Sign up to help set up fish weirs with Natural Resources this Spring! Gear provided upon request. For more info, visit: Volunteer Opportunities — Clallam Conservation District (clallamcd.org) or Contact Chelsea.Behymer@elwha.org with questions.
Category: Natural Resources
Student Volunteers Collect Water Temperature Data
Long-term Elwha River Temperature Monitoring Depends on Enduring Partnerships Text and photos by: Chelsea Behymer & Sarah Morley On a soggy Saturday morning in January, a group of Environmental Science and Civil Engineering undergraduate students from Seattle University are greeted by NOAA research ecologist Sarah Morley at the Olympic National Park boundary gate adjacent to the Elwha River. The parking lot where they are gathered is the furthest point that can be driven upriver since the Olympic Hot Springs access road began flooding in 2015 and eventually gave way to the river’s reclamation of its historic channels. From there, the …READ MORE
From the Field: A Day with the Wildlife Team
Text & photos by: Chelsea Behymer, Science Outreach Coordinator Wildlife camera images courtesy of: LEKT, NPS, USGS The novel and the rare are precious, invigorating things. During our lunch break, we savor the sunshine that envelops an emergent meadow on the floodplain of the Elwha River even more than our food on a crisp, clear Winter day. I’ve just helped Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (LEKT) Natural Resources Department wildlife biologist Sara Cendejas-Zarelli install camera traps on a well-established American Beaver dam that her team had first observed the previous Summer. She had brought the extra cameras along as a potential …READ MORE
Natural Resources Planting Events!
If you have any questions or concerns about gear or transportation, please email Science Outreach Coordinator, Chelsea chelsea.behymer@elwha.org or come and say hello at the upcoming community Love Yourself Wellness Event on the 14th. Volunteer Opportunities — Clallam Conservation District (clallamcd.org) Get outside and get active, for nature’s sake Please join Natural Resources of LEKT for planting events to help install native trees and shrubs on the Elwha River and beach plants on Ediz Hook. Please bring shovel, gloves, sturdy footwear, warm clothing, snack, and water for all events. RSVP at www.clallamcd.org Indian Creek: Wednesday, February 15th 10am-1pm Meet on …READ MORE
Online Survey – Elwha Community Climate Change
Calling all LEKT staff and tribal community! Take the LEKT climate change survey right here! The tribe is launching their climate change planning and we are looking for your input. This survey will take about 15 minutes of your time. To be eligible for a gift card, you must be a tribal member, 18 years of age, you must complete the survey and put your name on it. Click the following link to get started: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LEKT If you are a tribal member you can pick up your gift card in 3 ways In the Natural Resources building, 760 Stratton Rd. …READ MORE
Wildlife Program Community Meeting
Please join us to provide input to the Tribe’s Wildlife Program as we begin to prepare a “Seventh-Generation Wildlife Management Plan, incorporating research on cougars, Columbian black-tailed deer, and Roosevelt elk”. Contact: Kim Sager-Fradkin for details 360-457-4012 X 7495 Info & Directions
