Peninsula Daily News – April 20, 2018
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles City Council has proclaimed April 27 as Arbor Day. The city will hold its celebration of trees on the same day as national Arbor Day, which falls on the last Friday in April. The Arbor Day proclamation was approved.....
Peninsula Daily News – April 20, 2018
PORT ANGELES — A stately tree at Lions Park is slated for removal despite objections from a neighbor and other residents. The roots of the 105-foot sequoia are causing damage to an adjacent property and its co-dominant stems pose a safety risk to.....
North Olympic Land Trust (Blog) – July 28, 2017
Throughout the remainder of the summer, visitors of the Lyre Conservation Area may notice activity and/or hear noise from equipment and tools, such as chainsaws. As part of the Land Trust’s ongoing work to sustainably steward and restore the.....
Environmental Entomology (Scientific Journal) – March 20, 2017
Prey have evolved a number of defenses against predation, and predators have developed means of countering these protective measures. Although caterpillars of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus L., are defended by cardenolides sequestered from.....
Insects (Scientific Journal) – October, 2016
Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis [L.] Carriére) in the United States is threatened by the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae Annand). The native hemlock looper (Lambdina fiscellaria Guenée) also appears to have played a role in.....
Northwest Treaty Tribes (Publication) – Spring, 2016
With a newly opened floodplain on the Dungeness River, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and local college students are using the space to study floodplain vegetation restoration techniques. Students with Peninsula College and Western Washington.....
The Leader (News) – February, 2016
For the second consecutive year, Port Townsend is welcoming a Puget SoundCorps group to work on restoration in two of the city’s urban forests. Along with city staff and volunteers, the crew is removing invasive species from Bishop Park and Kah.....
Washington Conservation Corps News (Newsletter) – April, 2015
In March, the Poulsbo DNR Urban Foresty Crew put these lessons to use on a grafting project in Shelton. We gathered scions from pear trees planted in 1870-1890 by Mr. David Shelton, the founder of Shelton. It was a joint venture with the City of.....
Forest Ecology and Management (Scientific Journal) – March, 2015
While the impact of aboveground herbivores on plant biomass and fitness has received considerableattention, there has been far less research on the corresponding belowground impacts. The belowgroundeffects of aboveground feeding may be particularly.....
Peninsula Daily News (News) – February, 2015
PORT TOWNSEND — The city’s “urban forests” are benefiting from a partnership among the state departments of Natural Resources and Ecology and the Washington Conservation Corps. As part of the Urban Forestry Restoration Project, crews have.....
Mason County Noxious Weed Control Board (Report) – January, 2015
Noxious weeds pose an environmental and economic threat to the citizens, ecosystems and productivity of Mason County’s terrestrial and aquatic natural resources. Nearly 21% of Mason County’s land base, or just over 127,000 acres, is located.....
