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In this issue: Articles and photos associated with Chehalis River basin flood damage prevention efforts following the December 3, 2007 catastrophic flood-related damage.

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2011 SSCS Board of Direction Able--Committed--Experienced

Executive Officers Ric Abbett

President and CEO

Bruce Treichler

Jim Wilcox

Vice President

Treasurer and Secretary Dr. Robert Vadas, Jr.

Conservation Directors

Joe Durham

Don Schluter

Dr. Alan Steeves

Terry Turner

Subject Matter Advisors Richard Mayer

Alexandra Morton

Senior Communication and Marketing Advisor

Senior Marine Fisheries Fisheries Advisor

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Considerable time and taxpayer money have been spent on flood “control” since the December 3, 2007 rainstorm and subsequent flood related damage.

Time and money keep being spent on this effort as if there is a bottomless pit to fund never ending studies that have yet to provide meaningful strategies to prevent flood related damage throughout the Chehalis River basin.

Since the 2007 flood, several suggested flood damage prevention / flood control strategies have been recommended. Most have no basis in science or even reality. Some offer no near term relief from flood related damage. Others are ignored by decision makers because they make too much sense.

This issue of THE LEADER highlights some of the efforts suggested to prevent flood related damage since the 2007 flood.

Formation of the Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority The Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority was formed in April of 2008 and consists of officials from jurisdictions in the Basin that are affected by flooding. An interlocal agreement has been adopted by these jurisdictions for the purpose of study, analysis and implementation of flood

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control projects to protect the Chehalis River Basin

Harbor County, and Thurston County.

2011-2013 Capital Budget

by Bruce Treichler, SSCS VP

In a separate section, the legislature charged the Office of Financial Management (OFM) with providing a report that identifies ―flood hazard mitigation projects (in the basin) for continued feasibility and design work‖ to the legislature and the governor by July 2012. OFM is to work with the Departments of Transportation and Ecology along with federal agencies, tribal governments, and local governments in determining which projects should go forward.

The Washington State Legislature has finally passed the Capital Budget for 20112013. The link to the final bill, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2020, is at http://leap.leg.wa.gov/leap/Bu dget/Detail/2011/hcStrikertoSH B20200525.pdf. Section 1033, entitled Catastrophic Flood Relief, contains information regarding future actions in the Chehalis River Basin.

The legislature appropriated 1.32 million dollars to the Chehalis Basin flood Control Authority (FA) or other local flood districts for the purposes of;  ―study, develop, construct, maintain, operate, and fund flood control measures throughout the basin‖;  ―Complete by December, 2011, the ongoing study of the effect of possible retention structures on fish in the basin‖;  ―Complete the hydraulic model for the Chehalis River…‖.

This means that there is no guarantee that the existing FA will receive any of the money; it is possible that the recently established Chehalis Watershed Cooperative will receive some or all of the money.

This cooperative consists of Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Grays

The report must:  ―Address upstream water retention facilities, including benefits and impacts to fish and potential mitigation of impacts‖;  Discuss the proposed levee projects including any issues about upstream and downstream effects of the projects;  ―Evaluate alternative projects that could protect the interstate highway and the municipal airport…and ensure access to medical and other critical community facilities during flood events‖;  Discuss other alternatives that could provide flood relief such as replacement of highway bridges, conservation easements, livestock evacuation facilities, smallscale water diversion and retention, and riparian habitat restoration projects

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Watershed Services A Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society Forest Practices Hosted Symposium Transportation Floodplain Development Watershed Management

Living with Western Washington Rivers Friday, November 4, 2011 (10:00am – 5:00pm) Veterans’ Memorial Museum Chehalis, Washington Emerging policy and management goals, objectives, and information needs Symposium Topics:     

Ecosystem Services Forest Practices Economic Stability Floodplain Development Watershed Management

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Seattle Times: "Weyerhaeuser agrees to review logging practices on landslide-prone lands" March 29, 2010 -- Under a voluntary agreement with the state, Weyerhaeuser will review logging practices on southwest Washington lands where hundreds of landslides were unleashed during a December 2007 storm.

By Hal Bernton Seattle Times staff reporter Under a voluntary agreement with the state, Weyerhaeuser will review logging practices on southwest Washington lands where hundreds of landslides were unleashed during a December 2007 storm.

The review is expected to result in new restrictions that will put more land off-limits to clearcutting.

It is part of a broader effort by the state Department of Natural Resources to reduce logging on unstable slopes, where slides could put public resources or public safety at risk.

