Seth Luginbill, our Land Steward, completed the sowing of native Roemer's fescue seed across eight acres adjacent to our prairie remnant last week! For four years we have prepared this land for this moment by clearing tons of debris (with amazing volunteers!) mowing, burning, and weed control. Most of this work has been funded by the USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service but our special friends and neighbors have also been involved from the beginning. Seth has done a wonderful job overseeing this entire process. We have applied for additional grant funding to continue restoring these eight acres with further treatment of invasive plants and over seeding with over a dozen species of native flowers. Should that funding be made available you will see a plethora of colors in 2015! We have also sought support for greatly increasing the number of native species we will be able to propagate for eventual sowing on the prairie! Please join us in our prayers for the care and protection of this place and that the seeds take hold and start to emerge this coming spring! Please mark your calendars and join us in May for our Prairie Open House to get a first-hand look at all the progress being made. |
Spring Internship
 We have an openings for a Spring Restoration and Outreach intern.
If you are interested in gaining practical field experience in restoring native habitats as well as taking part in engaging the community in these efforts, let us know! Other skill sets you will be exposed to include: grant writing, environmental education, material development, volunteer management, and research.
You can send a resume and a statement of interest to Holly Kress (holly@pacificriminstitute.org).
This is an unpaid internship. We can also arrange for a part-time internship for a local student.
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Many many thanks!
To the Central Whidbey Lions Club:
Thank you so much for all the work your volunteers put into fixing up our pump house. We are so grateful for their thorough work. We are another group in a long line of groups that are grateful for the contributions that the Lions groups make to our community!
To the Tulalip Charitable Fund:
We are so grateful for a recent grant we received from the Tulalip Charitable Fund. Their gift will contribute to our prairie restoration projects.
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Robert in Florida
 Robert recently returned from a successful week in Florida where he spoke at and participated in the ECHO International Agriculture Conference. Robert spoke on "The Sweet Spot - Bringing Sustainable Development, Animal Agriculture and Ecological Restoration Together". It was one of the most-attended sessions at the conference. Robert spoke from his 30 years of experience in real world issues of sustainability and restorative animal agriculture. We are exploring partnership opportunities with ECHO, so watch for an update! (Moringa is an extremely beneficial tree that ECHO is propagating around the world) |
