Tahoma Audubon Conservation Committee
Photography by Diane Yorgason-Quinn.
Conserving, Restoring, and Stewarding Natural Resources of Pierce County
Our Conservation Committee is focused on protecting the best remaining habitats important to local birds and wildlife, including:
Restoring urban habitats through volunteer efforts via Morse Force and the Adriana Hess Park Committee.
Advocating for better environmental protections of Puget Sound and marine and freshwater shorelines.
Engaging volunteers in citizen science.
The Conservation Committee is active on specific conservation priorities in 2018, including:
Opposing Methanol Plant at Port of Tacoma - WIN!
Protecting Endangered Prairies: No Cross-Base Highway
Mount Rainier Park Junction proposed development
Pierce County Agriculture Roundtable member
Pierce County Biodiversity Alliance member
Opposing coal trains and increased crude oil transport and exports from Washington's ports
Shellfish aquaculture
Carbon River Forum
Conservation Committee meetings
You are invited to attend our monthly meetings.
Learn more and become involved in any of these issues. We currently meet on the 1st Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the University of Puget Sound in Thompson Hall, room 297.
Conservation Committee co-chairs are Bruce Hoeft and Kirk Kirkland.
Since our founding in 1969, our members have helped conserve and restore important habitats such as:
Fairfax Forest
Bresemann Forest at Sprinker Recreation Center
Commencement Bay
Nisqually Delta
Fort Steilacoom
Chambers Creek Park