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1 Annual Meeting J January 24 th, 2008 Lacey Community Center

2 SPSSEG Mission Function RFEG Basics Funding Sources

3 Kitsap Kennedy-Goldsborough Chambers-Clover Deschutes Nisqually Puyallup-White

4 SPSSEG 2007 Projects

5 Rocky Creek Fish Passage Before After In Partnership with Pierce County Roads Funded By: SRFB, USFWS and Pierce County Water Programs

6 Silver Creek Dam Removal Before After In Partnership with USFS Funded By: USFWS and NFWF

7 Walker Boat Ramp Removal Before After In Partnership with Mason County Parks and Recreation Funded by NFWF

8 Little Skookum Restoration Before After Funded by SRFB and WDOE

9 Mashel River ELJ Before After In Partnership with the Nisqually Land Trust Funded by SRFB, NFWF, USFWS, Nisqually Indian Tribe, and Pierce County

10 Maintenance Projects Schneider Creek Huston Creek

11 McLane Creek LWD In Partnership with Bob Ramsauer Funded by NFWF and Thurston County

12 Nisqually-Chambers Reach Nearshore Assessment Funded By: SRFB In Partnership with: Nisqually Indian Tribe, Pierce County, People for Puget Sound, BNSF

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14 Mashel Monitoring In Partnership with: Nisqually Indian Tribe and EPA Wild Fish Conservancy Mobrand Jones and Stokes

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16 Planting Projects In Partnership with: Nisqually Indian Tribe Nisqually River Education Project Pierce Conservation District Wilcox Family Farms Town of Eatonville

17 Horn Creek

18 Mashel River

19 Education/Outreach

20 Community Salmon Mural In Partnership with: Olympia Film Society Dumpster Values Olympia Supply Tom Carr Painting

21 Griffin Watershed Day Proctor Salmon Mural 2007 Summer BBQ Priest Point Park Sylvester Park Earth Day

22 Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail Private 2007 Donations by: Tim Abbe, Paul Tappel, Sally Hicks and Sharon and David Love In Partnership with Mason Conservation District, Green Diamond, and Taylor Shellfish Co. Funded By: WDFW and Squaxin Tribe

23 2007 KCST Docents Special Thanks to Karen Strelioff and Mason Conservation District!! Lance Winecka Leeann Tourtillott & Family Jessie Duvall Amber Mount Andy Hix Emily Sanford Jaime Petrozzi Jim Anderson Ben Trowbridge Bruce Stewart Denise Beckwith Joe Uhlman Jeff Wofford Caitlin Winters Diane Russell Jora Rehm-Lorber Bryan Owens Chris Zipperer Geneva Karwoski Karin Strelioff Claudine Reynolds Jack Havens Jen Thurman-Williams David Love Natalie Pyrooz Jenna Norman Mike Ash Sharon Love Toni Droscher Ken Guza Lon Sullivan Eli Asher Sharon Verschuyl Melissa Jones Warren Dawes Terence Lee Kim Gridley Sarah Haque Mary Ann Firmin Stephanie Bishop Kirsten Workman Wim Verhoef Mary Gibbons & Family Shawn Regan Lon Sullivan Kristin Williamson Zaniewski Armstrong

24 2008 Projects Nisqually Pines Fish Passage Powell Creek Fish Passage Jarrell Cove Fish Passage Pirates Cove Beach/Lagoon Restoration Hiawata Creek Fish Passage Ohop Valley Restoration Kronis Creek Fish Passage Clover Creek Habitat Restoration South Sound Nearshore Project Development Mashel River RestorationAssessment Frye Cove Restoration Sherwood Creek Monitoring Mashel River Monitoring

25 Thanks to our 2008 Annual Meeting Donors Harlequin Productions Mercato Ramblin Jacks - Lonestar Meadow Park Golf Course Tumwater Valley Golf Course Jack Havens Sportsman s Warehouse Batdorf and Bronson Duane Fagergren The Grand Cinema Museum of Glass Washington State History Museum Taylor Shellfish and Xinh s

26 Thanks to Our Partners Salmon Recovery Funding Board Thurston Conservation District Mason Conservation District Pierce Conservation District South Sound Fly Fishers Trout Unlimited Washington Trout Puget Sound Action Team People for Puget Sound The Nature Conservancy Capitol Land Trust Nisqually Land Trust Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Pack Forest Green Diamond Taylor Shellfish Department of Ecology Kennedy Creek Quarry Stream Team Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group Port of Olympia Washington Conservation Corps Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Washington Department of Transportation Washington Department of Natural Resources Puyallup Tribe Nisqually Tribe Squaxin Tribe Muckleshoot Tribe US Forest Service US Fish and Wildlife Service National Fish and Wildlife Mason County Pierce County Thurston County Kitsap County City of Olympia City of Eatonville City of Yelm Local School District South Sound Green Metro Parks Tacoma University of Puget Sound Clover Park Technical College Puget Sound Fly Fishers

27 Thanks for all your support we are looking forward to 2008!

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