Kyle Deerkop and his crew can be found weekly patrolling our local beaches for discarded yellow ropes, and other persistent garbage. Deerkop grew up in Idaho, went to college in Alaska, and has worked with the shellfish industry for 15 years — the last seven with Pacific Seafood in Westport as a Farm Manager. Deerkop […]
Submitted by Chehalis Lead Entity Robert and Lecia Criswell have lived in the rural upper Wynoochee Valley for a combined total of more than 120 years. Fifty-seven years ago, Robert’s parents moved from Arkansas to teach at Grisdale, the last logging camp in the United States. Robert said, “I moved to the valley because I […]
Submitted by: Chehalis Basin Lead Entity China Creek runs through the heart of downtown Centralia. Restoration of its habitat for salmon and humans is a cause for celebration and optimism. History of Centralia’s China Creek Photo credit: Kirsten Harma The town of Centralia sprang up in boggy land near where the Skookumchuck River joined the Chehalis […]
Submitted by Kathy Jacobson for the Chehalis Basin Lead Entity Chanele Holbrook is a longtime advocate and crusader working to protect the rural character, and the forest and prairies lands of Scatter Creek headwaters –and beyond. Chenele Holbrook is a Tenino watershed hero. Photo credit: In 1992, Chanele discovered Tenino and just knew she was […]
Submitted by Kathy Jacobson for Chehalis Basin Partnership and Chehalis Basin Lead Entity As soon as you enter Simpson Elementary School, in a rise above Montesano, you’ll notice the theme of the Chehalis River is woven into the school’s identity. And you’ll notice the enthusiastic work of Tina Niels’s 4th grade students on the hall walls. Tina […]
“Our 70-acre family tree farm is located just outside the city of McCleary, along the East Fork of the Wildcat Creek. For the past hundred years, several owners and their management decisions have made their mark on the landscape, and now, as the most recent stewards of the land, we are too. Our updated management […]
Submitted by Paul Dunn for the Chehalis Basin Lead Entity Oakville resident Sabra Noyes had little clue what was in store for her that morning in 2011 when she innocently attended Thurston County Prairie Appreciation Day. But it was there, as it turned out, that she initially outlined her vision for the 40-acre pasture of riparian forest, […]
Submitted by Paul Dunn, for the Chehalis Basin Lead Entity Joe Kalisch enjoys the “popping” sound most of all. That’s right: Give the 31-year-old a weed wrench, some ornery scotch broom and enthusiastic workmates, and he’s likely to be in seventh heaven. Joe Kalisch, who was born in Aberdeen and has lived in Grays Harbor […]
January 25, 2017 Twenty-three on-the-ground restoration projects that protect and restore valuable habitat for salmon are well underway throughout the Chehalis River Basin in Thurston, Lewis and Grays Harbor Counties. Implementing these projects is bringing nearly $6 million to basin communities through local restoration and construction jobs. Most of the projects restored fish access to […]
Submitted by Paul Dunn for Chehalis Basin Lead Entity It’s a wet, dreary mid-October morning as Jay Gordon, an Elma farmer, munches on a slice of oven-warm, homemade sourdough bread. “Man, this is some good stuff,” he says, turning to talk to his longtime friend Neal Lucht, who has driven from his home in Molalla, Oregon, […]
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