Eld Shoreline Community

We Care About Our Marine Neighborhood

A community network for shoreline landowners on Eld Inlet - learning about, talking about and caring for our waters.

Members

  • SE
  • Gabrielle Byrne
  • Ann Taylor Butler
  • Maria Chiechi
  • Peter Reid
  • Matt Love
  • Dan Grosboll
  • Scott Thomas Rowley
  • Karen Sell
  • Donna J. Nickerson
  • Laura Neault
  • Sandra H Marsh
  • Mary Skelton
  • Tom & Bev Brown
  • Dave Peeler
  • Mark Messinger

Events

Great Partners in Puget Sound stewardship (and good places to network and get information)

There are lots of people and organizations around the Sound who can provide information and resources to shoreline landowners. Some Eld Inlet neighborhoods have their own web pages - so you can connect with what's happening close to home. Here are just a few to get you started!

Griffin Neighborhood Association

Cooper Point Neighborhood Association

Capitol Land Trust

Thurston Conservation District

Squaxin Island Tribe

South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group

People For Puget Sound would also like to thanks Mason County Conservation District, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Restore America's Estuaries, the Puget Sound Partnership, Thurston County Department of Health, and Thurston County Streamteam for their contributions and support to the recovery of Eld Inlet.
 

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Notes

Orcas in Eld!

If you haven't had a chance to see the wonderful photos of the transient Orcas in Eld Inlet that are up on the Griffin Neighborhood blog page - check them out!



http://griffinneighbors.blogspot.com/



It isn't every day that we get such a strong reminder about just how special South Puget Sound is - and how lucky we are to live here.  A good reminder, too, of our unique responsibility to protect this amazing resource.  If you've been wanting to make some changes (using a… Continue

Created by Gabrielle Byrne Sep 22, 2009 at 12:25pm. Last updated by Gabrielle Byrne Sep 22, 2009.

Got Restoration? Need resources?

Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program in Washington

The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program provides technical and financial assistance to private landowners, Tribes and other conservation partners to voluntarily restore fish and wildlife habitat on their lands to benefit federal trust species, including migratory birds, anadromous fish, and declining plant and animal species. In partnership with local communities and…

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Created by Gabrielle Byrne Aug 26, 2009 at 11:05am. Last updated by Gabrielle Byrne Aug 26, 2009.

Notes Home

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Created by Gabrielle Byrne Jul 2, 2009 at 10:46am. Last updated by Gabrielle Byrne Jul 2, 2009.

Get Involved and Get to know your Sound!

People For Puget Sound is your organization on the ground. A member-supported non-profit, we have been working for almost 20 years to protect and restore the health of the Puget Sound and the Northwest straights. We advocate, engage and restore and involve you every step of the way. Visit our website and learn more about what we doing around the sound, and find ways to get involved!

Visit People For Puget Sound

South Sound Dissolved Oxygen Profiles

Still think the Sound is healthy? Check out the DO profiles for South Sound - and this is from 2000! Oh what a difference a decade can make. If anyone has access to a more recent version of this doc. - pass it on to me and I'll put it up for everyone.

Sound Sound Oxygen Profiles.pdf

Shared Salmon Recovery Strategies

Find out more about what conservation organizations are doing to save salmon!
http://www.sharedsalmonstrategy.org/watersheds/watershed-southsound.htm

What drains into the Eld and what about sea level rise?

According to the city of Olympia, all water that runs through drains ends up in one of three inlets: Eld Inlet, Budd Inlet, and Henderson Inlet. This web site also links to an interesting report on sea level rise and climate changes in the South Sound.
http://www.ci.olympia.wa.us/en/city-utilities/storm-and-surface-water/streams-and-shorelines.aspx

Thurston County Shoreline Sediment Assessment

Get informed - what you don't know can hurt you (and Puget Sound). This report is from 2005 - read the whole thing, or just check out the parts about Eld Inlet. Remember, being informed matters.

2005 shoreline sediment survey.pdf

Thinking of growing shellfish on your beach? Here are two sites to help you in making your decision - and to help you get started!

Shellfish Regulations

Growing Shellfish on your beach (From Taylor Shellfish)



Thurston County Septic system meeting notes

These are from 2003 - but very interesting, nonetheless. If anyone has access to a more recent version, or other documents of interest that they want to share with the Eld shoreline community, please send them my way and I'll put them up! gbyrne@pugetsound.org

2003 thurston county septic systems.pdf2003

Watch the short film - Saving Puget Sound

Click on the link below to watch the latest People For Puget Sound video about saving Puget Sound, or the link below that to find out more about the Frontline program Poisoned Waters.

Saving Puget Sound

Frontline: Poisoned Waters

Eld Inlet Conservation Easement

Read about Triple Creek Farm, Ralph Munro's conservation easement on Eld Inlet - published in the National Wetlands Newsletter back in 2007.

Conservation Easement on Eld Inlet.pdf

Thurston Conservation District's 5-year plan (2004 - 2009)

Want to find out what's being planned for the Inlet now and into the future? This is a great document to read - and then get involved. It's your Inlet!

Thurston_CD_5-Year_Plan.pdf
 
 
 

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