You are invited! A
new Citizen Committee is being created to help steward and protect the Cherry
Point Aquatic Reserve. Located on
the western shores of Whatcom County,
this reserve is a unique and complex aquatic
ecosystem that provides habitat for Pacific Herring, salmon, Dungeness crab, and a variety of marine
mammals. The reserve is also adjacent a shoreline which provides habitat for a
variety of migratory and residential
birds, including over 300 nesting great blue heron mating pairs. As a member of this committee you will work
with other community members to create an effective work plan that aims to help
implement the management plan created for the site by Washington State’s
Department of Natural Resources. These
actions will include planning and performing citizen science projects to fill
in data gaps, looking at policies surrounding the protection of the reserve,
and planning education and outreach events to inform the greater community about
the reserve. No experience
necessary! It will be fun and interesting. For more information, please contact Wendy
Steffensen of RESources at 360- 733-8307 or wendys@re-sources.org or Maddie Foutch of People For Puget Sound at
206-456-3784 or mfoutch@pugetsound.org. |