatreorganizations.

AREA COVERED

Seattle and Tacomatheatre communities.

PURPOSE

To inspire and nurturean ecological ethosthat promotes respon-sible practices, envi-ronmental conscious-ness and commitmentamong theatre profes-sionals that exceedscompliance with exter-nal requirements.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Larry FriedAct Green9758 Arrowsmith Ave.SouthSeattle, WA 98118

(206) 722-6148

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

PRODUCTS

N Greening Up OurHouses: A Guidebookto an EcologicallySensitive TheatreOrganization manual.

Theatre in anEcological Agebrochure and confer-ence materials.

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Convening a conference to educate theatre professionalsabout environmental stewardship.

Writing, publishing and distributing a manual with infor-mation about theatre products and practices, their effectson water quality and specific actions that curtail waterpollution.

Presenting theatre pieces (such as Theatre in the Wild'sprevious PIE-funded play Dance the Dragon Home andthe publication Voices of Puget Sound, also produced withprevious PIE funds) to encourage professionals to applyecological ethics to theatrical performances, practices andproducts.

RESULTS

One hundred and sixty-five theatre professionals fromseven states attended the November 1991 conference, par-ticipating in a three-day program of workshops, presenta-tions and group discussions.

One hundred free copies of the 143-page manual were dis-tributed to major theatres and college drama departmentsin the Puget Sound area, as well as many smaller theatresand support organizations.

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SPONSOR

Island County withWashington StateUniversity CooperativeExtension.

PIE FUNDING

$ 39,400


$ 15,000 in matchingfunds.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Island County resi-dents and ferry travel-ers.

AREA COVERED

Island County and theAnacortes-FridayHarbor and Keystone-Port Townsend ferryruns.

PURPOSE

111 To involve the existing WSU BeachWatchers program inthe effort to enhanceunderstanding ofwater quality issues inPuget Sound.

To foster a localstewardship ethic thatwill result in long-termprotection of PugetSound and the variousIsland County water-sheds.

PRODUCTS

WSU Beach Watch-er's Guide to Success-ful Beach Field Tripsteachers' packet.

Developing a Volun-teer Program for Envi-ronmental Education ofthe Public trainingmanual.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

Funded by the Depart-ment of Ecology anddonations fromNalley's Fine Foods,Texaco and other cor-porations and agen-cies, the BeachWatchers program willcontinue to operate inIsland County.

UNEXPECTED OUTCOME

Requests for copies ofthe PIE-funded prod-ucts have come fromthe Gulf of theFaraliones MarineSanctuary in Califor-nia and the Reno,Nevada, CooperativeExtension.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Don MeehanWSU CooperativeExtensionP.O. Box 5000Coupeville, WA 98239

(206) 679-7327

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

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METHODS

Broadening the WSU Beach Watchers volunteer trainingcourse to include such topics as marine biology, shorelineregulations and communication skills.

Developing and coordinating a volunteer service programfor the participants, involving at least 50 hours of serviceby each volunteer.

Developing a Ship's Naturalist Program of 10-, 20-, and30-minute sessions for the San Juan Islands andKeystone/Port Townsend ferry crossings.

RESULTS

More than 100 hours of classes were offered to 20students over an eight-week training period.

Volunteer projects included stream restoration, beachwalks, school programs and the re-opening of an interpre-tive center at Fort Casey State Park.

Ship's Naturalist programs on natural and cultural historyand water quality issues were led by project-trained volun-teers from April to June 1993. An estimated 20,000people were reached through this aspect of the project.

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SPONSOR

Puget Sound Alliance

PIE FUNDING

$ 21.428

TARGET AUDIENCE

Automotive businessowners and operators.

AREA COVERED

Tacoma

PURPOSE

To enhance busi-ness and industryunderstanding of poli-cy formation andenforcement of theClean Water Act, theNational PollutantDischarge EliminationSystem (NPDES) andthe elements of thePuget Sound WaterQuality ManagementPlan.

To instill a sense ofstewardship for PugetSound that stressescooperation and col-laboration betweenbusinesses and envi-ronmental organiza-tions.

PRODUCTS

A Water QualityResource Manual forthe Automotive ServiceIndustry, includingthree case studies ofspecific shops.

UNEXPECTED OUTCOME

The Automotive Ser-vice Association ofWashington has print-ed 8,000 copies of thestudies and will dis-tribute them state-wide.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

"Site specific assis-tance is great. Justdon't stuff regulationsdown the throats ofthe business ownersthat are willing to

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Frits Akker,A.I.R. Imports

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Katy VanderpoolPuget Sound Alliance130 NickersonSuite 107Seattle, WA 98109

(206) 286-1309

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

171

METHODS

Developing technical assistance to encourage businessesin automotive service fields to become cooperative partici-pants in the protection of Puget Sound.

Providing consultation and technical assistance to auto-motive collision, mechanical and radiator repair services.

I Recognizing the achievements of local businesses inenvironmental waste management.

RESULTS

The project's direct result was that the three businessesprofiled in the case studies adopted new measures to pro-tect water quality. Through the manual, their successwill be shared with others in the automotive servicesindustry.

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SPONSOR

Resource Institute

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PIE FUNDING PURPOSE

PRODUCTS

Enhanced Children ofthe Sound curriculumand resource packet.

UNEXPECTED OUTCOME

Five schools haverequested additionalin-school training.

$ 9,750


$ 5,200 in clonal edstaff time, plus print-ing valued at $ 600.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Teachers and youngadults working withat-risk children (learn-ing disabled, behaviordisordered, speciallychallenged, culturalminorities and otherindividuals who maybe more likely to dropout of school).

To provide learningtools for a populationthat traditionally hasbeen perceived asbeing uninterested inenvironmental issues.

To encourage youngpeople to believe thatthe benefits of cleanwater and a healthyenvironment are every-one's right andresponsibility.

AUDIENCE RESPONSES

"This workshop wasvery helpful to me asan inexperienced edu-cator. It has given meideas of how to bringother disciplines intoscience. I think myclass will be a lot morefun because of thisworkshop."

"The relevance of thetopic provided me witha chance to reflect onreconnecting with theEarth as I ponderedhow this will work forkids."

Workshop participants

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Lela HiltonResource Institute6532 Phinney Ave. N.Building BSeattle, WA 98103

(206) 784-6569

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

174

METHODS

Expanding and building on the Children of the Soundcurriculum (developed under a previous PIE contract),which emphasizes experiential, multidisciplinary learn-ingwith art, music, math, science and social studiesbased in Northwest Coast culture and natural history.

Recruiting, through direct mail and press releases, teach-ers and youth service workers who work with disadvan-taged youths.

Introducing teachers and youth service workers to envi-ronmental education through Children of the Sound.

RESULTS

A three-day training workshop was attended by 25teachers, who learned, through field trips, discussiongroups and experiential activities, how to incorporate theChildren of the Sound curriculum into regular classroomactivities.

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SPONSOR

North Olympic Envi-ronmental ResourceCenter

PIE FUNDING

$ 20,000


100 volunteer hours

TARGET AUDIENCE

Individuals, organi-zations, agencies and

olicymakers involvedui growth manage-ment.

