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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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September 26
Know What’s Under Your Hooves: How to be a better manager of your pastures and livestock from the ground up This workshop will focus on managing your soils for better forage production and animal health. Learn how to find out what soil types are on your property to inform grazing and fertilizer timing, grass species selection, and more. Learn how and when to take a soil test as well as interpret the results. Retired Natural Resources Conservation Services Soil Scientist Chuck Natsuhara will be on hand to help give you tools to better understand the ground beneath your feet. Local Farmer, Larry Bailey,...Read More -
September 26
Renewable Energy on Your Farm or Small Business - Key Peninsula Are you interested in energy efficiency and renewable energy programs to help save your business money, or reduce your environmental impact, but have been turned off by the starting costs? There are opportunities for grant writing assistance, utility incentives, tax subsidies, and financing support available to help farmers and rural small businesses purchase new energy-efficient equipment or install small-scale renewable energy systems. The Washington Conservation Commission and Spark Northwest...Read More -
September 29
Horse Farm Tour and Manure Spreader Demonstration Get inspired to get your farm ready for winter by visiting this 5-acre, well-managed horse farm. In the four years since David and Elizabeth have owned the property, they have built a paddock adjacent to the barn in which to keep their two horses in the winter and during droughty times in the summer to ensure that their pastures stay healthy and productive. They installed 5/8 minus gravel footing material in the paddocks to prevent mud. They have divided the pastures into several smaller areas ...Read More
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September 22
Ft. Steilacoom Park Work Party Our park is a wonderful place. Volunteers are working each month to make it even better! Can you join us?Read More -
October 1
Gilmur Grubbers Work Parties 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.Read More -
October 6
Adriana Hess Work Parties 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
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September 22
Fruit Tree Education Series: Espalier Learn about espalier, a term for a fruit whose branches are trained to grow flat against a wall, supported on a lattice, or a framework of stakes.Read More -
October 2
Edible Gardens Workshop Series: Composting Basics & Putting the Garden to Bed Tips and Tricks for closing out your season to maximize your next as well as some composting 101.Read More -
October 6
Veggie Co-op Community Day at The Farm Veggie Co-op community days are held the first and third Saturday of the month, beginning in April and continuing throughout the growing season, typically ending in October. On those days volunteers are welcome to come out to the farm, learn about the program, work with us for a few hours, and take home a share of the harvest if available that day.Read More
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September 22
Ft. Steilacoom Park Work Party Our park is a wonderful place. Volunteers are working each month to make it even better! Can you join us?Read More -
September 29
Dropstone Farm Planting Party Nestled in the river valley near Orting, Dropstone Farm has fenced off a long stream corridor from their field and livestock operations. A tributary to the Carbon River, this section of stream bank is lacking in native vegetation to keep water temperatures cool and invasive reed canary grass at bay. Planting event is co-sponsored by PCC Farmland Trust, who helped protect this valuable agricultural land into perpetuity.Read More -
October 13
South Prairie Creek Preserve Planting Party During the previous planting season, volunteers helped restore six acres of riparian and floodplain habitat at the South Prairie Creek Preserve project site. We continue this effort, with the goal of planting another seven acres between this fall and next spring. Come be part of this regionally important salmon project, and maybe even see a fish or two in the stream.Read More
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