Drought strands Dungeness River salmon – Low water levels on the Dungeness River have stranded thousands of salmon but irrigators and volunteers are trying to help out. Read more from Dungeness Nature Center here. Also, get resources about rainwater catchment systems from King County.

Sunday, September 24, 10am Plant Walk: Lower Elwha Autumnal Equinox with the WA Native Plant Society Olympic Chapter
Location: Lower Elwha Dam and Estuary.
This hike will visit two places: the lower dam site and the estuary at the mouth of the Elwha. Contact Sharon to sign up at  sschlentner@olypen.com .

Sept. 27 webinar: Can Cascadia adapt to more wildfires? A Sightline event, 4 pm. Zoom link

Sept. 30: Free tire recycling event in Quilcene

Used tires can be an environmental hazard so recycle them. Sponsored by Jefferson County Public Health . Questions? Contact Nick Lawlor at 360-385-9413 Time: 9am – 4pm at Jefferson County Public Works Transfer Station, 295312 US 101, Quilcene

State fails commitment to frontline communities— Two years after the establishment of the Climate Commitment Act, the Washington state legislature is still not fulfilling its obligations to invest in our frontline communities, says Front and Centered. Read more.

Lummi Nation recieves Tokitae’s ashes– Read more from KIRO news here. Seattle Times report is here.

Sept. 23 – Oct. 1: The 2023 All Our Relations Snake River Journey has events in Washington that highlight the need to breach the lower Snake River dams. Learn about events here.

Vancouver WA port to spend $25 million to reduce pollution and pay penalty

Columbia Riverkeeper and the Port of Vancouver have reached an agreement settling a Clean Water Act lawsuit challenging years of alleged unlawful water pollution. Read more here.

75,000 march in New York to end fossil fuels – See the video and interviews in this Democracy Now report. See more photos and stories from Sierra Magazine.

Bill McKibben’s reflections on the march are here.

The campaign to phase out fossil fuels from fashion says “We are all wearing oil.” Learn more here.

California sues big oil – The lawsuit alleges oil companies deliberately deceived the public about the dangers of fossil fuels and their impact on the climate system, and effectively engineered a delayed societal response to addressing the climate problem. See the PBS News Hour report here.

Biden creates “Climate Corps” green jobs program – The President will use executive authority to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps that will serve as a major green jobs training program, reports the AP. More from Grist.

Tell Congress: Avert a government shutdown. Defend clean energy. Sign this NRDC letter.

Petition: Tell Bank of America to stop funding fossil fuels – Sign here.

Save the National Environmental Policy Act – Send a letter here.

30X30 Global ocean protection report from Greenpeace shows urgency to protect our oceans.

Sept. 28, 4:30pm: Creating Sustainable Systems: Soil, Carbon, and Food — This 350.org panel will highlight some of the technical/economic/political/practical opportunities to make climate-improving strategies actually work. Zoom link 

Tell AARP to support climate initiatives and tune into a “Power up your Savings” webinar Oct. 4– Find out why this is so cool here.