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If you're having trouble viewing this email, you can see it online . Thank you for joining us at Steigerwald, Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez! Yesterday, Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez toured the newly restored Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge. We want to thank the Congresswoman for her interest in this project. The Steigerwald Reconnection Project generated over 550 jobs

Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-CD3) toured the newly restored Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge on April 5, 2023. We want to thank the Congresswoman for her interest in this project. The Steigerwald Reconnection Project generated over 550 jobs, protected a mobile home community and 124 acres of industrial land from flooding, and restored nearly 1,000 acres of floodplain habitat

For the first time since 2019, we traveled to Washington DC to attend the annual National Estuary Program convening and to meet with Congressional leaders representing our lower Columbia River study area. The meetings with members of Congress provided an opportunity to share the accomplishments of the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership and the Association of National Estuary Programs. The Lower

The Estuary Partnership thanks Alex Apelis for his work as a Field Technician. Alex, a veteran of the US Marine Corps, was paired with the Estuary Partnership through the VetsWork AmeriCorps program of the Mt. Adams Institute. As a Field Technician, Alex worked alongside Indigenous elders, ecologists, and educators to gain valuable skills associated with restoration projects, wetland management

Western painted turtle research and habitat restoration underway at the Sandy River Delta – your participation is needed! Located at the confluence of the Sandy and Columbia rivers, The Sandy River Delta is a popular recreation area for walkers, horseback riders, and birdwatchers. It is also important habitat for the western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii). Oregon Department of Fish and

Sacajawea Elementary School’s Skyhawk News features Estuary Partnership environmental education classroom lessons and field trip Students at Sacajawea Elementary School produced an outstanding video documenting environmental education classroom lessons and a field trip to Salmon Creek facilitated by Environmental Educators with the Estuary Partnership for their school’s daily news program, Skyhawk

Crowdsourced photos will help flooding, erosion, and sea level rise infrastructure projects and research in Pacific and Wahkiakum Counties King tides are naturally occurring tidal events that bring high water levels to local shores. King tides will occur monthly in November through January. Researchers throughout the region aim to utilize king tides to visualize sea level rise impacts and are