Landowners whoare interested in or willbe affected by theGrowth ManagementAct.

Community resi-

dents who are interest-ed in water quality andwould like to beinvolved in the growthmanagement process.

AREA COVERED

East Jefferson County

PURPOSE

To provide individu-als with informationthat they can use toget involved in Jeffer-son County growthmanagement and landuse decisions.

To enable local resi-dents to participateknowledgeably in thepreservation and pro-tection of their envi-ronment for a sustain-able future.

PRODUCTS

Display panels foruse in various publiclocations.

Jefferson CountyWater Quality: 7 heChoice is Oursbrochure.

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The changing politicallandscape in eastJefferson County andsome citizens' percep-tions that water quali-ty issues get too muchattention made publicresponse less favorablethan anticipated.

UNANTICIPATED RESULT

Some of the key play-ers in the prcpertyrights movement gotinvolved in the work-shops and field trip.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Bob CrowleyNorth Olympic Envi-ronmental ResourceCenterP.O. Box 950Port Townsend, WA98368

(206) 385-4214

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

175

176

METHODS

Compiling educational materials that impart knowledgeand necessary skills for water quality and habitat protec-tion.

Hosting a workshop and field trip to educate the commu-nity about watershed functions, how to avoid negativeeffects and how the Growth Management Act processrelates to water quality.

Producing a brochure on workshop topic areas, With amap of a hypothetical watershed, discussion of nonpointpollution and a description of best management practicesfor farmers and homeowners.

Developing a lending network of reference materials forthe dissemination of technical information.

RESULTS

Observation of participants during the workshop andespecially the field trip indicated that differing views werebeing listened to and better understood. Several partici-pants indicated that they now have a better understand-ing of views that they previously considered in oppositionto theirs.

Project leaders were able to overcome a general feelingamong community residents that their efforts would nothave any effect on land use decisions. This was done bydrawing on some moderate voices on both sides of thedebate.

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SPONSOR

Envirovision

PIE FUNDING

$ 18,000

TARGET AUDIENCE

Teachers, junior highschool students, citi-zens and staff respon-sible for citizen moni-toring projects.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To inform citizensabout the value andprocess of water qualitymonitoring through aneducational manual.

PRODUCTS

Citizen's Guide toWater Quality Monitor-ing, describing theecology of lakes andstreams and theimportance, functionand interpretation foreight monitoring para-meters: pH, dissolvedoxygen, total suspend-ed solids, nutrients,temperature, bacteria,secchi depth, trans-parency and flow.


The project teamfound that presenta-tion of technical infor-mation in an interest-ing and accessible wayrequired more graph-ics and text thananticipated, thereforealmost doubling thesize of the publicationand staff time to com-plete the contract.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Joy MichaudEnvirovision2512 Division St. NWOlympia, WA 98502

(206) 754 -i644

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

189 177

178

METHODS

Developing a water quality monitoring guide that definesthe difference between educational monitoring and officialdata base monitoring and explores the need and opportu-nities for each.

RESULTS

Publication of this book was delayed until 1992. Threehundred copies were printed and distributed to organiza-tions, agency programs and individuals who conduct citi-zen monitoring programs.

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SPONSOR

Sierra Club, CascadeChapter

PIE FUNDING

$ 20,000

TARGET AUDIENCE

Water quality activistsand the general public.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To educate the pub-lic about the NationalPollutant DischargeElimination System(NPDES) permittingprocess.

I To involve the pub-lic in reviewing NPDESpermits.

PRODUCTS

Citizen's PointSource Handbook: .AStep-By-Step Guide toNPDES Permit Review.

An Introduction toCitizen Involvement inthe NPDES PermittingProcess slide show.


Changes in the Wash-ington Department ofEcology's role in theNPDES program madeit difficult for regionalgroups to get accurateinformation on per-mits and processes.Midway through theproject, the release ofa critical State Effi-ciency CommissionReport put manythings on hold andpushed citizen involve-ment in the NPDESprogram lower onEcology's agenda.

A.LIFE OF ITS OWN

The handbook is beingused for the Sound-keeper training pro-gram and also as atextbook by Dr. EstelleLeopold at the Univer-sity of Washington.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Bruce WishartSierra ClubCascade Chapter2631 12th Court SWSuite AOlympia, WA 98502

(206) 754-2386

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

191

180

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Organizing regional groups to gather information andreview permits of dischargers in their areas.

Convening a technical advisory committee to provideadvice to the activists and establish a consistent set ofstandards for all permits reviewed.

Submitting comments on pending NPDES permits.

Producing a handbook and slide show on public participa-tion in the NPDES permit program.

RESULTS

A training course was developed, 60 copies of the hand-book and slide show were produced and 55 people tookpart in a series of pilot projects around the Sound.

An active technical advisory committee reviewed permitsand made recommendations to regional groups for actionsneeded and provided recognition of well-written permits.

Several regional groups of activists were mobilized.

Information from the Network served as a basis for sub-sequent PIE-funded projects and proved useful to otherenvironmental groups and state agencies.

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SPONSOR

Northwest EmergencyManagementAssociation

PIE FUNDING

$ 25,000


$ 8,000 from local firedepartments for addi-tional training.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Industrial workers invarious small- andmedium-sized con-struction and electron-ic manufacturing com-panies (200-500employees).

AREA COVERED

King, Snohomish,Island, Skagit, andWhatcom counties.

PURPOSE

To educate industrialworkers in preventing,detecting, respondingto and reportingreleases of petroleumor other materialsdetrimental to waterquality.

PRODUCTS

Curriculum forHazardous MaterialsSpecialist Program.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

The curriculum hasbeen incorporated inhazardous materialshandling and manage-ment courses, offeredthrough Shoreline,Edmonds and SouthSeattle community col-leges.

PROJECT STRATEGY

"Rather than sellingemergency response tolocal politicians, whoare reluctant to com-mit budgets for haz-mat, we are sellingday-to-day educationand services requiredfor smart environmen-tal management andits political benefits."

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PROJECT COORDINATOR

Jim WrightNorthwest EmergencyManagement Assn.1321-N SE EverettMall Way, Suite 244Everett, WA 98203

(206) 355-2745

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

193

182

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METHODS

Replicating the response model developed by Islands OilSpill in Round I of the PIE Fund (as described in PublicInvolvement and Education Model Projects Fund: 47Success Stories from Puget Sound).

Developing a curriculum to enhance "worker right-to-know" training with an added component on waterquality-related concerns.

Presenting workshops for fire department employees toupgrade response capabilities.

RESULTS

Seven hundred industry employees were trained on work-site regulations and water quality concepts and issues.

Volunteers from Lynnwood, Montlake Terrace andSnohomish County fire departments were trair ,d to thetechnician level as defined in federal regulations, thusincreasing response capabilities and effectiveness.

A curriculum was developed for ongoing hazardous mate-rials training.

Greater willingness to comply with federal hazardousmaterials regulations and better coordination amongvarious agencies, fire departments and companies nowexist.

