The Pierce Conservation District is seeking volunteers to participate in an eco-friendly project that aims to reduce the amount of polluted rainwater runoff in an area of South Tacoma.
The so-called ‘de-paving’ project will replace approximately 3,000 square feet of asphalt with street trees and landscape planting. In the end, organizers expect the improvements will keep almost 75,000 gallons of polluted water out of Puget Sound annually.
A similar project was completed last year near the intersection of Division Avenue and Sprague Avenue in Tacoma (see “Tacoma volunteers to transform parking lot into plant paradise,” Tacoma Daily Index, March 12, 2014).
The de-paving project will be held on Sat., March 14, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., at Habitat For Humanity, located at 4824 South Tacoma Way, in Tacoma. More information is available online here and here.
To read the Tacoma Daily Index‘s complete and comprehensive coverage of the Pierce Conservation District, click on the following links:
- Farm Forum aims to boost Pierce County agriculture business (Tacoma Daily Index, Feb. 27, 2015)
- Trees for sale through Pierce Conservation District (Tacoma Daily Index, Feb. 27, 2015)
- 5 local organizations awarded $930K for Pierce County salmon recovery projects (Tacoma Daily Index, December 4, 2014)
- Pierce County Salmon Homecoming celebration Oct. 11 (Tacoma Daily Index, October 9, 2014)
- Mark your calendar for 5th Annual Harvest Pierce County Summit (Tacoma Daily Index, April 18, 2014)
- Tacoma volunteers to transform parking lot into plant paradise (Tacoma Daily Index, March 12, 2014)
- 3 local organizations awarded $1.7M for salmon recovery projects (Tacoma Daily Index, December 9, 2013)
- Rain or shine, city to celebrate Green Tacoma Day (Tacoma Daily Index, October 16, 2012)
- Volunteer to keep Tacoma’s waterways clean July 28 (Tacoma Daily Index, June 20, 2012)
- Celebrate, learn at 3rd annual Community Garden Summit (Tacoma Daily Index, April 17, 2012)
- Sign up for free rain garden workshop (Tacoma Daily Index, August 30, 2011)
- Vaughn Bay shellfish harvesting expands (Tacoma Daily Index, June 29, 2011)
- McIvor to coordinate Tacoma’s community gardens program (Tacoma Daily Index, August 11, 2010)
- Grants fund water-quality, habitat projects in Pierce County (Tacoma Daily Index, September 15, 2008)
- Vaughn Bay opens to shellfish harvesting (Tacoma Daily Index, August 25, 2008)
- Tacoma Community Garden Tour Aug. 23 (Tacoma Daily Index, August 18, 2008)
- Pierce County grant program aims to improve watersheds (Tacoma Daily Index, June 27, 2008)
- Pierce County staffer innovatively aims to save rural farming (Tacoma Daily Index, November 6, 2007)
- Counties endorse lower White River conservation effort (Tacoma Daily Index, August 14, 2007)
- Pierce County hosts beach habitat workshop May 19 (Tacoma Daily Index, May 10, 2007)
- Volunteers needed to restore area creek (Tacoma Daily Index, September 2, 2005)
- Real work, real money: enviro groups awarded funds (Tacoma Daily Index, August 12, 2005)
- Pierce Conservation District announces environmental grant candidates (Tacoma Daily Index, June 24, 2005)
- Tacoma announces winners of Make a Splash environmental grants (Tacoma Daily Index, November 16, 2004)
