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Summary of Conservation Tools Education Program Results
2002-2003 Achievements
4,600 landowners mailed information on conservation tool programs and contacts
12 workshops attended by total of 225 landowners, including:
King County
- Vashon-Maury Island Marine Shoreline, 20 attendees
- Vashon-Maury Island Freshwater Shoreline, 16 attendees
- Snoqualmie River Tributaries (Carnation-Duvall), 26 attendees
- Newuakum Creek, 18 attendees
- Issaquah Creek, 16 attendees
- Thorton Creek, 75 attendees
Pierce County
- Tanwax Creek/Nisqually River watershed, 12 attendees
- South Prairie Creek, 15 attendees
- Crescent/Artondale Creeks, 7 attendees
- Ohop Creek/Nisqually River watershed, not reported
- White River watershed, 10 attendees joint King-Pierce County workshop)
Jefferson County
- Dosewallip and Duckabush River watersheds, 10 attendees
21 landowner visits by WSU Extension personnel
90 acres of natural lands enrolled in conservation programs by landowners receiving direct program assistance.
108 WSU Extension volunteers (King, Jefferson, and Island Counties) received conservation tools education as part of their stewardship training.
14 Jefferson County real estate agents received conservation tools training.
2004 Milestones
2,000 landowners mailed information on conservation and stewardship tool programs and contacts.
Six workshops attended by total of 113 landowners, including:
- King County: Vashon-Maury Island Marine Shoreline, 15 attendees
- Pierce County: Gig Harbor Marine Shoreline Area, 17 attendees
- Snohomish County watersheds (forest and streamside landowners), 36 attendees
- Jefferson County: Quilcene River and Dabob/Tarboo Bay watershed areas, 20 attendees
- Island County:
- Whidbey Island (forestry, open space, shoreline), 7 attendees
- Camano Island (forestry, open space, shoreline), 18 attendees
19 acres of natural lands enrolled in stewardship or conservation tool programs by landowners contacted through program.
27 WSU Extension (King and Island Counties) volunteers received conservation tools education.
More than 80 Island County real estate agents received stewardship and conservation tools training on two separate workshop days.
2005 Milestones
Four workshops (Island, Mason, Pierce, and Jefferson County areas) attended by total of 128 landowners, including:
- Island County: Whidbey Island (Sound Waters one day university), 7 attendees
- Mason County: Dewatto Bay Area on Hood Canal, 2 attendees
- Pierce County: Gig Harbor marine shoreline, 27 attendees
- Jefferson County: Discovery Bay (Natural resource day with WSU conservation tools, land trust, Conservation District, and Jefferson County participation), 92 attendees
Ten WSU Extension volunteers (King County) received conservation tools education.
Photo information: Theler Wetlands, Mason County, by Eileen Palmer of Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group.
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