Spring 2008 Sense of Place Class Schedule:

Please pre-register for these classes by calling 509 447-2401 or emailing cmack@wsu.edu.
If class must be canceled, pre-registrants will be notified.
Spring classes are $10 per individual—but bring a non-perishable food bank donation
for a $5 discount (unless otherwise noted).

PEND OREILLE RAIN GARDENS

Wednesday, March 12 • 6:30-8:00pm • CREATE, 900 W. 4th, Newport
Thursday, March 13 • 6:30-8:00pm • Usk Community Center, 2442 Black Road, Usk

Build a rain garden to beautify your landscape, attract wildlife—and protect fish habitat by filtering storm runoff. Peggy Watts, Pend Oreille Conservation District, and Carol Mack, WSU Extension, will show you how, why, and what plants work best. Sign up for your free plants! (Class is free to all community volunteers.)

TREASURES OF THE KALISPEL CULTURE

Tuesday, March 18 • 6:30-8pm • Camas Wellness Center, 1821 N LeClerc Road, Usk

William Morley Manning was a young Canadian mining surveyor who came to the Inland Northwest around 1900 and over the next decade purchased a variety of important handmade articles from Kalispel men and women. In this powerpoint presentation, author Jack Nisbet will trace Manning’s strange journey from Toronto to the Cusick Fourth of July Fair, and tribal elder Francis Cullooyah will comment on some of the Kalispel artifacts that ended up as part of the core Plateau collection at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane. Class is free with food bank donation.

BACKYARD PONDS - GARDENING IN WATER

Thursday, March 20 • 6:30-8:00pm • PUD Meeting Room, Newport

A small pond in your yard provides a cool oasis for you, and for birds and wildlife. WSU Master Gardener Phoenix Luby will share her expertise in planning, building and maintaining a small pond, including the beautiful plants that thrive there. Enter the new PUD meeting room by the door on Pine Street between Washington and Union Avenues.

GARDENS FOR BUTTERFLIES

Thursday, April 10 • 6:30-8:00pm • CREATE, 900 W. 4th, Newport

6:30-8:00pm • CREATE, 900 W. 4th, Newport
Invite these flying jewels to your landscape. Carol Mack, WSU/Pend Oreille County Extension, explains their habitat needs and presents a slideshow of local butterflies and the plants that they require.

2008 NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COACHED PLANNING COURSES

Wednesdays, Jan. 23 to Mar. 1 •Colville • 6:30-9:30pm
Thursdays, Jan. 24 to Mar. 2 •Deer Park • 6:30-9:30pm

This perennially popular seven-week course equips you with all the tools to write a Forest Stewardship Plan
designed around your individual objectives, and may qualify you for possible tax benefits and cost-share programs.
Sessions include managing fire risk, forest health, wildlife habitat, timber resources, mapping, soil, water and more. (Call
447-2401 or email cmack@wsu.edu for registration information. Pre-registration is required.)

FOR THE LOVE OF THE LAND:
Transition Planning for Family Forest Landowners

Tuesday, October 30 • 6-9pm• Cusick School, 305 Monumental Way, Cusick, WA
Monday, November 12 • 6-9pm• Spokane County Extension Office, 222 N. Havana, Spokane WA

Registration: $40 per family (Pre-registration required, call 447-2401 or email cmack@wsu.edu for registration information)
Instructors: Janean Creighton •WSU Extension; Britton Pettit •SVA 7 Forester; Judy Wells •Estate Tax Examiner
Do you own and care for forestland? This workshop is intended to help family forest landowners keep the forest
intact as one generation passes the legacy on to the next. Participants will receive a “Ties to the Land” workbook and
accompanying DVD.

Other Events of Interest

7th Annual Loggers' Conference

Learn how you can become a more efficient and effective logger by attending this workshop which allows participants to interact with other logging professionals and speakers on a host of important issues including backcountry first aid, equipment maintenance, and current forest practice regulations and tips for running a successful logging business.
Join Washington State University Extension and the Washington Contract Loggers Association as they present the 17th Annual Loggers Workshop on March 19, 2008, 8:00am - 3:30pm at the Colville Ag Trade Center. Six credit hours will be available as part of your Accredited Logger Program requirements. Registration is $15 per person and includes lunch. Call the WSU Stevens County Extension office at (509) 684-2588 to register.
For program information contact Emily Burt at 509-775-5235 or emburt@wsu.edu.

SAVE YOUR SHORELINE--Mark Your Calendars!  

Pend Oreille Shoreline Bank Stabilization Workshop
Saturday, May 10 (tentative) from 10 -3
At the Kalispel Tribe of Indians New Camas Center
Free to the Public

Presentations will include:
• How to Find Expert advice on Designing and Completing your Project
• State and Local Guidelines and Assistance
• Ways to Help you Pay for Your Expenses
• Example Projects and New Techniques to Maximize Your Efforts
• Rain Gardens and Their Role in Bank Stabilization
• Brochures and Handouts
 
 
For More Information Contact:
Brian Bolles, Watershed Coordinator,
Pend Oreille Conservation District 509 447-5370 

Grant funding for this workshop provided by the Washington State Department of Ecology 
A special thanks to the Watershed Implementation Team for planning this event.

Riverbank Stabilization Guidelines:
Pend Oreille River in the Box Canyon Reservoir

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is responsible for regulatory review and approval of riverbank stabilization measures implemented on private and some public land within the state through the Hydraulic Project Approval (HPA). Increased land development along the Pend Oreille River within the 54-mile long Box Canyon Reservoir and high rates of riverbank erosion have led to the implementation of a large number of bank stabilization projects in recent years. Most of these projects have not accounted for protecting environmental conditions and have not incorporated measures to mitigate for environmental impacts. This document is intended to provide guidance to assist the public with identifying the causes of riverbank erosion along their property and selecting environmentally appropriate design options in order to gain WDFW approval. In addition to an assessment framework and technique selection process, this guideline includes a detailed description of five bank stabilization techniques that have the support of WDFW. Therefore, landowners who submit HPA applications that appropriately utilize these techniques will be proposing measures endorsed by WDFW.
To download the guidelines go to:
http://wdfw.wa.gov/hab/engineer/pend_oreille_riverbank_stabilization_guidelines/