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SPONSOR

People For PugetSound

PIE FUNDING

$ 12,764

TARGET AUDIENCE

General public, agencystaff and industry rep-resentatives.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To further meaningfuland informed publicinvolvement in theNational PollutantDischarge EliminationSystem (NPDES) per-mit program by help-ing participantsunderstand the impor-tance of the Waste-water DischargeProgram in protectingPuget Sound.

PRODUCTS

Down the Drain: ACitizen's Guide toWastewater DischargePermits in Puget Soundhandbook.

NPDES Action Alerts.

Articles on theNPDES program.


The project team expe-rienced difficultyfocusing the agenda,which most felt wasoverly ambitious inscope. The challenge,according to NakiStevens, became "nar-rowing the agenda toone which would notoverwhelm the partici-pants and yet wouldguarantee successwithin our limitedschedule." To resolvethis problem, effortswere made to beef upthe handbook, andenhance workshoppresentations withwritten text.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Naki StevensPeople for PugetSoundP.O. Box 2807Seattle, WA 98111

(206) 382-7007

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

195 183

184

METHODS

Preparing training materials on the NPDES program, -

including background information on existing laws, regu-lations and permit requirements.

Holding NPDES workshops at a pulp mill, sewage treat-ment plant, public port marina and an oil refinery.

Training citizens on reviewing permits, monitoring permit-holders' compliance, enforcement by federal and stateagencies, and other aspects of the permit program.

Notifying People for Puget Sound members of permitactivities at various locations around the Sound.

Sending NPDES Action Alerts to workshop participantsand People for Puget Sound members.

Featuring articles on the NPDES program in the People forPuget Sound newsletter.

RESULTS

Eighty-seven citizens, six Ecology representatives and sixfacility representatives attended the workshops. An addi-tional 12,000 People for Puget Sound members read aboutthe project and the NPDES program in the group's Sound& Straits newsletter.

II Two hundred and fifty copies of the Down the Drain hand-book were produced and distributed to participants andproject advisory committee members.

Many tangible methods for improving the NPDES programemerged from the workshops.

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SPONSOR

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PIE FUNDING

$ 25,000

TARGET AUDIENCE

Students, shorelineresidents, Cub Scouts,community groups.

AREA COVERED

Beaches in Whatcom,San Juan, King,Pierce, Kitsap andJefferson counties.

PURPOSE

To recruit and train anetwork of citizen vol-unteers to collectshellfish samples atrecreational beaches,thus enhancing thestate's existingParalytic ShellfishPoisoning (PSP) moni-toring programs.

PRODUCTS

I Instructional packetfor volunteers on PSPmonitoring.

Thirteen issues ofThe Red Tide News-letter with month-by-month data sum-maries.


Some volunteers wouldskip a collecting day ordiscontinue collectingwithout notifying Adopta Beach, resulting ingaps in the PSP data-base. An improvedreporting system devel-oped by the stateDepartment of Healthand the project teamallowed prompt re-sponse to these lapses.


In counties with limit-ed funds for PSP moni-toring, health depart-ment staff learned torely on volunteers tomonitor additionalsites and to assumeadditional responsibili-ties.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Ken PritchardAdopt a BeachP.O. Box 21486Seattle, WA 98111

(206) 624-6013

PROJECT TIMELINE

1987-1991

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METHODS

Identifying lo; ..i.a!s for sample collection.

Recruiting, educating and training volunteers.

Coordinating the timely delivery of all samples to thestate shellfish lab in North Seattle.

RESULTS

II The project team recruited over 100 volunteers and 23organizations to monitor 32 Puget Sound beaches.

II Twenty training sessions were conducted for volunteermonitors.

Volunteer monitors collected 538 samples, contributingimportant information about local shellfish resources forthe state Department of Health's Red Tide Hotline.

Fifteen public presentations were given, hundreds offlyers distributed and numerous press releases andarticles about the program placed in newspapers aroundthe Sound. Over 5,000 people were indirectly reachedthrough these means.

In addition to collecting shellfish samples, project volun-teers participated in Coastweeks and other public educa-tion events, reported clam kills and unusual sightings tothe Department of Fisheries and volunteered to samplephytoplankton for researchers at the University ofWashington.

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PROJECT BRIDGE:Monitoring Stream Quality in Developing Areas

$ 18,000


$ 5,000 from the U.S.EnvironmentalProtection Agency,plus $ 20,000 from theClare Booth LuceFoundation to under-write one paid staffposition.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Eighth grade minoritygirls.

AREA COVERED

Seattle

PURPOSE

To educate a cadreof student leaders inSeattle's minority com-munity to take person-al action to protectwater quality.

To stimulate inter-est in science, engi-neering and environ-mental careers amongminority young womenin Seattle's middleschools.

PRODUCTS

Slides and videopresentations.

I Mini-reports ondata.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

Funded by a three-year grant from theNational ScienceFoundation, this pro-ject will be incorporat-ed in the "Math andPhysics of Water" pro-gram at SeattleUniversity.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

"I never really likedbugs. The science wedo at school is boring.This is fun."

Carolyn Davis,eighth grader

PROJECI COORDINATOR

Kathleen SullivanSeattle UniversityBroadway & MadisonSeattle, WA 98122

(206) 296-5931

PROJECT TIMELINE

1992-1993

187

METHODS

Providing 25 eighth grade girls with classroom, laboratoryand field experiences directed by professional scientistsand engineers.

Gathering water samples at field sites on North Creek insuburban Seattle.

Analyzing samples for contaminants characteristic ofdevelopment and agricultural runoff and recording datain lab notebooks.

Cleaning up debris at the sites.

Producing 2 -ideo about the project to reinforce conceptsfor the pa- _ants and to enable them to bring theirexperiences back to their own schools.

RESULTS

Technical monitoring reports (with maps and data sum-maries) were presented to the North Creek WatershedManagement Committee.

For "Wrap-Up Day" the girls shared their data and gavepresentations on careers in environment and personalenvironmental responsibility to an audience of parentsand teachers.

The Instructional Media Services department of SeattleUniversity produced a 12-minute video documentingthe project.

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STRAITS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY

SPONSOR

Friends of the SanJuans

PIE FUNDING

$ 19,700


$ 6,000 in donatedmaterials and volun-teer help.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Participants at scopingmeetings: scubadivers, boaters andrepresentatives ofcommercial, sportsand tribal fisheries,state and local govern-ments, environmentalgroups, oil companiesand other marine-dependent industries.

AREA COVERED

Study ai.ea for theNorthern StraitsNational MarineSanctuary, includingthe coastal cities ofBellingham, Anacor-tes, Sequim, PortAngeles, Port Town-send, Oak Harbor,Friday Harbor and LaConner.

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PURPOSE

To inform the publicabout and facilitateinvolvement in theNational Environmen-tal Policy Act reviewprocess.

To evaluate the pro-posal to create aNorthern StraitsNational Marine Sanc-tuary.

PRODUCTS

National MarineSanctuary Program:What's In It for Us?traveling display.

Four issues ofNorthern Puget SoundNational MarineSanctuary Newsletter.

