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Public Participation Invited in Budget Process 

Public Hearing #1 October 27, 6 pm
Public Hearing #2 November 24, 5:30-6 pm

Like other public agencies, Metro Parks Tacoma faces difficult decisions as we prepare the budget for 2014-15.

Our biennial budget process helps us assign resources to advance our service goals for the community: fostering active.... 

Metro Parks Tacoma Earns Accreditation

CAPRA recognizes Tacoma among
the best of the best

The Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA) has recognized Metro Parks Tacoma for excellence in operation and service.

CAPRA accreditation is the only national...


Planning Underway for Future  
Bond Projects

On April 22, Earth Day, registered voters in Tacoma, Browns Point and Dash Point supported Metro Parks Tacoma's 2014 Neighborhood Parks & Zoo Improvements and Safety Upgrades Bond. The measure passed with a nearly 65% approval rate.

Because of this, residents will see park and facility improvements and updates continue through 2024....


Board of Park Commissioners Meeting
Monday, October 13 & 27

Note Oct. 27 meeting includes:
5:00 pm: Public reception
5:30 pm: Study session
6:00 pm: Public hearing on the budget as part of the regular meeting.
Committee of the Whole
Monday, October 6 & 20
Capital Improvement Committee
Wednesday, October 15 & 29
Destination Point Defiance 3rd Thursday Community Dialogues
Thursday, October 16

 

October 3-4

Candlelight Tour

 

Saturday, October 4

Fall Native Plant Sale

Point Defiance Marina Swap Meet

Family Nature Walk - Swan Creek Park

Pier Peer Around Tacoma

 

October 8

Story Hour at the Conservatory

Conservatory Lecture: Pacific Northwest Ethnobotany

 

October 11

South Sound Throwdown

Green Tacoma Day

Family Nature Walk - Wapato Park

Family Nature Walk - Oak Tree Park

 

Sunday, October 12

South Sound Throwdown

Second Sunday Concert Series

 

October 14-31

Conservatory Pumpkin Patch

 

October 17

Harvest Fest at Norpoint

 

October 18

Zoo Boo

Point Defiance Beach Clean Up

Family Nature Walk - Wapato Hills Park

Black Cat Run Run

Night Walk at the Tacoma Nature Center

 

October 19

Zoo Boo

Grand Dance Extravaganza

 

October 22

Conservatory Lecture: The Wonders of a Food Forest

 

October 24

Hoot n Howl

Harvest Fest at Portland Ave. Community Center

Bonfires, Beaver Pelts, and Bogeymen

 

October 25

Hoot n Howl

Bonfires, Beaver Pelts, and Bogeymen

Night Howl for Scouts

 

October 31

Halloween Open House at Conservatory

Harvest Fest at Peoples

Harvest Fest at STAR Center


Fall GO Guides Available Now!

Find arts courses, learn to dance, take a stab at a new fitness class, join a team, try something completely new!

Go Guides can be viewed online today, or you can pick up a printed version at any community center.  


Multi-Agency Program Releases Endangered Oregon Spotted Frogs into Wetlands 

 

More than 150 Oregon spotted frogs slid quietly into...

Spooktacular Fun After Dark

Unique opportunity to experience Five Mile Drive in the dark! The Black Cat Fun Run, held Saturday, October 18 at...
Tickets Still Available for Candlelight Tour

 

Make Memories at Candlelight Tour this weekend! Guests should be prepared for...

Celebrate Green Tacoma Day and Arbor Day   

 

Green Tacoma Day is an annual celebration of the Green Tacoma Partnership's work to restore...

Tickets Now on Sale for Puget Sound's Best-Loved Holiday Lights Display

 

27th edition of Zoolights will dazzle visitors as more than 550,000 brilliant LEDs bring zoo animals and...
Seniors Citizens Get Half Off General Admission Through October 3

 

Senior Month at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park has been extended through Friday, Oct. 3. That means...

Harvest Fests Provide Fall Family Fun in Four Corners of the City

Metro Parks Tacoma presents Harvest Fest--an October family event series offered across the city...

Cast Your Vote for the Best of Western Washington!

Vote Today!
Each year Western Washington consumers join together to vote for their favorite...
Say Boo at the Zoo for a Fabulous Fall Festival

Scientific name: Scarecrowus Octoberus. Visitors will find these strange and wonderful creatures all around zoo...
Bonfires, Beaver Pelts, and Bogeymen

Take a stroll down a Jack O'Lantern lit path to a roaring bonfire and get spooked as Fort Nisqually's storytellers bring...

 

  
Saving Endangered Species

Oregon Spotted Frogs
These mostly-aquatic amphibians once inhabited large areas of Puget Sound lowlands, but now only a handful of isolated populations exist. The species is endangered in Washington.

Fishers
These members of the weasel family used to inhabit much of the old growth forest of the Northwest. But trappers - seeking the fishers' valuable fur pelts - and logging of old growth nearly eliminated the population in Washington by the mid-1900s.

Trumpeter swans
While these beautiful birds are not endangered in Washington, the species disappeared from the Midwest due to hunting and loss of habitat in the 1800s.

Western toads
Northwest Trek contains one of only three reported breeding sites in Pierce County for this state endangered toad. Each summer, thousands of the baby toads - or toadlets - migrate from the pond's wet banks to drier ground.

Find out how Northwest Trek Wildlife Park is helping re-populate each of these endangered species. 
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