{"id":4872,"date":"2020-01-09T13:10:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T13:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosefdn.org\/latest\/rose-goes-to-washington-state-puget-sound-site-visits\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T16:33:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T16:33:02","slug":"rose-goes-to-washington-state-puget-sound-site-visits","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/rosefdn.org\/es\/latest\/rose-goes-to-washington-state-puget-sound-site-visits\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose va a Washington (Estado): Visitas a las instalaciones de Puget Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"

In December of 2011, a landmark Clean Water Act settlement won by\u00a0Alianza Puget Soundkeeper<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0held the BNSF Railway Company accountable for its discharge of polluted stormwater\u00a0draining into the Puget Watershed (read the full press release here<\/a>). This pollution likely contained toxic contaminants, including copper, zinc, lead, oils, and suspended solids draining into Elliott Bay, within Puget Sound. The Sound and its watershed provide critical habitat for many species, including Chinook and coho salmon, harbor porpoise and seals, and orca whales.\u00a0With this $1.5 million settlement, Puget Soundkeeper and the Rose Foundation created the Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund<\/strong>\u00a0to support projects that mitigate past pollution runoff by supporting community-based efforts to protect or improve the water quality of the\u00a0Sound. The fund supports a range of projects focused on conservation,\u00a0restoration, community science, environmental justice, shoreline access, and environmental education.<\/p>\n

Combined with our existing\u00a0Mike Chappell Fund for the Spokane River<\/a>, the\u00a0partnership with Soundkeeper to launch the\u00a0Fondo de Mitigaci\u00f3n y Gesti\u00f3n del Estrecho de Puget<\/a>\u00a0helped catalyze several other Rose Foundation funds in the Pacific Northwest, including\u00a0the\u00a0Grays Harbor\/Chehalis River Watershed Fund<\/a>, the\u00a0Fondo del R\u00edo Columbia<\/a>, and the Puget Sound Salish Sea Watershed Fund. Through these funds over the last decade,\u00a0we have awarded over $7 million to protect watersheds and communities in Washington and Oregon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This past fall,\u00a0Executive Director\u00a0Tim Little, Program Officer\u00a0Laura Fernandez, and Pacific Northwest Grants Manager\u00a0Kevin Hendrick\u00a0visited Seattle-area grantees from the Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund.<\/strong>\u00a0Meeting watershed activists in person and seeing their projects first-hand is essential in building deeper relationships with our grantees and helping us to understand the impact of their work. As Laura shared,<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s always a pleasure to make personal connections with projects we are funding, because it bridges what we read about in an application to the actual work happening on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"FloatingOn their first stop, they visited\u00a0Green Futures Labs’ Floating Wetlands<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(pictured right). These bio barges are made entirely of plant materials and are placed in tidal estuaries that are degraded by industrial pollution and urban runoff. The habitat structures improve water quality, provide places for fish to hide, and improve biodiversity.\u00a0They are an\u00a0affordable solution to the challenges the watershed faces<\/strong>, as they do not require any special permits. And they are mobile, making them easy to move around seasonally in order to maximize their benefits. And because they are floating structures, bio-barges are climate-resilient, rising with sea level changes. But\u00a0Green Futures Labs is not just about the technology; they are committed to “community science,”<\/strong>\u00a0working with local residents, children, and local university students to monitor, observe, and document the impacts of these barges. One of the researchers, Leann Andrews, explains,<\/p>\n

\u201cScience is a driver of change, but so is love. Community science helps develop that love, connecting people with their watershed.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Next, Tim, Laura, and Kevin\u00a0headed over to the\u00a0Delridge Neighborhoods Development\u00a0\"DelridgeAssociation to learn about their\u00a0Delridge Wetland and Stewardship Project<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(pictured left)\u00a0restoring an acre of marshland<\/strong>\u00a0to prevent flooding, improve drainage and water quality, and connect the community with this\u00a0outdoor classroom!\u00a0<\/strong>With the help of the local community, the group has\u00a0planted over 2,000 plants and replenished native plants<\/strong>\u00a0from deep in the soil. They have already seen the benefits of the marshland\u2014over the last few years,\u00a0they have experienced a dramatic reduction in flooding!<\/strong>
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\nAfterward, they met with the\u00a0Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0y\u00a0American\u00a0Rivers<\/a>\u00a0at the Roxhill Bog<\/strong>\u00a0(pictured right). This bog was once developed as a park, but it is now\u00a0drying out as the water table lowers<\/strong>, leading to the collapse of sections of the park. Simultaneously, gentrification is expanding across Seattle, along with skyrocketing housing costs and\u00a0an increasing\u00a0homeless population looking for places to stay. Some have camped out on this bog and built campfires\u00a0that, unfortunately, have led to\u00a0severe fires<\/strong>, as the peat in the bog is highly flammable. American Rivers\u2019 research into why the water table is lowering suggests that\u00a0increased development in the area\u00a0is diverting water<\/strong>, which used to flow into the bog\u00a0where it naturally filters\u00a0and recharges groundwater,\u00a0directly into Puget Sound as polluted stormwater<\/strong>.\u00a0With our support, American Rivers is\u00a0now creating a plan with the local community to address these challenges.<\/p>\n

Finally, Laura, Kevin, and\u00a0Tim hosted a\u00a0roundtable discussion on the impact of homelessness on public lands and waters in the Seattle Area<\/strong>. They were joined by folks from American Rivers, Duamish Alive! Coalition, Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association, All Home for King County, and the Puget Sound Advisory Funding Advisory Board.\u00a0Participants shared their experiences and perspectives on the ways that homelessness, gentrification, and environmental conservation intersect in their respective work.<\/strong>\u00a0While the topic is very complex by nature\u00a0and will take a lot of collaboration to fully address, for many, the conversation was truly eye-opening.\u00a0This roundtable was just the start!\u00a0<\/strong>Tim,\u00a0Laura, and Kevin look forward to supporting future projects addressing the intersections of conservation and homelessness, housing justice, gentrification\u00a0in Puget Sound communities.<\/p>\n

We loved visiting our Puget Sound grantees and are looking forward to more visits in the near future!\u00a0Follow our grantee site visits on Rose\u2019s social media using the hashtags #GranteeSpotlight and #FridaysFromTheField. Visit our grantees with us by following us on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0y\u00a0Twitter<\/a>!<\/strong>\u00a0And learn more about our\u00a0Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund on our website<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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