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Exhibit and materialshave become perma-nent parts of theFriday Harbor WhaleMuseum educationalprogram.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Nancy DeVauxFriends of the SanJuansP.O. Box 1344Friday Harbor, WA98250

(206) 378-2319

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

190

Pubk Involvement...Marine Sanctudy, continued

METHODS

Replicating the Citizen Action Training School Modeldeveloped by Pilchuek Audubon (as described in PublicInvolvement and Education Model Products Fund: 47Success Stories from Puget Sound).

Presenting different perspectives on the marine sanctuaryissues through a series of workshops and panel discus-sions.

Publishing and distributing four issues of a focusednewsletter.

Circulating a questionnaire about the proposed sanctuaryat public meetings.

Designing and building a traveling display on the sanctu-ary and its ramifications.

RESULTS

Three hundred people attended the five workshops inFriday Harbor, Mount Vernon, Bellingham, Sequim andSeattle, and over 2,700 people received the newsletter.

The traveling exhibit has been viewed by an estimated120,000 people.

As published in the January 1991 newsletter, 83 respon-dents to the written questionnaire felt that the NorthernStraits Marine Sanctuary could help the region. Fifty-nine percent felt that oil represents a major threat toPuget Sound.

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SPONSOR

ChautauquaNorthwest

PIE FUNDING

$ 27,800


Close to 2,000 volun-teer hours and 981donated staff hours

TARGET AUDIENCE

Active retired volun-teers.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To mobilize senior citi-zens to voluntarilyassist state agencystaff in gathering datafor the Puget SoundAmbient MonitoringProgram.

DIRECTOR'S COMMENT

"It is the hope of a bet-ter environmentalfuture for their chil-dren and grandchil-dren which sparks thedetermination andinterest of these re-tired volunteers. Theirstrong and continuingparticipation reflectstheir belief that theyare making a differ-ence."

Jane V.L. Hardy,Executive Director,

Chautauqua Northwest

UNEXPECTED OUTCOME

Although the project'soriginal goal was torecruit and train adozen volunteers(nicknamed the "Anti-Dirty Dozen"), eventu-ally three to four dozenseniors became activeparticipants.


Seniors for the Soundappears to be the firstretiree-based environ-mental program in thenation. It was fea-tured in a CNN storyand was nominated fora national Points ofLight Foundationaward.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

"The work isn't glam-orous, just essential.We do the legwork togive the experts theinformation they needto protect the Soundfor our children andgrandchildren."

Wally Hintz, volunteergroup chairperson

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Jane V.L. HardyChautauqua Northwest1424 Fourth AvenueSuite 607Seattle, WA 98101

(206) 223-1378

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

203

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Recruiting and traininc retired volunteers to collect fishand shellfish samples for bacteriological and chemicaltesting.

Carrying out a series of sampling assignments under thedirection of staff from the state departments of Health and

Fisheries.

RESULTS

A pool of 40 senior volunteers undertook 21 assignmentsin seven counties around the Sound, collecting and deliv-

ering fish and shellfish tissue samples from Elliott Bay,Spencer Spit State Park, Camano Island State Park,Edmonds Oil Dock and other locations.

al The project team co-sponsored the first statewide Confer-ence for Volunteers in the Environment in Olympia in

September 1990.

The conference was a sell-out, enabling project volunteersto share ideas with more than 40 organizations, institu-tions and businesses in attendance.

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SPONSOR

American Institute ofGraphic Artists (ALGA),Seattle Chapter

PIE FUNDING

$ 20,000


In-kind contributionsof $ 12,000 in printingand mailing costs andvolunteer time.

TARGET AUDIENtt

Professionals and stu-dents in the design,printing and photo-graphic industry(including public andcorporate communica-tions directors).

AREA COVERED

Soundwide, primarilyKing County.

PURPOSE

To plan and imple-ment a peer educationprogram demonstrat-ing effects of produc-tion, disposal andrecycling practices onPuget Sound streams,wetlands and marineenvironments.

To encourage theindustry to order, useand market more envi-ronmentally safe prod-ucts and to educatetheir clients aboutalternatives to presentpractices, productsand materials.

To encouragedesigners and printersto re-evaluate estab-lished industry atti-tudes, aesthetics andpractices and promotemore responsible useand design of materi-als.

PRODUCTS

Sound Design, aguidebook on waterquality awareness forthe design community.

Set of four postersfeaturing water qualityvalues and demon-strating environmen-tally safe printingmethods and prod-ucts.


The project team expe-rienced difficulty find,ing accurate non-tech-

Information ontn. effects of bleachand other print by-products on aquaticlife and overall waterquality.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Sharon MentykaALGA /Seattle Chap'2129 Second Ave.Seattle, WA 98103

(206) 789-8631

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

193

194

Sound Design; continued

METHODS

Identifying water quality issues most relevant to theindustry.

Involving design students in research on industry wastedisposal and recycling practices.

Conducting tours of paper mills, de-inking facilities, land-fills and recycling centers for professionals and students.

Bringing together industry professionals with waterquality experts to develop problem solving strategies andrecommendations for action.

Developing technical specifications and product guide-lines for new products, recycling and disposal practices.

Sponsoring a seminar to disseminate information toindustry professionals and their clients.

RESULTS

Two hundred students, professionals, clients and con-sumers attended a seminar for the print and graphic artsindustry on choices of products and processes, marketing,and disposal and recycling practices and their benefits towater quality in Puget Sound.

AIGA/Seattle has initiated a permanent EnvironmentalIssues Committee to explore other protective measuresfor the print and graphic arts community.

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SPONSOR

Marine Science Societyof the Pacific North-west

PIE FUNDING

$ 30,000


Color separations pro-\ 'Wed by Puget SoundBank; subsequentprintings funded byPuget Sound Bank,Metro, WSU Cooper-ative Extension, PugetSound Water QualityAuthority and others.

TARGET AUDIENCE

All residents of PugetSound.

AREA COVERED

Soundwide

PURPOSE

To develop a waterquality handbook sim-ilar to the ChesapeakeBaybook, which pro-motes individualresponsibility in pro-tecting Puget Sound.

PRODUCTS

Puget Soundbook

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Jim KolbMarine Science Societyof the Pacific NWPoulsbo MarineScience CenterP.O. Box 2079Poulsbo, WA 98370

(206) 779-5549

PROJECT TIMELINE

1990-1991

195

METHODS

Convening a technical advisory committee, includingpeople from government, business, industry, educationand science to assist in developing the handbook.

Defining issues and actions suggesting specific activitiesfor people to take with Soundwide application.

I Distributing Soundbook through Metro, the city ofEverett, Puget Sound Bank, Poulsbo Marine ScienceCenter and the Puget Sound Water Quality Authority.

RESULTS

Over 60,000 copies of the Soundbook have been distrib-uted.

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SPONSOR

City of OlympiaDepartment of PublicWorks

PIE FUNDING

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$ 10,000 from theOlympia Storm andSurface Water Utility.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Soil engineers, govern-ment staff, students,parents and the pub-lic.

AREA COVERED

Olympia and sur-rounding community.

PURPOSE

To increase publicawareness and moti-vate changes in behav-ior that will reducepollution in PugetSound.