"Weyerhaeuser is the first forestproducts company willing to partner with the state of Washington and take steps to reduce the risk of landslides associated with major storm events," said Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark, who hopes other timber

companies will also review their harvest practices.

Goldmark criticized clear-cut logging practices on unstable slopes in his 2008 election campaign and is hoping for regulatory changes to improve protection of these areas.

But the timber industry is uneasy about rules that could put more land off-limits to logging, and it is uncertain what changes might eventually pass.

At a Friday meeting, the state Forest Practices Board balked at beginning one modest rulemaking process, and postponed a decision until next month.

Conservationists who attended the meeting are frustrated by the pace of change.

"Washingtonians want to know that the state is not letting timber companies clear-cut steep and unstable mountainsides that produce massive landslide," said Peter Goldman, of the Washington Forest Law Center.

"We're disappointed that the state today postponed taking action" The 2007 landslides were the major spur to the efforts.

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A December storm triggered more than 730 landslides in the Upper Chehalis watershed that includes the Stillman Creek basin, according to a state aerial survey.

Those slides, documented in a Seattle Times special report, dumped mud and debris into swollen rivers that struck houses, barns and farm fields downstream. These floodwaters caused some $40 million in damages.

Weyerhaeuser has been logging in the Upper Chehalis under a watershed plan approved by the state in 1994.

In 2001, the state had approved a new rule that more strictly defined the kinds of unstable slopes where logging could be limited. But in areas that already had watershed plans, such as the Chehalis basin, a loophole appeared to exempt logging companies from that rule.

Further state analysis documented the extent of the loophole in 52 watershed plans scattered across the state forests. The analysis found that 39 percent of the logging prescriptions for unstable slopes in these watersheds lacked sufficient details.

State officials say that—even without regulatory changes— they no longer allow the flawed prescriptions to gain an exemption from the 2001 rule.

Clear cut logging on steep slopes above Stillman Creek. December 2007

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Under the new voluntary agreement, Weyerhaeuser will use the 2001 rule to identify unstable slopes in the Upper Chehalis watersheds in areas where slides could put public safety or public resources at risk.

The company could opt to put some of those areas off-limits to logging, or put them through an extensive review process that includes consultation with the state Department of Natural Resources and other agencies.

The review process will include the use of new technology such as an optical remote sensing technology.

"It should lead to better detection of unstable slopes, and that may lead to some areas we may not harvest," said Anthony Chavez, a Weyerhaeuser spokesman.

Light travels faster than sound.

spawned wild in a stream. One is natural, the other's phony.

One's native, the other's a nuisance—a counterfeit so often coined it threatens to replace the original. When most fish on the spawning grounds come from a hatchery, wild fish are doomed.

Hatcheries mitigate dam devastation, but hatcheries prove to be a fiasco.

Substituting artificial for natural selection, doesn't relieve destruction, it doubles it down.

DNA-scrambled, freak hatchery fish, confined to rearing pond domesticity for a year then flushed away to survive at sea, mingle and spawn with the wild counterpart they migrate with.

The mutant consequence of genetic integrity tarnished and diluted, these maladapted, unfit offspring of a hatchery/wild cross undermine the evolution of their species.

On the Elwha River near Port Angeles, Washington we dismantle two dams that prevent fish passage to fresh water from salt and vice versa. Detained a century behind the dams, descendants of steelhead sequestered as rainbow trout escape to the sea. They return transformed as ocean-thick spawners seeding their natal stream.

This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

Guest Article: No dam, no hatchery, more fish? by John Farrar, guide If you frequent rivers and fish, you know fish spawned by hand in a bucket never equal those

If we unharness a river rendering it wild and free, can we eliminate a hatchery and make a wild river wilder? The Elwha's sister stream, the Sol Duc, says we can. More wild, winter-run steelhead run the Sol Duc than

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any other Peninsula river, but they compete with a curiosity, the Snider Creek Hatchery. This peculiar facility produces offspring whose wild parents are stolen from the Sol Duc, stripped of their roe and milt, spawned by hand, then dispatched and disposed of.

Though capable of returning and spawning several times, wild steelhead are perverted. They spawn artificially—once.

Free running rivers always have been, always will be, the best hatchery. We conserve wild trout, steelhead and salmon, saving both money and fish, when we allow nature to do what nature always does best.

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Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority Chehalis Watershed Cooperative Living with Western Washington Rivers Symposium – Chehalis, Washington 2012 International Farmed Salmon Symposium – British Columbia, Canada

SSCS Online Auction Update Jim Wilcox, SSCS Life Member, was the high bidder on Alexandra Morton’s autographed copy of her ―must read‖, Listening to Whales.

