About Us
Vision
Healthy watersheds through personal and community engagement.
Mission
Engaging people to enhance and sustain watersheds through restoration, education, and stewardship.
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Friends of the Cedar River Watershed (The Friends) is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in 1996 and dedicated to the protection and restoration of the Cedar River/Lake Washington Watershed and all the communities within its boundaries.
The Friends is working to:
- Ensure the long-term stewardship of the watershed
- Provide and promote tangible and data-driven environmental education, especially for young people.
- Educate the public about the importance of enhancing and restoring our home watershed.
We offer innovative opportunities for people, young and old, to improve the ecological health of the watershed in which we live. Through our our base of volunteers, community leaders, and educators, we empower people to take practical steps to make our home watershed sustainable for people, fish, and wildlife.
Local Councils/Elected Officials
The Friends sits on the Cedar River Council (CRC) and the WRIA 8 Salmon Recovery Council (SRC). The CRC is a group of lower Cedar River basin stakeholders who communicate with King County council on river management issues. The CRC focuses on water quality, fish and wildlife habitat, recreational access, and flood management. The ultimate goal of the CRC is to provide greater outreach to the citizens who live in the Cedar River basin in order to engender a sense of ownership and stewardship of the river and watershed.
The Salmon Recovery Council is a group of community leaders from each of the 27 jurisdictions that are located in the Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish (WRIA 8) Watershed. This group oversees the progress of the WRIA 8 Chinook Salmon Conservation Plan.
Awards
Patagonia's Voice your Choice
April 2011
The Friends of the Cedar River Watershed is honored to have been chosen by Seattle Patagonia staff and customers as your Choice for 2011 in the annual Voice your Choice competition. The grand prize of $2,500 will go a long way, paying for four habitat restorations with 50 volunteers each.
Cascade Land Conservancy's John Stanford Educational Achievement
May 12, 2011
The Friends’ Watershed Report project celebrates its third award this coming May! The Cascade Land Conservancy will honor this innovative and inspiring student engagement project and video through their “John Stanford Educational Achievement” award at CLC’s 16th Annual Conservation Awards Breakfast. We will attend the breakfast and celebrate this honor with our community of peers, partners, and supporters.
FCRW’s Watershed Report Manager Awarded 2010 Environmental Education Association of Washington “Award of Excellence”
January 13, 2011
Friends of the Cedar River Watershed Program Manager, Peter Donaldson, received recognition by the Environmental Education Association of Washington with their “2010 Award of Excellence.” This award recognizes Mr. Donaldson as the “Outstanding Non-formal Environmental Educator”. Peter is recognized for his work with the Watershed Report as an example of creative teaching and presentation methods that provide a pathway to empower students and teachers to educate citizens about current trends that are the cornerstone of local efforts to develop sustainable communities.
The Watershed Report 2009 DVD won Third Prize in Ecotrust’s 2010 “Stories From Our Watersheds” regional film contest
August 31, 2010
Ecotrust’s 2010 “Stories From Our Watersheds” regional film contest, awarded the Watershed Report 2009 DVD third place out of a field of over 1,000 entries. The Stories From Our Watersheds contest was organized by the Whole Watershed Restoration Initiative, a collaborative effort between Ecotrust, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, the PNW Region of the USDA Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and others.
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2010 Northwest Fly Angler's Association Memorial Award
The Friends is honored to be the recipient of the 2010 Northwest Fly
Angler's Association (NFA) Memorial Award. Last summer, we had the honor
of working with NFA and other leaders in the fly fishing community on
an education and restoration event We look forward to expanding this
collaboration over the years to come. Stay tuned for next year’s Fly
Angler’s Weeding event at Cavanaugh Pond Natural area next June!