To implement prior-ity elements ofOlympia's local strate-giespublic educationand outreach, volun-teer training, andcoordination, evalua-tion and developmentof a funding base forlocal action.

PRODUCTS

I Action Grants forOlympia Schools: AProposal for FundingK-12 Water ResourcesEducation.

Forest, Stream andSound: A Guide toConducting WaterQuality Camps forChildren and Families,with resources, activi-ties and curriculum.

Stream TeamSediment and ErosionControl Workshopvideo.


Teachers were nothighly motivated tosave their schoolsmoney throughstormwater utilitycredits (nor was theutility eager to take onthe additional admin-istrative efforts tom,..ke the programwork). However,teachers were anxiousto bring funds and

activities directly intotheir classrooms, sofunding was redirectedinto grants for schoolsto offer action projects.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Liz HoenigCity of OlympiaPublic Works Dept.P.O. Box 1967Olympia, WA 98507

(206) 753-8314

PROJECT TIMELINE

1991-1993

209

198

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Creating Day Camp and Family Fun Days programs forchildren and families to explore stormwater, wetlands,shellfish, and fish and wildlife habitat.

Sponsoring seminars for consulting architects, engineersand other development professionals on soil characteris-tics and their effects on water infiltration, drainage, erosion,wetlands and vegetation.

Offering seminars and follow-up field activities and obtain-ing feedback on requirements of Olympia's newly adoptedDrainage Design and Erosion Control Manual.

Developing a "how-to" kit to encourage replication of theproject by other jurisdictions.

Developing a resource guide for Olympia area schools toobtain stormwater utility rate reductions through educa-tional activities and applications of best management prac-tices for managing stormwater runoff

RESULTS

Two drainage and erosion control training seminarsfollowed by a half-day field trip were attended by 84 devel-opment professionals and Stream Team volunteers.

Fifty copies of the Action Grants for Olympia Schools guidewere produced to assist schools in getting funding forwater quality education.

A total of 73 people participated in Day Camps andFamily Fun Days. Twenty-three campers completedBackyard Bingo game cards for prizes.

Response at the camps was so enthusiastic that theyare being continued with other funding sources.

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FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

SPONSOR

Small Business Centerfor Education

PIE FUNDING

$ 16,200

TARGET AUDIENCE

Small business ownersand staff of regulatoryagencies who inspectsm-11 businesses andinsure compliancewith hazardous wasteregulations.

AREA COVERED

King, Thurston, Pierceand Snohomish coun-ties.

PURPOSE

To educate businessesand agencies on pollu-tion prevention and itsrelationship to theprotection of PugetSound.

PRODUCTS

Four differentbrochures about haz-ardous waste manage-ment for small busi-nesses.

Collaborative fieldinspection sheets.


Two warnings wereissued for conditionsrepresenting "extremehazards" during theinspections. In oneinstance, problemsthat produced theseconditions were beingcorrected before theteam left the site. Inthe other, formal cita-tions were issued tothe business.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE

"[It gave me] a cleareridea of the full regula-tory circle. Eachagency does not andcannot act in isolationfor the business com-munity to...meet...environmental laws."

Participating inspector

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Mike FaginSmall Business Centerfor Education400 108th Ave. NESuite 610Bellevue, WA 98004

(206) 453-8621

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

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METHODS

Designing and distributing a collaborative field sheet foruse by regulatory agencies.

Producing resource documents for print shops, autoservice and body repair shops, and boatyards and marinerepair shops.

Training field inspectors from regulatory agencies.

Performing site visits to gather information about haz-ardous waste management needs and to present writtenreports to business owners.

Exhibiting resource documents and taking orders forcopies.

RESULTS

Fifteen sites were visited and 46 field inspectors repre-senting 17 regulatory agencies were trained.

2,700 resource documents were distributed to businessassociations, regulatory agencies and individual businessowners. These documents were also displayed at WasteInformation Expo '90.

Collaborative field inspection sheets were distributed to33 participating businesses and agencies in the four-county area.

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Central WashingtonUniversity ContinuingEducation, Ellensburg

PIE FUNDING

$ 26,000


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TARGET AUDIENCE

Central Washington'srural communities andpeople attending countyfairs in centralWashington.

AREA COVERED

Grant and Kittitascounties

PURPOSE

To promote personalresponsibility for PugetSound in areas ofWashington east of theCascades.

To help people tran-scend the "out of sight,out of mind" attitudewith regard to PugetSound water quality.

PRODUCTS

Booth on PugetSound water quality,including 30-foot back-drop of the PugetSound watershed.

Multimedia educa-tion package, includ-ing an interactivevideo.

Family workshops:"Happiness is CleanWater," "Save OurSalmon," and "House-hold HazardousProducts."

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One high schoolteacher had the pro-ject team train 20 ofhis students, who thendelivered the programat the Quincy ValleyConsumer AwarenessDay celebration.

N Materials from thisproject will be used atthe Ellensburg Child-ren's Museum.

AUDIENCE RESPONSES

Most of those polledsaid citizens in easternWashington should beconcerned about pollu-tion in western Wash-ington. Fifty-two per-cent said we do notneed more laws to pro-tect the environment.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Martha Duskin -SmithCWUNon-Credit ProgramsEllensburg, WA 98926

(509) 963-1504

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1990

201

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a Developing a multimedia informal education package.

Creating and staffing a booth about Puget Sound issues atcounty fairs.

Conducting a public outreach program to spread theinformation developed for the fairs.

RESULTS

An estimated 12,500 county fairgoers had the opportunityto learn about Puget Sound through an informationalflyer, an interactive video, demonstrations on safealternative products for home use and "eco-craft" projectsfor young people.

A survey of peoples' attitudes was conducted at the booth,and a limited follow-up survey was conducted by tele-phone. At the booth, 1,506 people responded. Sixty-eightpercent of survey respondents felt that water pollution inPuget Sound is a problem for all residents. Seventy-twopercent felt that citizen action for stopping pollution canstart at home.

Environmental awareness activities were presented atdaycare centers and with senior citizens with the help oflocal radio stations and the R.S.V.P. senior citizens' group.

Materials from this project are available on request.

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SPONSOR

YMCA of the USA:Office for Asia

PIE FUNDING

$ 20,000


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Students from theEarth Service Corpsclubs.

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Seattle area

PURPOSE

To develop future lead-ers who are wellinformed and commit-ted to making a posi-tive contribution to theenvironment.

PRODUCTS

How to Start an EarthService Corps Clubtraining manual.

A LIFE OF ITS OWN

Seed money from thePIE Fund helped toinitiate a project nowfunded at over $1.5million, with chaptersin 11 U.S. cities.

AUDIENCE RESPONSES

"Preserving the envi-ronment is important.It's kind of our job asyouth to do somethingabout it."

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High School

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Nan LittleYMCA of the USA:Office for Asia909 Fourth Ave.Seattle, Wa 98104

(206) 382-5013

PROJECT TIMELINE

1989-1991

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Sponsoring an Experience Day on scientific aspects of theenvironment.

Hosting a symposium and Leadership Weekend.