A special thank you to Ms. Morton for providing this autobiography to the SSCS.

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The Beauty and Functionality of the Free Flowing Chehalis River and its 357 Tributaries

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Notes Associated with Keith Phillips’ (Governor Gregoire staff) Update Report to Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority - May 19, 2011 Keith Phillips’ statement Mr. Phillips acknowledged the struggle that the Flood Authority is going through in planning a path to address flooding throughout the Basin. In his view, the struggle is understandable – there are different interests and needs, geography, history, and more.

The struggle is evidence of what the Board cares about and thinks is important. The fact that you are still pushing forward is commendable. The Governor asked Mr. Phillips to express her appreciation for the work you are doing.

Mr. Phillips also wanted to compliment the Board on the early warning system, which is catching attention outside of the Basin. There are other basins interested in whether you have found a solution that they might want to take advantage of.

By now Mr. Phillips hoped he could show the Board the money. Unfortunately he cannot do that. On the federal side things are looking worse rather than better. There is still not a spending plan from the Corps.

Everything he is hearing is there may not be additional funding on either the General Investigation basin-wide side or on the Twin Cities levee/Skookumchuck dam. They are already talking about what is going to happen in

the next federal fiscal year and this project was never in the president’s budget; it has always been a matter of your federal delegation earmarking funds and with the cut in the budget there was no balancing process for securing those funds in the current cycle.

He does not know about next year.

Up until today, Mr. Phillips heard there might be some previously appropriated and unspent money for the GI work.

However, as of this morning he heard that will be spent and zeroed out. The Federal side does not look very promising.

Part of the reason he was willing to come down is because the State side looks a little better today than it did 48 hours ago.

48 hours ago both the state House and state Senate had agreed with the governor to provide both the carryover funding authority and some new capital budget funds to continue work in the Basin. Because the Senate and House were in disagreement on whether the state should borrow any more money there was a stand-off.

While the capital budget is needed and useful it is not required. The legislature does not have to adopt a capital budget; it has to adopt an operating budget to keep the government functioning.

There might be an agreement on the debt, on the borrowing issue, and if that moves forward there might be an agreement on the capital budget. We hope to see

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both the carry-over money and the proposed new funding to continue the work in Chehalis.

If we do get state funds, Mr. Phillips is expecting the budget bill to have some language in it as to what the legislature wants to have done. Even if they don’t or if it is very general language, the governor has said ―accountability‖ – what are you going to do with the money, which is going to do it and when are you going to get it done.

Whether it’s described in the budget bill or not the first obligation the state has is to sit down with the Basin governments and collectively decide how the funds are to be used and then move forward on who can use them and what the best way is to get it done. If we can decide what we can do with the resources we have, figure out the what, that will often give a clue as to who can do it. The Flood Authority may be talking about it in terms of projects versus governance. As to the ―what‖ Mr. Phillips thinks that we don’t know enough to exclude any of the potentially viable projects at this stage. There is a lot of disagreement about that and he is not sure the Flood Authority can say yet what is right and wrong of the major potential projects that are out there. He made that statement because the fish studies are not finished on the upstream retention. There is the impact side of that and the mitigation side of that and that information you need to have before you have the debate on what you

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want to do. The Corps has not finished a review of whether improvements to the Skookumchuck Dam can be made or not and what they might cost. If they can’t what does the levee project mean to downstream communities? That is information we all need to have.

The state is continuing on fallback measures to protect critical structures: the airport, the freeway, access to the hospital.

Those details are being worked on and you need to see them so you can take a look at the costs and the implications and what won’t get protected if you have to fall back and are unable to access the bigger projects.

There is work that has started up again on riparian and ecosystems approaches to dealing with floods. They are usually site specific and they are not large scale but they can be helpful in certain parts and they can serve multiple purposes.

We are moving again rural setting solutions around livestock protection, around flood easements with agricultural lands, around smaller scale retention or drainage. There are programs for local and federal governments who are interested that are worth looking at. It also might be timely to take a closer look at the role of bridges downstream on the Chehalis in holding back floodwater and creating iterative flooding over the course as you get further down the river.

Mr. Phillips stated he would not presume to tell the Board what the right answer is. Across the table there are proponents of certain of these as the best and right only answer. He suggested to the Board that it is too soon to give up, even though there is a hiatus on the federal money and we only have state money.

There are still some things that can get done and need to get done for the benefit of the Basin and it’s too early to pick a winner.

