Spring Program Catalog Available for the Cedar River Watershed Institute

Discover, explore, and learn! Registration for spring programs is underway. View the catalog.

FCRW Responds to the Question of Pharmaceuticals in Seattle's Drinking Water on 103.7, The Mountain

Many US cities have trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in their drinking water supply. Seattle's protected watershed system makes this kind of threat highly unlikely. Click here to listen to a radio interview with FCRW Executive Director, Sue Rooney, as she explains why our drinking water isn't at risk.

Check out our new interactive map

This map of the Cedar River Watershed shows where the Friends have made a difference with volunteer projects in the past year.

Upcoming Habitat Restoration Events

Are you ready to get your hands dirty? Come join us at one of our habitat restoration events. Spring events, scheduled on Saturdays, are still accepting participants. More information about these and our full 2008 calendar of events can be viewed here. Sign up for any event by sending an email to sarah@cedarriver.org.

June 7     9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Ivy Removal at Dorre Don

Remove invasive English Ivy to save a native forest! Beautiful forest habitat in Maple Valley is being choked out by an ivy invasion. Please join us for a half-day of chopping ivy from the trees and the ground so that wildlife habitat in the Cedar River Watershed can survive and flourish.

September 6     9:30 AM to 3:00 PM

Botanical Inventory in the Watershed

Join us and Seattle Public Utilities' Botanist Clay Antieau for an autymn botanical survey. Venture into the protected watershed to collect, identify, and press scientific specimnes that will be deposited permanently at the University of Washington Herbarium. Prior botanical knowledge is welcome, but not required. Training provided. If you have ever wanted to discover the miraculous world of plants, this event is a golden and green opportunity! Space limited.