Thank You Knotweed Surveyors!
Hi knotweed surveyors!
THANK YOU! for all your help this summer with knotweed surveys! I appreciate all the time and energy you donated this year in our hunt for the nasty knotweed. The Task Force staff is moving into knotweed control season, so all your hard work in locating knotweed on previously-unsurveyed streams and monitoring previously-treated knotweed patches is now being put to good use.
Here is a rough summary of what you accomplished this season :
- 18 volunteers donated approximately 260 hours at an hourly rate of $14/hour bringing the total value of donated labor to $3612!!!
- You surveyed 18 streams, and over 20 river miles!
- We made contact with over 50 new landowners, many who have knotweed on their property.
Thank you all for your hard work this past summer. We truly appreciate your help in conducting these surveys.
Thank you!!!
Volunteers Needed: K-12 Salmon Education
The Task Force is seeking volunteers to work with students in grades 3 – 12, both in the classroom and on fieldtrips. Volunteers will assist with hands-on activities that teach students about salmon, watersheds, water quality and native plants. Volunteers are needed during regular school hours; fieldtrips and lessons are often scheduled on Tuesdays through Fridays, anytime from 7:30am to 3pm. For more information, read about the Task Force’s Watershed Education Programs.
For more information, see the jobs page.
Celebrating 20 Years
Yes, it’s so - 2010 is the 20th anniversary for the Task Force and the Regional Fisheries Enhancement Group (RFEG) Program that spawned its existence! Back in 1990, the Washington State Legislature, and local fishing interests that included sport, commercial and tribal fishers, and community members, banded together to establish the RFEG program to involve local communities, citizen volunteers and landowners in Washington’s salmon recovery efforts.
The Stilly-Snohomish Fisheries Enhancement Task Force is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation whose mission is to ensure the future of salmon in the Stillaguamish and Snohomish River basins and Island County watersheds, a combined land area of more than 2,400 square miles. Since its beginning in 1990, the Task Force has directed its resources and efforts to the challenge of developing community partnerships and strategies to improve and restore the recreational and commercial fisheries of the Pacific Northwest.