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2021 Year In Review – State and Regional Networking
Posted on February 7, 20222021 Year In Review – State and Regional Networking KEC recognizes that environmental issues in our county are tied to bigger systems of government, corporate power, and lack of public information. KEC cannot address them alone. It is only as we band together with others across the state and region that we can have an […]
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2021 Year In Review – Scotch Broom Brigade!
Posted on February 7, 20222021 Year In Review – Scotch Broom Brigade! by Margaret Tufft and Carol Price Have you ever noted the popping sound of scotch broom pods jettisoning thousands of seeds during the hot days of summer? Clear cutting of hundreds of acres of forest in Kitsap County has provided opportunity for the rapid growth of […]
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2021 Year In Review – A Neighborhood Action
Posted on February 7, 20222021 Year In Review – A Neighborhood Action I have been working with the Edgewater Beach Community board members since the spring of 2020 to help them understand the dangers of spraying herbicide as a weed-control agent in the Edgewater Beach watershed that directly drains into the Hood Canal. After months of dialog, the Edgewater […]
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2021 Year In Review – Tree Planting For Earth Day
Posted on February 7, 20222021 Year In Review – Tree Planting For Earth Day KEC and the Kitsap County community went all out for Earth Day 2020, planting altogether, +/- 970 trees in the Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park. Arno Bergstrom and the Kitsap County Parks Department generously donated the trees for this project. We initially planned to plant […]
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A Call for a Moratorium on Clear Cutting of Washington State Forest Lands
Posted on April 1, 2021STOP CLEAR-CUTTING OF WASHINGTON STATE FOREST LANDS We, the undersigned, call on Washington State leaders to take actions that will STOP ALL CLEAR-CUTTING OF STATE FOREST LANDS FOR TEN YEARS. The urgency of impending (and already begun) climate catastrophe outweighs all other considerations regarding our forests. We understand that livelihoods and the state’s funding are […]