August 2016

Day Campers Identify Aquatic Invertebrates

EarthKeepers Day Campers Learn to Collect and Identify Aquatic Invertebrates Day campers gathered at the Imprint Pond with CWCAP volunteers to sample Venema and Mohlendorph Creeks for aquatic macro-invertebrates. By learning methods to sample, sort, and identify these larval insect forms, worms, and other organisms, day campers gained an understanding of how and why controlled …

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SEALASKA Day Campers Help With Imprint System

SEALASKA Middle and High School Day Campers Help With Imprint System Maintenance SEALASKA in partnership with the University of Washington brought together 14 middle and high school summer day campers for activities at Carkeek Park. They took time on July 27 to help CWCAP volunteers with important maintenance on the Imprint Pond System. This great …

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Resident cutthroat trout are in Carkeek Park year-round

Resident cutthroat trout are in Carkeek Park year-round Thousands of salmon fry are released every Spring by CWCAP volunteers and hundreds of adults return in the Fall to spawn. But did you know that there are year-round resident coastal cutthroat (Oncorhynchus clarkii sp.) in the creeks too? Adult cutthroat trout spawn in the Spring and …

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CWCAP to receive KIRO 7/TPL donation

CWCAP to receive donation from KIRO 7 and The Trust for Public Land Bill Hagen, finalist in the upcoming Cox Conserves Heroes Award program, has chosen Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project as the recipient for his award. CWCAP formed as a community education and action organization in 1979 in order to bring watershed awareness to …

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