RESULTS

The day-long symposium drew 315 students from 23 highschools and included discussions on environmental issuesand role-playing exercises.

During the Experience Day, student teams were sent toan aquaculture facility, a sewage treatment plant, an oldgrowth forest, a wetland site, several recycling operationsand a research vessel.

During the Leadership Weekend, 40 students gathered atFort Worden State Park to plan a range of events for theupcoming Earth Day celebration.

Participants monitored water quality in five creeks andtaught classes in the techniques at three elementaryschools.

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48 Degrees North: The SailingMagazine, 73

7th Avenue Creative and Market-ing, 59

AA Closer Look, 151

A Water Quality Module for theShortcourse in Local Planning,165

A Water Quality Manual for theAutomotive Service Industry, 171

Act Green, 167Action Grants for Olympia Schools:A Proposal for Funding K-12 WaterResources Education, 197

Adopt a Beach, 115. 185Adopt a Stream, 158

Adventure of Precop the Raindrop,The, 127

Agricultural waste runoff, 61, 71ALGA /Seattle, 193

Alternative on-site sewage treat-ment systems, 77

American Waterways Association,El

American Indian Heritage School.0

American Institute of GraphicArtists, Seattle Chapter. 193

American Planning Association.109

Anacortes, 169, 189

Army Corps of Engineers. 134

Artondale Elementary School, 158At-risk children, 24, 173Auburn, 116

Auto dealerships, 147

Automotive Service Association ofWashington, 171

Automotive service businesses,49, 54, 88. 171, 200

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Badges and Beads, 3

Bainbridge Island, 39

Bay Watchers, 16, 18

Beach Watchers. 169Bear Creek. 116

Belfair, 117

Bellevue, 49

Bellevue Storm and Surface WaterUtility, 49

Bellingham, 189

Bellingham Bay, 153

Bellingham Home Show, 132

Best Management Practices forBoaters, 85

Best Management Practices forShipyards, 81

Blackjack Creek Brochure, 83Blaine. 7

Boaters, 7, 55, 73. 85. 93, 97,137. 155, 189

Boater's Educatim: Project. 85Boatyard Operator's Handbook,93

Boatyards, 81, 85, 93, 200

Boise Cascade Corporation, 19

Boundary Bay EcosystemAwareness Project, 137Boy Scouts, 3, 67. 84

Boys & Girls Club, 25

Bremerton, 105

Buck's Lake, 129

Building Industry Association ofWashington, 91

Building in Puget Sound is Wet-land and StormwaterManagement, 91

SWIM Foundation, 115

Burley Minter Watershed. 71

Business and EnvironmentalPartnerships for Puget Sound-keeping, 171

Business Partners for Clean

projects featured inthis book. Itclics indicate publications or videos.

Water, 49

Business, small, 199

Campfire, 3

Canal Cleaners, 51

Capital High School, 95

Capital Land Trust, 113Carr Inlet, 116

Cascade Middle School, 25Catalyst, 115

Central Washington UniversityContinuing Education, 201

Change and Recycle (C.A.R.) OilProgram. 87

Chautauqua Northwest, 191Children of the Sound, 173

Chimacum County Park, 41Choices for Clean Water. 175

Citizen Soundkeeper, 36

Citizen Monitoring Guide. 177Citizen Action Training School,190

Citizen's Directory. 119

Citizen's Guide to Water QualityMonitoring, 177

Citizen's Point Source Handbook:A Step-By-Step Guide to NPDESReview, 1 t9

Citizen's Toolbook, 119

City of Issaquah Water Quality,161

Clallam County Department ofCommunity Development, 159

Clallam County. 37

Clare Booth Luce Foundation.187

Clean Water in Your Past... WillClean Water Be In Your Future ?,45

Clean Water Weekend, 106

Clean Water Network, 179

Clover Creek Council, 123

217

Clover/Chambers Creek Water-shed, 19

Coastweeks. 186

Collins Elementary School, 123Columbia River, 114

Commencement Bay, 116, 172

Committee for Liberty Bay, 53

Communications Northwest, 87

Conservation easements, 114Construction industry, 49Cub Scouts, 185

Curriculum, 3, 21, 23, 27, 45. 53,121, 127, 137, 151. 161, 173, 181Cycles of the Sound, 5

Dairy farmers, 61

Dairy Waste Discharge Permit, 62

Dance the Dragon Home, 168

Day Camp, 198

Deception Pass State Park, 151Design industry. 193

Developers, 91. 109, 119, 131,133, 165

Developing a Volunteer Programfor Environmental Education of thePublic, 169

Development and Wetlands: AreThere Options?, 131

Dickson Creek 157

Divers, 149. 151, 189

Don't Let Your Future Go Down theDrain. Protect Your Liquid Assets,59

Down the Drain: A Citizen's Guideto Wastewater Discharge (NPDES)Permits In Puget Sound, 183

Draper Valley Farms Corp., 107

Drayton Harbor Watershed Man-agement Committee, 45Drayton Harbor WatershedTours, 7

Dtycleaners, 89

Dungeness River watershed, 37.159

Duwamish Revisited, 9

Dyes Inlet, 15

206

Eagle Harbor, 39

Earth Day, 121

Earth Summit, 144Earth Service Corps, 203

Edmonds Community College,181

Education Program on the Useof Portable Pumpout Facilities,55Eelgrass Meadow: A Wortd ofMicroluibitats, 139

Eelgrass Exhibit, 139Ellensburg, 201

Ellensburg Children's Museum,201

EMCON Northwest, 103

Emmy Award, 143

Environment Canada, 137

Environmental Protection Agency.37, 55, 89. 119. 134, 187Environmental Perspectives, 5, 65

Envirovision, 177

Everett, 196

Every River has its People: The1993 State of the Dungeness RiverReport, 37

Experience the Skagit River Water-shed teachers' guide. 29Experience Day, 204

Exploring the Rocky Shore atRosario Beach. 151

Family Fun Days, 198

Farm owners, small, 71

Farmers, 7, 137. 176Fathom That! Creations, 151Federal Way Water and Sewer Cit-izen Advisory Committee. 99

Federal Way Water and Sewer

District, 99

Federal Way, 99

Ferry travelers, 169

Festival of the River, 11

Finch Creek, 51

Flooding, 5, 46, 148

Fares', Stream and Sound: AGuide to Conducting Water QualityCamps for Children and Families,197

Fort Worden State Park, 139

Fort Casey State Park, 170

Foss High School, 19

Franklin Pierce School District,123

Friday Harbor Whale Museum.189

Friday Harbor, 169. 189

Friends of the San Juans, 189

*from the Mountains to the Sea:A Guide to the Skagit RiverWatershed, 13

G

George Brazil Company, 59

Gig Harbor, 157

Girl Scouts, 3

Grant County, 201

Greater. Hansville Chamber ofCommerce, 17, 129

Greening Up Our Houses: A Guide-book to an Ecologically SensitiveTheatre Organization. 167