Who should do the work? The state is authorized to do work with any basin government: federal, tribal, state. We can do the work ourselves or we can provide it to anyone who is going to do the work. Our preference has been to do it through a basin government group. We prefer that there be one basin level government group to work with so that a lot of the decisionmaking can rest with that broader body. If that is not possible, and Mr. Phillips hopes it is, then the state is not closed to the notion that if this is the money to do this work then who is best to do this work and the state will end up getting involved with multiple groups doing different parts that the legislature has funded. Mr. Phillips expects the funds will be tied at least generally to work in certain parts of the Basin and by necessity the state will respect the jurisdiction where that project is located. We are not going to fund one group to work in someone else’s back yard unless there is support and

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agreement to do that. He hopes there will not be a group working on retention, a group working on levees and so forth, but by necessity the state will not pick a winner and give all the money to one place. It will also not make decisions that overrun the local jurisdiction and authority where the projects are located.

The state is willing to sponsor this conversation and if we can agree on what the money should be used for, then hopefully that will tell us who is in the best place to do that work.

As for next steps, Mr. Phillips thinks it is important to wait until the state budget settles to see what the guidance is, and if the Flood Authority is in agreement, Mr. Phillips is willing to bring the state team to the Flood Authority and to invite federal and Tribal governments to participate and work with you on the money, the guidance and the project list, and have discussion about what should be funded for the next two years. Those will be put into the appropriate paperwork with the appropriate folks to make sure the work will get done. The state’s agreement with the Flood Authority ends at the end of June and he hopes there is money and direction to finish starting July 1.

Mr. Phillips asked for questions.

Commissioner Averill stated he appreciated Mr. Phillips coming to the meeting and describing the situation as it develops in the legislature. He is glad that it

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looks hopeful at this point. The Flood Authority wants to work with the governor’s office in the next steps after there is more certainty about what is in the bill.

Congress. The sample text should hopefully make things easy for people to take action.

Ms. Fund stated she was very impressed with Mr. Phillips’ ability to encapsulate all the issues in a short time. She would like to have copies made of Mr. Phillips’ statements so they can be shared with City Council.

Scott Hed Director Sportsman’s Alliance for Alaska

Mr. Vander Stoep asked Mr. Phillips if it would help the state’s efforts to have all the key jurisdictions continue their participation in the Flood Authority.

Mr. Phillips stated yes. If there is one place where all the basin governments have agreed to come together and participate, if it’s advisory, if it’s decision-making, and if it represents the Basin as a whole that is easiest for the state. That does require agreement among the Basin governments.

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Passing of Bart Madison We’re saddened to share that our friend and conservation colleague, Bart Madison, of Tacoma recently passed away.

Those who knew Bart were blessed to have known a true Salmon Super Hero.

Bart was absolutely committed to the protection and recovery of Northwest salmon and trout and their precious habitats.

Friends and fellow dedicated conservationists, Terry Turner and Bart Madison at SSCS Annual General Meeting in April.

SSCS to Host Symposiums You’ll read in this issue of The Leader that the SSCS will host the November 4, 2011 ―Living with Western Washington Rivers‖ symposium.

This regional, one day event will be held in the Veterans’ Memorial Museum in Chehalis, Wa. The SSCS will also host the ―International Farmed Salmon‖ Symposium at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. This globally-important event will be held May 29 – 31, 2012.

Both of these historic events are open to the public.

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NWSSCS RESOLUTION 51810 PREVENT DAMAGE FROM CHEHALIS BASIN FLOODS WHEREAS, the Northwest Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society (NWSSCS) was incorporated to protect, conserve and restore the natural resources and outdoor heritage of the Pacific Northwest; and WHEREAS, significant Chehalis River Basin seasonal rainstorms are occurring more often and with greater intensity; and WHEREAS, Chehalis River Basin land use practices have led to catastrophic floods; and WHEREAS, Chehalis River Basin floods have led to loss of life (human and livestock), property, vital infrastructure and natural resources; and WHEREAS, Fish and wildlife species that are listed as either Threatened or Endangered via the Endangered Species Act reside within the Chehalis River Basin; and WHEREAS, Chehalis River Basin property owners and their elected representatives strive to seek one or more basin-wide strategies to protect human life, safety, health and property; and WHEREAS, the next catastrophic Chehalis River Basin rainstorm and associated flood is expected to occur within the next five years; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that there shall be an immediate and permanent moratorium on commercial and residential development within Chehalis River Basin floodplains as defined by the Federal Emergency Management Act (FEMA) floodplain maps of 2010; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that there shall be an immediate and permanent moratorium on steep slope logging and associated road construction within the Chehalis River Basin; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that natural processes associated with Chehalis River Basin floodplains be restored; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that natural processes associated with Chehalis River Basin forestlands be restored; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Chehalis River Basin fish and wildlife be protected and restored; BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the NWSSCS collaborates with Chehalis River Basin property owners, elected representatives (local, state, federal, tribal) and others to develop a cost-effective, basin-wide, community based strategy to prevent damage from Chehalis River Basin floods.

