Tree Protection: Urban Canopies and Legacy Forests
Monthly Third Thursday Meeting
January 19 at 7 pm on Zoom
Hear about local tree canopy issues, preservation of Legacy Forests and more. Our speaker is Kate Lunceford, past president of the Snohomish County League of Women Voters, who is active in many conservation groups and passionate about saving trees.
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Support Sierra Club Legislative Priorities
The 2023 Washington State Legislative session begins today. Learn about the four priorities Sierra Club is focusing on and speak up to support them: building affordable housing, protecting instream flows for salmon, preserving mature forests with funding for Trust Land Transfers, and restoring endangered salmon and orca. |
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Comment on SnoCo Comprehensive Plan
Snohomish County residents have until the end of January to comment on the Land Use policy amendment Phase II. This phase offers an outline as well as opportunity for input on draft policy amendments related to the Land Use element of the Comprehensive Plan. The 2024 Comprehensive Plan will guide Snohomish County decisions on a wide range of topics over a 20-year period. |
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Support the Green Amendment
According to House Joint Resolution 4205, "The people of the state, including future generations, have the right to a clean and healthy environment, including pure water, clean air, healthy ecosystems, a stable climate and the preservation of the natural, cultural, scenic and healthful qualities of the environment." The proposed amendment to the state constitution also says that the state will serve as a "trustee" of Washington's natural resources. If you agree with this vision, follow and support it during the legislative session.
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Bird Species on the Brink of Extinction
Monday, Jan. 23 at 7 pm on Zoom
Join Everett 350 members to hear about the National Audubon study, Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink. Presented by Pilchuck Audubon Director Brian Zinke, the study reveals the future of North American birds under a changing climate. The report details the effects a warming climate will have on more than 600 bird species through the end of the century.
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Kicking Gas Kick Off Event
Tuesday, Jan 17 from 6 to 7:30 pm
South Whidbey Community Center, Langley
Learn about the Kicking Gas campaign and clean, comfortable, and affordable ductless heat pumps for heating and cooling your home or business. This in-person event will show you how to save 20-50% off the total project cost and get the support and resources you need. You are eligible if you live on Whidbey and currently heat your home with propane, oil or wood. |
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The Tipping Point for Electric Vehicles
Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 6:30 pm on Zoom
Even though U.S. auto sales lagged by almost 20% in 2022, sales of electric vehicles were up almost 20%. Bloomberg publications calls this a "tipping point" for rapid adoption of electric vehicles in the coming years.
What were the EV highlights from 2022 and what can we expect next? To find out, join the upcoming Zoom meeting of the Snohomish County Electric Vehicle Association. |
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Sound Waters University Opportunity
Saturday, Feb. 4 on Zoom
Are you curious about marine mammals? Do you want to learn about environmental resilience to climate change? Connect virtually with distinguished environmental authors, researchers, and naturalists for two keynotes and a choice of three presentations. Limited field trips are also available.
Sno-Isle Sierra Club is offering scholarships for students grades 9-12. Recipients will share their experience with Sno-Isle Sierra Club in a Zoom member meeting or by submitting a brief video. To apply, contact Cynthia.Jones@Washington.SierraClub.org |
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Fine Feathers Audubon Classes
Tuesdays, Feb 14, 21 and 28
from 7 to 8:30 pm online
This series of classes is for you if you have ever wondered about how birds' feathers work to enable them to fly, hide them from predators and keep them warm or cold as needed. Master birder Connie Sidles will share recent information about how feathers evolved, how they function, why they are colored just so, and who has the most outrageous array.
$45 for non-Pilchuck Audubon members. |
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Our Sacred Obligation: View on YouTube
Time and Place of Your Choice
This video recounts the history of the Yurok Tribe's struggle against the colonization of the Klamath River, with a series of dams that have brought the river's salmon populations to the brink of extinction. Encouraged by the recent success of the Klallam Tribe with dam removal on the Elwha River, the Yurok are using their sovereignty to fulfil their sacred obligation to bring the dams down and restore the river. |
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Your Votes Made the Difference for WEAN
With over 9000 votes, Whidbey Environmental Action Network was awarded the Boeing Employees Credit Union People's Favorite grant award of $40,000. The overwhelming support for WEAN validates the decades of work by Marianne Edain and Steve Erickson with multiple projects such as keeping Navy training out of our state parks, protecting wetlands and forest lands, and generally ensuring that Whidbey Island remains a special place.
The award makes it possible for WEAN to hire staff and take on more projects. |
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Marianne Edain and Steve Erickson |
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Incentives for Electric Leaf Blowers
With a unanimous vote of the City Council, Edmonds joined the movement to do away with gas powered leaf blowers. The city of Edmonds will implement a rebate program, in which owners of gas-powered blowers receive a $200 gift card for turning in their polluting gas blowers and replacing them with electric blowers. Funding will be provided by a $50,000 electric leaf blower subsidy program. |
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Bye Bye Noisy Stinky Blowers |
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Funding to Remove Fish Passage Barriers
Nearly $40 million could soon be available to help fish navigate Washington's rivers. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently announced that funding would support culvert and dam removal projects in the Puget Sound area, the Olympic Peninsula, the Yakima basin, and the Columbia River watershed. |
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Volunteers Honored at December Meeting
Four of the many Sno-Isle Sierra Club members who contributed to last year's successes were highlighted: Bill Trueit, for his work organizing several county electric vehicle exhibitions, and for his membership on the Everett School's Sustainability Advisory Committee; Julian Edelman, for her lobby work on behalf of the Sierra Club; Rich Senderoff for his contributions leading the group candidate endorsement process; and Tom Crisp, for his many leadership roles at the local, state and national levels of Sierra Club. |
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Wilderness is not a luxury
But a necessity of the human spirit.
Edward Abbey
American author and environmental activist
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