2010 and Older News
Ripples from a Salmon Legacy
December, 18, 2010
Peter Donaldson, actor, teacher, storyteller and 2010 winner of Outstanding Non-Formal Environmental Educator Award is using his creativity and passion to foster a generation and prepare them to solve our watershed pollution woes. Students engaged in Peter’s Watershed Report program learn hands-on the power of education, restoration and public communications. Each year, high school students produce a compelling annual video on positive local sustainability trends, and coordinate with local teachers to bring rain gardens to school grounds. Peter is giving young people around our region the tools to solve real environmental problems and inspire their communities to do the same. Peter tells it all to KUOW's Sarah Waller.
Student film on watershed debuts
November 16, 2010
Learn about positive sustainability trends in the 13 school districts and 27 cities of the greater Cedar River-Lake Washington Watershed at the Nov. 18 screening of The Watershed Report, an award-winning series of short films narrated by local high school students.
Cedar River Salmon Journey Video
Tahoma Junior High Students Build a Garden to Catch and Clean Rain
October 16, 2010
A group of students at Tahoma Junior High know what to do with rain water – build a rain garden. Peter Donaldson from Friends of the Cedar River Watershed put the project together for the students. Todd Baker, a teacher at the school, gathered a group of students to build the project.
Seattle clings to its struggling summer sockeye
September 18, 2010
The summer sockeye run that travels through Seattle and possibly the most urban fishery in the region is struggling. The number of fish coming into Lake Washington has dwindled, and only a lot of money and the efforts of a hatchery have kept this nonnative run going. Nonetheless, locals dream of a return of a season to catch this iconic salmon, and the Muckleshoot Indians demand that money continue to be spent to sustain it.
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Local Teens and Friends of the Cedar River Watershed Recognized in Ecotrust Film Contest
August 31, 2010
King County-based nonprofit, Friends of the Cedar River Watershed (FCRW), won third prize, an award of $500, for their project “Restoration Update,” part of the organization’s video reporting project called the Watershed Report. The 2009 Watershed Report was researched and narrated by high school students from within the boundaries of the Cedar River/Lake Washington Watershed. FCRW is preparing to launch its second student team to begin compiling data for the 2010 Watershed Report and engage in local restoration actions.
Watershed Restoration Film Contest Recognizes Seven Northwest Films
August 31, 2010
Regional filmmakers receive $4,100 in prize money from the Stories From Our Watersheds film contest sponsored by Ecotrust, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, the PNW Region of the USDA Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management
River cleanup focuses on the source of trash
August 19, 2010
Which would you rather not find during a walk along the Cedar River, Buzz-Lightyear boxers or a loaded diaper? Thanks to a clean-up crew of about 35 volunteers, river patrons will no longer have to stumble across either.
Annual Cedar River Clean-up Event
July 28, 2010
Friends of the Cedar River Watershed (FCRW), Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, and American Rivers, is hosting their annual Cedar River Clean-up Event on August 14th from 9:00am to 12:00pm. As part of the National Cleanup, community members will help protect our great resource, the Cedar River, because a healthier Puget Sound starts with a healthy river. Over one million residents in King County rely on the Cedar River as a direct source of clean drinking water, and for numerous recreational purposes such as kayaking and hiking.
Cedar River Salmon Journey at the Ballard Locks
July 14, 2010
Bring your family and friends to view spawning salmon in our own community. Trained naturalists will be stationed at the Ballard Locks during the last three weekends of July between 11:00am and 4:00pm to teach about the Chinook salmon’s annual journey from the Locks through Lake Washington and up the Cedar River to spawn.
Read More >Study: Pollution making Puget Sound more acidic
July 12, 2010
Emissions from vehicles and industrial smokestacks are making Puget Sound and Hood Canal waters more acidic, which could have adverse affects on shellfish, according to a new study that included scientists from the University of Washington.
Habitat restoration event helps Cedar River watershed ecology, popular fly fishing area
June 11, 2010
The non-profit group Friends of the Cedar River Watershed is organizing a unique, educational, fly fishing-themed habitat restoration event at King County’s Cavanaugh Pond Natural Area on Saturday, June 12.
Fly Fishers’ Habitat Restoration Event
June 10, 2010
Friends of the Cedar River Watershed (FCRW), a King County-based non-profit organization, is organizing a unique, educational, fly fishing-themed habitat restoration event at Cavanaugh Pond Natural Area on June 12th from 9:00am to 2:00pm. The goal is to engage community members in restoring and learning about the importance of our native ecosystem’s functions, while addressing threats to our local forests and waterways.
Read More >Renton school builds rain garden to help Cedar River, sustainability
May 3, 2010
At a Renton school, students are learning how to protect Puget Sound through planting gardens.
"Puget Sound is dying the death of 1,000 cuts," said Nisa Karimi, a coordinator with the Friends of the Cedar River Watershed (FCRW). "Stormwater is the greatest threat to Puget Sound."
Sockeye anglers hopeful that permanent Cedar River hatchery is still a go
May 8, 2010
A recent report has stirred up speculation on whether work can begin soon on a permanent Cedar River sockeye hatchery, but sport fishing advocates remain hopeful.
Washington state moves to ban copper in brake pads
April 12, 2010
When a driver hits the brakes, friction releases copper shavings that fall onto the road and are eventually washed into rivers, where environmentalists say the metal could pose a hazard to marine life -- especially salmon, one of the Pacific Northwest's most prized products.
KIRO 97.3 FM Broadcast: Executive Director Sue Rooney discusses Rain Gardens
April 11, 2010
During his live broadcast of "Gardening with Ciscoe," Sue talks about our efforts to build demonstration rain gardens at schools throughout the Cedar River/Lake Washington watershed.
Listen:
KBCS 91.3 FM Broadcast: 3-part series featuring Executive Director Sue Rooney
- The Many Faces of the Cedar River Watershed - June 18, 2009
- Navigating Water Supply in an Age of Global Warming - July 2, 2009
- Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle: Full Disclosure and Bottled Water - July 16, 2009
KMTT 103.7 FM "The Mountain" Broadcast: Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water
March 11, 2008
