Ruth Williams from Thornton Creek Alliance asked me to pass this along:
Greetings, Friends of Thornton Creek!
We would like to invite you to our Jan. 20th membership meeting. As always, it is open to the public and free of charge. Olympic Hills Elementary teacher Eddie Paltrineri will share his experiences with the Salmon in the Schools program. The program offers the students the opportunity to hatch Coho eggs, release the fry into Thornton Creek, and learn about the lifecycle of the salmon. This program, passed from the state to the City of Seattle, and then to the school district, is in danger of being dropped altogether.
Here are the details:
Thurs., 1/20/11, 7:00pm– first TCA Membership Meeting of the Year.
New location: Meadowbrook Community Center, Room 1, 10517 35th Ave NE, 98125. After the program will be the business portion of the meeting.
Please consider joining and taking an active role in the Alliance on behalf of a healthier Thornton Creek Watershed. You would be joining a group of over 100 longtime members, that would benefit from more people serving on its board in a leadership capacity. We welcome your ideas and knowledge about the watershed and how to care for it. You will find our group interested and supportive of your environmental concerns whether they involve the entire watershed or just a specific subject or site. As an alliance we are prepared to serve as an umbrella for a wide variety of activities. The fact that we are all-volunteer and nongovernmental allows us a great deal of latitude in our advocacy.
In the past couple of years our activities have included restoration of riparian areas, lobbying the City of Seattle on behalf of natural ecosystems, obtaining grants for riparian work, assisting with the development of the Feet First NE Seattle walking map, giving away native plants, representation on the Thornton Creek Watershed Oversight Council, and much more. Our quarterly meeting speakers have included Russell Link (WA Dept of Fish & Wildlife) with his entertaining discussion of bringing wildlife to the back yard, Alan Johnson (Natural Systems Design) with a history of the Thornton Creek Watershed, and representatives from Seattle Public Utilities keeping us updated on their plans and issues and listening to ours.
Please contact any of the people below for more information, or better yet, attend the upcoming meeting.
Who is Thornton Creek Alliance? You can reach us at:
Frank Backus, Pres. –frankbackus@comcast.net
Dan Mahler, 1st VP –kkmahler@earthlink.net
Ruth Williams, 2nd VP –ruthalice@comcast.net
Gary Olson, Treas. –judyngaryol@msn.com
Tom Cunningham, Sec. –cunningham39@hotmail.com
Also find Thornton Creek Alliance on Facebook!
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