Many Steilacoom residents and visitors probably admired the breathtaking cherry trees blooming along Rainier and the cheery daffodils popping up in Steilacoom public areas this spring. Those beauties are the work of the Steilacoom Garden Club. Thanks to the members’ green thumbs, the town looks a little more special. In addition to planting the cherry [...]
Have you ever wanted to learn how to identify and count adult salmon, or experience a salmon spawn? If so, then the Nisqually Stream Stewards Program has a treat in store for you. The Nisqually Stream Stewards Program is looking for volunteers to help monitor streams within the Nisqually River watershed during salmon spawning season. [...]
Tacoma, Wash. – In the 1970s, only 14 red wolves roamed the planet, and today there are approximately 300, with a large portion reintroduced into the wild. This Labor Day Weekend, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium will open its newest exhibit, Red Wolf Woods, in honor of this 40-year recovery program and the zoo’s leadership [...]
TACOMA, WASH (August 11, 2010) – The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation is accepting applications from Pierce County musicians to take part in a music video project called “Pierce County Sings.” Invited to apply is any individual vocalist, and any large or small musical group who is based out of Pierce County. Those selected will take [...]
Finally, summer is here after months of cloud cover. Now that the big yellow orb has re-appeared in the sky, sending you outdoors, hopefully you have protected not only your skin, but your eyes as well. DuPont Family Vision Clinic (DFVC), DuPont’s full service eye health care center, wants to remind everyone of the importance of keeping [...]
Do you remember sitting in the back seat of your dad’s 57 Chevy thinking you’d own a beauty like this someday, or wishing you had a thirty-year old MGB or a VW Bug sitting in your garage to restore? Do you have an insulated five bay garage with an epoxy floor to keep your prize [...]
Nestled in Edmonds Marsh, lives a historic orchard which in recent years, only the local raccoons paid much attention to. Now, with the help of volunteers, there is hope that DuPont’s historic orchard can continue on for years to come, and be enjoyed by all residents and visitors. The idea for an orchard renovation project [...]
Warm weather is on its way, and fundraising car wash season is about to be in full swing. To keep car washes fish-friendly, Pierce County Public Works and Utilities lends out free car wash kits designed to keep soapy water out of storm drains and away from fish. Soap, oil, and other pollutants can be [...]
There is nothing like the experience of camping in the great outdoors. The warmth of a campfire, the quiet of the wilderness, the rocks that you suddenly discover under your air mattress that deflated in the middle of the night…the 1 a.m. trek through the woods with your child on a bathroom break. Camping trips, [...]
MindyLou Paresi was still wading through the life-shattering shock of losing her husband in a suicide attack in Afghanistan when she started navigating the departments at Joint Base Lewis-McChord to complete the necessary paperwork. Grieving and facing the overwhelming task of organizing a myriad of details following her husband’s death while still taking care of [...]
