Current Happenings
Sue McCluskey is asking that you consider signing the online petition to the National Park Service asking that the sale of plastic water bottles be banned inside the Grand Canyon National Park. Click the image to the left to go to the website, learn more about this issue and sign the petition.
The annual Friends of the Carbon Canyon party was held on Aug. 6th & 7th, 2011!!! It was hosted by the good folks at Lo Tahoma, across the river from Mowich Mick’s. Our gathering had an acoustic open mike stage all weekend, great camping and of course, the potluck and live music with Doug Skoog’s ‘Blues Redemption’ on Saturday night as usual.
A BIG thank you to Jill, Kent and the other members of the community that pulled together and made this happen!
Mowich Mick is encouraging everyone to learn more about the ongoing
genetic manipulation of our foods (GMO; Genetically Modified Organisms).
Click on the GMWATCH logo to learn more about this.
Special thanks to Dave Burner for contributing the proceeds of sales of his song: "Hippie's Grand Stand" to the Friends of the Carbon Canyon.
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In other news of the valley:
- 1) Mowich Mick still has some great land for sale on the Mowich road, go to the website at: Mowich Ranch
- 2) The Ipsuit Entrance to Mt. Rainier National Park has the gate close from flooding, but you can still go in and hike the trails. It’s a great hike or bike ride 5 miles in to Ipsuit Campground and then a 3 mile hike to the Carbon Glacier.
- 3) The Coplay Lake road (the bridge right before the Park entrance) was wonderful last year, should be good still this year.
- 4) The National Park is restoring Thompson’s Carbon River Ranch house. It will make a beautiful ranger station. Sadly, we lost Yolanda Thompson this last year. She and John lived in that house for over 50 years, raised kids and grandkids there and made the valley their home. Her beautiful spirit will always reside there, and in the whole valley. She was very happy to have the National Park get that property so that all of the generations following us will enjoy it the way they did.
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Public Meetings were held on : April 26, 2011 at Mountaineers Bldg, Seattle
April 27, 2011 Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park Education Center Tahoma Woods, Ashford Headquarters
April 28, 2011 Washington State History Museum; Tacoma
Information on the alternatives under consideration is available at an FAA website: NO Fly Zone
Online: http://parkplanning.ups.gov/MORA_ATMP
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March 19th 2011
Friends of the Carbon Canyon meeting and work party:
Thanks to everyone that attended. One of the main topics was planning for the annual party.
The party now has it's own Facebook page. We've also added a page to this website with Party News.
contact Jill or Kent at lotahoma@yahoo.com
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Jan 24th, 2011
The Mowich Mall is closed. Vicki will continue to provide herbs, hemp products and other offerings from her shop at the Mowich Ranch. You can reach her by email at: victorious59@msn.com.
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Jan 23rd, 2011: Sue McCluskey has a request
I have been gathering pix and newspaper articles from 1950 to the present. Since we moved here in 1984 so many things have changed or disappeared. What I would like are pix of houses and people. Hope to share this with all when I am done. If you have any pictures of houses, buildings or people in the Carbon Canyon area, from about 1950 to now, that you are willing to share, will you please call me at 360-829-1912 ? Thank you... Sue
Sue can be reached by email at mccluskey710@hotmail.com but she is using dial-up and suggests the phone is better for now.
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Notice:
Mowich Mick is selling his property. If you want to learn more about the sale or the properties, check the link at Mowich Ranch.
Peace and Happiness and we hope to see you all soon!
If you have questions about land use issues or problems, call Mardel at (360) 897-8425.
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Message from Jill Cartwright:
My reason for writing today is to get the word out to as many people as possible concerning this proposed partnership between the FAA and Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park. The FAA, with National Park Service as a cooperating agency, has initiated development of an Air Tour Management Plan for Mt. Rainier National Park. I first found out about this from a casual conversation at a neighbors kitchen table, and then found this link: http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2010/04/what-do-you-think-about-sightseeing-tours-circling-mount-rainier-national-park5636
Public comment period ends May 12, 2010. I would recommend writing to both names listed in the following link; one is the FAA and the other represents the National Parks. http://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?parkId=323&projectId=29122
There is a 'Public Scoping Packet' available including a good map of the proposed flight patterns through the park. http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/programs/air_tour_management_plan/documents/MORA%20Scoping%20Packet_2010-04-01.pdfNothing specific about how many flights per day would be allowed, nor how this would benefit Mt. Rainiers Nat'l Park monetarily. Rather, their criteria focuses around flights being safe, that they satisfy the purpose and need, be technically and economically feasible, and minimize or prevent significant impacts to park resources and values. I am sending informational packets to the 'Mountaineers' of Tacoma, 'Backpackers Supply' of Tacoma and 'Whittaker Mountaineering' out of Ashford. I appreciate your help in getting the word out to as many people and organizations as possible. 97% of Mount Rainier National Park is designated 'Wilderness', which also happens to border on the Glacier View, Clearwater, Norse Peak, William O Douglas and Tatoosh Wilderness's. This would impact not just the Nat'l Park.
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There are only two remaining wildlife corridors/ migration zones on the west side of Mt. Rainier which go north to south. One is around Evans Creek by Fairfax and the other is off of Tubbs Road near Carbonado and runs through Burnett toward the White River. The ones off of Tubbs Road and the one by Burnett are both being slated for logging and development. To provide for more area being set aside for wildlife movement, we need to let the county know that they are important.
Anyone who has personal knowledge of wildlife along the power lines on Tubbs Road or near Carbonado, crossing Hwy.165 near Burnett should contact the following person. Or anyone concerned about keeping these corridors open to preserve the health of the herds should also say so to the following person:
Diane Marcus Jones,
2401 So. 35th St.
Tacoma, WA 98409-7494,
Telephone: 253-798-2616, FAX 253-798-7425 or email her at: mailto:dmarcus@copierce.wa.us?subject=Wildlife Corridors.
They should refer to the Applications #'s 676017-676072 for near Burnett, and Applications #'s 675987,85,93, and 676002 for near Carbonado/Tubbs Road.
Thank-you.
For more information call: Mardel 360-897-8425
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FYI... 1/4/2010
The Puyallup River Watershed Council Secretary Tweets!
Follow "prwcsec" on Twitter to keep up with PRWC Forums, agendas, events, and interesting news or posts.
Email the Secretary at prwc.sec@gmail.com to get in the address book or to request more information about a "tweet".
Cheers,
Jeanne,
FLWR editor to eNews 2
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An article was published in the News Tribune on May 4, 2009 stating that Pierce County Parks and Recreation may
be "exchanging" (selling?) some park properties currently owned by the parks department. This due to "budget cuts".
We will be monitoring the situation and will keep everyone informed. In the meantime, please go to the following link to read the story:
News Tribune article on possible park and land sales
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Other Upcoming Classes and Events:
If you have an event that you want listed here, just send an email to roy@friendsofthecarboncanyon.org and I'll put it up here. Remember, this is your community website.
