Our County has been in the process of updating the Wahkiakum Shoreline Master Program, and we encourage agricultural, fishing and tourist industry folks to stay involved, provide input and guidance,  and find out how this law may affect your community.

Follow this link to the County documents

Wahkiakum Shoreline Master Program

From the Final Draft SMP:

“Public  participation  is  important  because it ensures  that  local  knowledge  and  values  form  a basis  for  SMP  policies  and  regulations.  The  Shoreline  Master  Program  public  participation process is ongoing.  A public participation plan completed in the early stages of the SMP update process guides public participation opportunities during the SMP update.”

“Public hearings for formal consideration by Town and County Planning Commissions and adoption by legislative bodies are anticipated in spring 2016.

Wahkiakum County’s and Town of Cathlamet’s home internet pages provide links to SMP planning documents, to notices of public meetings and meeting materials. Public meetings are also advertised in the Wahkiakum County Eagle.”

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Grange Meeting Tuesday, March 22

Exemplification of the 1st Degree — 7:30

Dinner 6:45

Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday March 8, 6:00 pm at Johnson Park. To discuss the future of Grays River Valley Center & recruit members/volunteers.

Saturday, February 27th at the River Life Interpretive Center-

Featuring two excellent local speakers. These two great programs are sure to inform and inspire!

At 1:00 pm, Andrew Emlen will present Birds of the Lower Columbia River. Co-sponsored by the Willapa Hills Audubon Society (WHAS) and Friends of Skamokawa, this program will feature life histories of a number of Lower Columbia River birds and special stories of these birds in connection to the Columbia.

At 3:00 pm, Keith Hoofnagle will be here for a Book signing celebrating the very special 50th Anniversary re-issue of “The Story of Linda Lookout”!

Follow this link for further details;

River Life Interpretive Center

Naselle Youth Camp drumming group to perform at the February 23, Grange meeting. 7:30pm

Dinner 6:45

(Please understand that no photographs of the performers will be allowed)

For more information on donating items or purchasing tickets, please check out the Liu Xing website!

http://liuxingnaselle.weebly.com/events.html

February 27^th and March 5^th               12 noon – 2pm           Cost: $10

  Fred’s Homegrown Produce and Pacific County Natural Resources Conservation Service will be finishing a 10 Year Salmon Habitat Restoration project with the planting of native plants along a the stream bed of a newly constructed fish passage to the Naselle River.  This project is a continuation of a previous salmon habitat restoration project that turned a half-mile of riverbank into a total of 8 acres of forested habitat in 2006. The project is focused on restoring habitat for salmon, birds and native pollinators. It involves culvert removal and replacement with salmon-friendly culvert systems, replanting native species along an additional 4 acres of interior stream bank, and creating a buffer filtration system for the cattle pasturage enabling production of salmon-safe beef.

  The final planting will complete the half mile of newly constructed fish passage, and add another 800+ feet of river frontage to the original 2006 Habitat project.  The habitat project creates a spawning area for salmon as they come up the river from the ocean.  The fish need areas to lay their eggs where they will be protected from predators and high water velocity when the smolts first hatch.  Streams such as this small one that runs through the property provide this type of protection for the fledging fish.

  The Farm will be hosting two classes in habitat restoration planting, hedgerow design and site-specific erosion control.  The first class on Feb 27^th, focused on the upper non-flooding area along steep stream bed slopes, and the second on March 5^th covering planting habitat in a flood plain area.

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