Greywolf Elementary School, 159

Growth management, 5, 26. 119.166, 175

Guidebook for Wurer QualitySwales, 109

HHansville, 17

Hartsville Greenway Corridor, 129

Happiness Is Clean Water, work-shop. 201

Hawks Hole Creek, 129

Hazard Free Days in Kirkland,57

Hazardous Waste ManagementAssistance for Drycleaners, 89Hazardous Materials Project News,57

Hazardous Materials SpecialistProgram, curriculum, 181Hazardous Waste in My Home ofOffice?, 57

Hazardous materials regulations,182

Hazardous waste regulations, 199

HoneyWagon, 55

Hood Canal. 51

Hood Canal Wetlands Project,117

Hoodsport, 51

Household Hazardous Products.workshop, 201

Household Information Kit, 59How to Involve Businesses inWater Quality Protecion, 49

How Land Development AffectsOur Water Resources, 91

How to Start an Earth ServiceCorps Club, 203

Huckell/Weinman Associates,133

Hulbert Pontiac Cadillac, 95, 147

IIndian Creek, 147

Industrial workers, 181

Institute of Scrap RecyclingIndustries, 103International Maritime Bicenten-nial, 23

Island County. 169. 181

Island Oil Spills Association, 146

Islands Oil Spill, 182

Issaquah, 161

Issaquah Creek, 161

Issaquah School District. 161

Jamestown S'klallam Tribe. 37

Jana Dean, 33

218

Jefferson County, 41, 175, 185

Jefferson County Parks & Recre-ational Commission, 41

Jefferson County Water Quality:The Choice is Ours, 175

Joy Garitone, 71

KKey Bank, 37, 73

Kilo Junior High School. 100

King County, 26, 59. 125, 181.185. 193. 199

Kingston Junior High School, 121

Kingston, 121

Kirkland, 57

KIROTV. 143

Kitsap County, 17, 21. 43. 53. 71,75. 115, 129. 185Kitsap County Department ofCommunity Development. 43

Kitsap County Public Utilities Dis-trict No. 1. 15. 84

Kitsap Peninsula. 97Kitsap Water WatchersProgram, 15Kittitas County. 201

Kiwanis Clubs, 31

Kopachuck Midd!' School. 157

LLa Conner. 189Labatt's Brewing Co., 137

Lake Whatcom Day, 154

Land /Water Stewardship Pro-gram. 125

Land trusts, 113Landscaping. 16. 49. 54

1..arTabee State Park, 153

Leadership Weekend, 204

Let's Keep Our Shorelines Clean.141

Liberty Bay. 53

MManure management, 61Marinas, 55, 73

Marine Debris Publications, 141

Marine Debris: Get a Grip on IV,141

Marine Science Society of thePacific Northwest, 21, 195

Mary 'Meier Community Center,117

Mason County, 51, 117

Mason County Office of WaterQuality, 51

Matriotti Creek, 159

Maury Island, 145

McConnell/Burke, 165

Meeting Ground, 33

Metal recycling, 103

Metro, 7, 10, 25, 103, 167, 195

Metrocenter YMCA, 57

Metropolitan Park District ofTacoma, 19, 127

Mid-Sound Spill Response Edu-cation Project, 181Minority students, 9, 187

Monitoring, 15, 20, 26, 68, 115,122, 130, 177, 185, 187, 191

Moon's Prayer, Wisdom of theAges, 143

Motor oil, 83, 84, 87, 95

Mount Vernon, 107

N

Nalley's Fine Foods, 169

National Association of Industrialand Office Parks (NAIOP). 109,133

National Marine Sanctuary Pro-gram: What's In It for Us?, 189

National Pollutant DischargeElimination System (NPDES), 94,171, 179, 183

National Science Foundation, 187

Nooksack watershed. 45

Nooksack Tribe Fisheries Depart-ment, 45

North and South Beaver Ponds,

129

North Cascades Inalitute, 13, 29North Creek, 188

North Kitsap School District, 21,.21

North Kitsap Water Watchers,17

North Mason School District, 117

North Olympic EnvironmentalResource Center, 175

North Olympic Salmon Coalition,159

Northern Straits National MarineSanctuary, 149, I%Northwest Dairy Shortcourse,61

Northwest Emergency Manage-ment Association, 181

Northwest Indian Fisheries Com-mission, 143

Northwest Marine 'Dade Associa-tion, 93

Northwest Yacht Brokers Associa-tion, 55

NPDES Boatyard Handbook, 93NPDES Action Alerts, 183

NPDES Workshops, 183

0Oak Harbor, 189

Oil Spill Response Education,145

Oil Recycling Project, 95

011alla Watershed, 71

Olympia, 95, 101, 147, 197

Olympia Department of PublicWorks, 197

Olympia High School. 95

Olympia School District No. 111,95, 101

Olympia Storm and Surface WaterUtility, 197

On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems:Pressure Distribution, Mound andSand Filter, 77

On-site septic systems, 51, 77Orcas Island, 153

Overwater Park, 106

PPacific Coast Oyster GrowersAssociation, 155

Pacific Iron and Metal, 103

Pacific Marine Research, 31

Pacific Western Services, Inc., 3

Paint: Waste Reduction, Recyclingand Disposal Information, 13

Painting Contractor EducationProject, 63

Paralytic Shellfish PoisoningMonitoring, 185

Peninsula School District, 157

Peninsula Neighborhood Associa-tion, 158

People for Puget Sound, 183

Photographic Industry, 193

Pierce County, 19, 59, 115, 123,185, 199

Pure Sound South Society, 23

Planning Association of Washing-V.-n. 165

Plu...bers, 59

Point No Point wetlands, 17

Point Roberts Heron PreservationCommittee, 137

Point Roberts. 137

Point Hudson Marina, 85

Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium,157

Port Angeles, 189

Port Ludlow, 116

Port of Port Townsend, 85

Port Orchard, 83, 106

Port Townsend, 139, 169, 170,175, 189

Port Townsend Bay, 86

Port Townsend Marine ScienceCenter, 18, 68, 139

Poulsbo Chamber of Commerce,53

Poulsbo Marine Science Center,21, 195

Printing industry, 193, 200

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Professional On-site Sewage Sys-tem Maintenance, 69

Project Bridge: MonitoringStream Quality in DevelopingAreas, 187

Protecting Salmon Habitat:What One Business Can Do, 147PTA, Collins Elementary, 123PTA, 101

Public Involvement: The Pro-posed Northern Straits NationalMarine Sanctuary, 189Public service announcements,65, 101, 143

Puget Power, 43

Puget Sound Alliance, 35, 171

Puget Sound Ambient MonitoringProgram, 191

Puget Sound Bank, 127, 195

Puget Sound Partners, 19, 128Puget Sound Partners for Envi-ronmental Education, 21Puget Sound Project curriculum,21

Puget Sound Recreational DiversSurvey. 149

Puget Sound Shipbuilders Associ-ation, 81

Puget Sound Wake of theExplorers: Reenacting Vancou-ver's Discoveries, 23Puget Sounders, 153

Puget Souncibook, 195

Pumpout, portable, 55

Pumpout facilities, 73

Pure Sound Society, 23

Quartermaster Harbor AllianceBoaters' Project, 97Quartermaster Harbor Alliance,86

