Puget Soundkeeper Alliance holds its 2010 Salute to the Sound seafood dinner, and live and silent auction this Thursday, Oct. 7, at Great Hall -Naval Reserve Building, Lake Union Park, 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Famed West Seattle photographer, Art Wolfe, is featured speaker and will share his Puget Sound photographs.
Admission is $100 through Brown Paper Tickets or the PSA office at 206-297-7002.
Parking: Due to construction constraints at Lake Union Park, parking for Salute to the Sound guests is available directly across the park on the corner of Valley and Terry. Entrances are on Terry Avenue and Westlake Avenue
contact name Margy Wallace
contact email margy@pugetsoundkeeper.org
contact phone 206-297-7002
From their website: Puget Soundkeeper Alliance is an action-oriented team dedicated to a mission: to protect and preserve Puget Sound. We are committed to a dual approach: reducing the pollution of Puget Sound by making polluters accountable to the law; and promoting education and cooperation in the effort to protect the Sound.
Fighting pollution on the water and in the courtroom, we carry out our work through four priority programs:
Enforcement of the Clean Water Act against polluters using the citizen lawsuit provision
Monitoring through weekly Soundkeeper on-the-water boat and kayak patrols
Engagement with business, government and other key parties, to build workable regulations on complex
issues like storm water runoff permits, boatyard permits, and oil spill contingency rules
Solution-Oriented Partnerships to involve business and government in water quality improvement programs (e.g., Envirostars, Clean Marinas)
Also involved with Soundkeeper is the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition - In 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) listed the lower Duwamish River – a five-mile stretch through South Seattle – as a federal SUPERFUND site. The Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition was formed by an alliance of community, environmental and small business groups affected by ongoing pollution and cleanup plans for the Duwamish River. Their mission is to ensure a Duwamish River cleanup that is accepted by, and benefits, the community, and protects fish, wildlife and human health.