Adopted by: Ric Abbett, Bruce Treichler, Jim Wilcox Date adopted: May 18, 2010

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NWSSCS RESOLUTION 11011 UNBIASED, SCIENCE-BASED EVLUATION OF PROPOSALS TO PREVENT CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE DUE TO FLOODS IN THE CHEHALIS RIVER BASIN WHEREAS, the Northwest Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society (NWSSCS) was incorporated to protect, conserve and restore the natural resources and outdoor heritage of the Pacific Northwest; and WHEREAS, significant Chehalis River Basin seasonal rainstorms are occurring more often and with greater intensity; and WHEREAS, Chehalis River Basin land use practices have led to catastrophic floods; and WHEREAS, Chehalis River Basin floods have led to loss of life (human and livestock), property, vital infrastructure and natural resources; and WHEREAS, Fish and wildlife species that are listed as either Threatened or Endangered via the Endangered Species Act reside within the Chehalis River Basin; and WHEREAS, Chehalis River Basin property owners and their elected representatives strive to seek one or more basin-wide strategies to protect human life, safety, health and property; and WHEREAS, the next catastrophic Chehalis River Basin rainstorm and associated flood is expected to occur within the next five years; and WHEREAS, The Northwest Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society is working to produce strategies that would yield a minimum of 100,000 acre feet of water retention per year by protecting and restoring natural processes in Chehalis River basin forestlands, wetlands and floodplains; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that there shall be unbiased, science based evaluations of strengths, limitations, benefits and costs of all strategies (non-structural and structural) to prevent catastrophic damage from Chehalis River basin floods. Further, these studies should be overseen (supervised, managed) by the University of Washington or Washington State University. The oversight, etc. must include a peer review of all studies.

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Northwest Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society collaborates with Chehalis River Basin property owners, elected representatives (local, state, federal, tribal) and others to develop a cost-effective, basin-wide, community based strategy to prevent catastrophic damage from Chehalis River Basin floods in order to protect human lives, safety, health and property.

Adopted by: Ric Abbett, Bruce Treichler, Jim Wilcox Date adopted: January 10, 2011

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A Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society Hosted Symposium

2012 International Farmed Salmon Symposium Current Research, Agency Positions, Advocacy, First Nations’ Perspectives, Benefits, Costs, Impacts, Industry Positions

University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada

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SSCS Membership News As previously reported in The Leader, Tacoma News Tribune, Olympian and in The Fishing Line, SSCS vice president, Bruce Treichler, was recently recognized as the 2011 SSCS Conservationist of the Year.

As a thank you for Bruce’s extraordinary dedication and commitment, the Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society presented Bruce with a beautiful, hand crafted, ancient cedar box which is appropriately inscribed on the outside and inside of the lid.

The unique SSCS logo on this very special award was designed by SSCS International Conservation Director, Dr. Alan Steeves with input from SSCS Marketing and Communication Senior Advisor, Richard Mayer.

This beautiful, one-of-a-kind, ancient cedar box was crafted and inscribed by the fine folks at Millennia Wood, located at the Farmers’ Market in Olympia, Washington. Stop by booth 32 and say hi to Shelley Ferer when visiting this local destination attraction.

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Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society Membership Application Please return your completed application and check to: SSCS Membership 3322 104th Avenue SW Olympia, WA, 98512 Your joining the Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society is truly appreciated. Your completed application for a membership will be evaluated by the SSCS Membership Chairman. You’ll be notified via an e-mail message regarding your SSCS membership status. Thank you for your interest in protecting and restoring the unique Pacific Northwest outdoors and our way of life.

Sponsored By: __________________________________________ Date Approved by SSCS: _________________________________ Your name: (print) __________________________________________________ Your address: (street)____________________________(city)________________ (state)__________(country) ________(postal code)____________ Your e-mail address:_________________________________________________ Your phone number:_________________________________________________ Membership Fee Structure – please select one: O Life: $1,000

Annual membership level: O Chinook: $500 O Steelhead: $100 O River Steward: $50 O Undergraduate: $35 O Student (12 – 18): $20 O Senior (62+): $20 O Commercial sponsor: $250

For those who want to support the SSCS conservation efforts beyond memberships, please select the “Donate” button on the SSCS website at http:NWSSCS.blogspot.com Every $10 tax deductable donation helps.

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