Tahoma Audubon Conservation Committee

Meets on the 1st Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the University of Puget Sound in Thompson Hall, room 297. 

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, Thelma Gilmur Grubbers and the Adriana Hess Park Stewards.

• Advocating for better environmental protections of Puget Sound and marine and freshwater shorelines.

• Engaging volunteers in Community Science.

2018 work plan Projects:

In Tacoma:

• Opposing Methanol Plant at Port of Tacoma - WIN!

• Plastic shopping bag restrictions - WIN!

In Pierce County:

• With Dept. of Natural Resources: preserved Lake Kapowsin Aquatic Reserve

• With Nisqually Delta Association helped restore Sequalachew Creek near Dupont, Wa.

• With Sierra Club: protected spawning and natural areas as part of county's Shoreline Management Plan

• With Chambers Creek Watershed Council: developed a environmental education program

• With Futurewise: advocated for preservation rural areas and Agriculture Resource Lands

• Protecting Endangered Prairies: No Cross-Base Highway construction

• With National Park Association, postponed development of Park Junction Resort & shopping center at Mt Rainier

Statewide:

• Statewide Audubon action to limit carbon emissions

• Campaigned for Carbon Tax with Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy

• Successfully opposed crude oil transport and exports from Washington's ports

• Wild Olympics Campaign

• Campaign to increase State Fish and Wildlife Department's budget to protect all species.

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

• China Lake Nature Area

• Commencement Bay

• West Hylebos Wetlands

• Tacoma Nature Center / Snake Lake

• Nisqually Delta

• Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge

• Morse Wildlife Preserve

• Northwest Trek Wildlife Park

• Protection Island

• Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge

• Fort Steilacoom

• Chambers Creek Park

• Swan Creek Park

• Sequalitchew Creek Trail