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Pierce Conservation District offers numerous workshops throughout the year on wide ranging topics that can help improve your property and impact conservation efforts throughout Pierce County. You can browse some of our workshops by category below or visit our general calendar to see a full list of upcoming events, workshops, and volunteer opportunities.
Group Workshops
If you or your group or business would like to request a workshop, your Pierce Conservation District technicians are here to help with several great topics up our sleeves. From buffers to electric fencing to fertilizer applications to manure, mud, pasture management and more. Workshops are a great way to generate interest and conversation and get people to come through your business’ door
Group Workshops
If you or your group or business would like to request a workshop, your Pierce Conservation District technicians are here to help with several great topics up our sleeves. From buffers to electric fencing to fertilizer applications to manure, mud, pasture management and more. Workshops are a great way to generate interest and conversation and get people to come through your business’ door
- Farm Workshops
- Water Quality Workshops
- Harvest Pierce County Workshops
- Habitat Improvement Workshops
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January 27
Closing the Loop: Bioenergy & Sustainable Farming Open House Impact Bioenergy and the Rural Energy Development for Washington Program invite you to attend a “Closing the Loop” event on January 27, 2020, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm at Matsuda Farm and Vashon Bioenergy Farm at Island Spring Organics tofu factory, on Vashon Island. The open house event will feature Island Spring Organics’ new anaerobic digester, which processes organic food “waste” into organic biofertilizer (“REDEW”) and ultra-low carbon organic renewable natural gas (“ORNG”) for clean fuel and e...Read More -
February 27
ON-FARM COMPOST SHORT COURSE (Feb 27) - Part 1 This two-day short course will focus on increasing your knowledge and skills around on-farm composting. The course will include hands-on exercises in compost recipe formulation, feedstock assessment, and construction of aerobic and properly wetted compost piles. End use of compost products to improve production and soil health on-farm and best practices to protect water quality will also be included. Representatives from Washington Department of Ecology and Department of Agriculture will be pres...Read More -
March 5
ON-FARM COMPOST SHORT COURSE (March 5) - Part 2 This two-day (Feb. 27th and March 5th) short course will focus on increasing your knowledge and skills around on-farm composting. The course will include hands-on exercises in compost recipe formulation, feedstock assessment, and construction of aerobic and properly wetted compost piles. End use of compost products to improve production and soil health on-farm and best practices to protect water quality will also be included. Representatives from Washington Department of Ecology and Department o...Read More
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February 1
Adriana Hess Work Party The Adriana Hess Habitat Stewards work to maintain valuable open space at the Adriana Hess Wetland Park, which is home to the Tahoma Audubon Society. They get together the first Saturday of every month and would love to have your help! Currently recruiting for a Co-Habitat Steward position.Read More -
February 3
Gilmur Grubbers Work Party The Gilmur Grubbers have taken on maintaining Thelma Gilmur Park, the only wetland park in Fircrest. The group meets the first Monday of each month from 9:00am to 12:00pm and would love to have you join them. November - February the group will meet from 10:00am to 1:00pm.Read More -
March 2
Gilmur Grubbers Work Party The Gilmur Grubbers have taken on maintaining Thelma Gilmur Park, the only wetland park in Fircrest. The group meets the first Monday of each month from 9:00am to 12:00pm and would love to have you join them. November - February the group will meet from 10:00am to 1:00pm.Read More
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February 1
ANNUAL SEED SWAP, STORY SHARE & POTLUCK At our Seed Swap, people bring seeds for the seed table and family dishes for the potluck. Then, we share stories and memories about seeds and/or plants that have been passed down in our families for generations.Read More -
February 28 - February 29
Native Plant Sale Pre-Orders Available for Pick-up ?Customers must pick-up their order on one of two days: Friday, 28th or Saturday, February 29th, 2020 at the Pierce Conservation District office located at 308 W Stewart Ave in Puyallup (map it). Pre-orders get first dibs over the walk up sale, so we can't promise how many plants will be left, but we will have a limited quantity of plants available for sale Saturday, February 29th from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.Read More
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March 7
Workshop for Marine Shorefront Landowners: Introduction to Shore Friendly Are you concerned about erosion on your shorefront property? Shore Friendly is here to help. Join us to learn what technical and financial assistance may be available for managing your shorefront property. Workshop topics will include erosion assessment/control, drainage management, planting and views, and shoreline living.Read More
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