Quincy Valley Consumer Aware-ness Day, 201

208

R.S.V.P. senior citizens' group,202Radio Public Service Announce-ments, 65Rainy Days in Federal Way: TheProblems of Stormwater Runoff,99Real estate, 7, 75, 91, 109, 131,133

Recreational Diver Education,149

Red Tide Newsletter. The, 185

Red Tide Hotline, 186

Reefs, artificial, 149

Resource Institute, 173

Restaurants. 155Roosevelt Elementary School, 95,101

Roosevelt School StormwaterEducation Project. 101Rosario Beach: Protecting theMarine Ecosystem, 151

SSacajawea Junior High School,100

SAIL Program, 24

Salmon Creek Basin Project, 25

Salmon Days, 162

Salmon habitat, 5, 147. 158. 160

San Juan County, 185San Juan Islands. 146Save Our Salmon workshop, 201

Science at Sea Expedition Days,31

Scrap Metal Recycling Environ-mental Guidance, 103Sea Explorer Scout Training, 67

Sea What?, 151

Seattle, 7, 167, 187, 203

Seattle Jaycees. 203

Seattle School District. 9

Seattle University, 187

Sediment contamination. 5, 85.97, 105

Sedimental Journey, 105Self-Guided Discovery Tours,153

Seniors for the Sound, 186, 191

Septic Pumpers Education Pro-gram, 69Sequim, 189

Shellfish monitoring. 115

Shellfish and the Sound: Past,Present and Future, 155Shellfish in Puget Sound, video,155

Shelton. 27Shelton School District Water-shed Education, 27Shinning Water: Caring for PugetSound, 31

Shipyards. 81

Ship's Naturalist Program. 170

Shore habitat, 151Shoreline Community College,181

Shortcourse in Local Planning,166

Sierra Club. Cascade Chapter,179

Sinclair Inlet, 105

Sister River and the Th.o-Leggeds.9Skagit Awareness Festival, :30

Skagit County. 30. 107, 181

Skagit River. 13. 29

Skagit Valley YMCA, 107

Skagit Watershed EducationProject, 29Skagit Watershed Conference.Children's. 30Small Business Center for Educa-tion. 199

Snake Lake Nature Center, 19,127

Snake Lake watershed, 127Snohomish County 11, 59. 77,181, 199Snohomish Health District. 77

Sound Design: Water QualityAwareness for the Design Com-munity. 193

Sound Farmers, 71Sound Stewardship: GettingDown to Business, 31

Sound Wisdom, 33

Sound Wisdom, Stories of Place,33

Soundbook, 195Soundkeeper Program, 35, 179

SoundWatch, 73

South Seattle Community College.181

Spawning Action Through WaterQuality Education, 197Spill response training, 145

Spills, hazardous materials. 182

State of the Dungeness RiverReport, 37Stellacoom Historical School Dis-trict. 19

Steilacoom, 19

Stilliguamish Indian Tribe, 11

Stilliguamish River watershed, 11

Stories form Eagle Harbor, 39

Storm Drain Stenciling, 107Storm drains, 83, 98, 102, 107.127, 148

Stream Scene. 158

Stream Team Sediment and Ero-sion Control Workshop, 197

Streamwatcher's Guide, 15

Streamwalk, 158Student Education and Stew-ardship, 157Subtidal habitats, 149

Summer Water Quality Festival118.

Suquamish Tribe, 75Suquamish Tribe School of RealEstate, 75Sylvia Lake, 158

_ _Tacoma. 167, 171

Tacoma Morning News 71-ibune.127

Team Consultations for Small

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Business. 199

Texaco, 169Theatre in an Ecological Age. 167

Theatre in the Wild, 39, 167

Theatre organizations. 167Thurston County, 69, 77, 114,115, 199

Thurston County EnvironmentalHealth Department, 69, 77

Tibbett's Creek. 162

Tracking the Dragon Game, 41,44

Tracking the Dragon: TheHydrologic Cycle in East Jeffer-son County, 41Tracking the Thunderbird, 43Tribal and Community Water-shed Education, 45Trout Unlimited, 95, 147Tsawwassen, B.C., 137

Turning the Tide at RosarioBeach. curriculum. 151

UU.S. Forest Service, 12. 29

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,134, 159

Understanding Alternative On-site Sewage TreatmentSystems, 77Underwater marine parks, 149Underwater Society of the PacificNorthwest. 149

Urban students. 9. 25Urban Wildlife Coalition, 63

VVanderHowen Public Relations. 9

Vashon Island, 97. 145, 153

Vashon Island Bird Rescue Asso-ciation (VIBRA). 145

Voices of Puget Sound: Using The-atre to Teach about WatershedProtection, 39, 168

Volunteers, senior, 192

Voyager Elementary School, 158

Wake of the Explorers, brochure,23

Washington Association of Real-tors, 91

Washington Department of Fish-eries, 149, 152, 186. 192

Washington Department ofHealth, 185, 186. 192

Washington Department ofWildlife, 118, 145, 159

Washington Sea Grant MarineAdvisory Services, 141

Washington State DrycleanersAssociation, 89

Washington State Fisheries Coop,158

Washington State Parks andRecreation Commission, 151Washington State UniversityCooperative Extension, 195

Washington State UniversityCooperative Extension - IslandCounty, 169

Washington State UniversityCooperative Extension - KingCounty, 125

Washington State UniversityCooperative Extension - WhatcomCounty, 7, 61

Washington Wetland NetworkPNETNET). 119

Water is Life, 165

Water Quality Learning at Grey-wolf Elementary School, 159Water Quality Swales, 109

Water Quality Video and StreamRestoration, 161

Water Watchers. 16. 130

Water Watcher's Manual. 17

Water Watchers, North Kitsap,17

We Alt Live Downstream A Short-course in Water Quality Protection.165

We MI Eat the Fish, 201

Wetland Incentives: Non-Regu-latory Approaches to ProtectingWetlands, 133

Wetland News. 25

Wetland Preservation, A ResourceManual for Land 'Dusts, 113

Wetland Project, 121

Wetland Restoration, Preserva-tion and Education, 123Wetland Stewards, 125Wetland Thad Guide, 123

Wetland Wonders curriculum.127

Wetlands and Watershed Educa-tion, 127

Wetlands Assessment: Puck'sLake North and South BeaverPonds and Hawks Hole Creek,129

Wetlands ha Whatcom County,131

Wetlands inventories, 130

Wetlands management. 91Wetlands mapping 116

Wetlands Protection Incentives:Non-Regulatory Approaches,133

Whatcom County, 59, 131, 153,181, 185

Whatcom County PlanningDepartment. 131

White Center. 25

White Center Youth Task Force,25

Wild Olympic Salmon. 41

Wisdom of the Ages: The Tribesand the Enuironment. 143

Wollochet Creek, 116

Wonders of Wetlands Day. 124

Wooden Boat Foundation. 67

WSU Beach Watcher's Guide toSuccessful Field Traps, 169

Y

YMCA Earth Corps. 107

YMCA of the USA: Office for Asia.203

Youth Service Corps Symposium.203

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