Water Resources

Our Water Quality Programs provide research-based water resources information and educational programs to the public. Our goal is to promote responsible land and water stewardship to protect aquifers, streams, rivers, wetlands, marine waters and the resources that these water bodies provide.

We offer the following services:

• Shore Stewards
  Go to our Shore Stewards page to learn more about the Mason County Shore Stewards program and how to get involved.
  
  
• Education for real estate professionals designed to help real estate professionals understand water resource issues as they relate to homeowners and property development. These courses provide clock hours for license re-certification.
  
  
• Course Schedule information
  
  
• Shoreline Management

Resources and Plants


Videostream: Shoreline Living: Protecting Our Shorelines and Puget Sound RealPlayer / WindowsMedia

• Onsite Sewage System Education
  
  Septic System Workshops~ FREE~
  
  Monday, March 22, 2010, 5:30-7:30 p.m.,
  PUD 3, 302 W Cota Street Shelton: Flyer
  
  Thursday, May 13th, 2010, 5:30-7:30, Hoodsport Library, 40 Schoolhouse Hill Rd, Hoodsport: Flyer

Publications & Web Links.

• Low Impact Development
  
  
• Publications and Web Links
  
• Low Impact Development Brochure
  
  
• Hood Canal Resource Links

• Hood Canal News
• Hood Canal Dissolved Oxygen Program
• Hood Canal Watershed Pledge.
  

• Watershed Information
  

• Oakland Bay
• Watershed planning in the Oakland Bay/Kennedy Creek Region (WRIA 14)
• Skokomish Dosewallips Basin Watershed Assessment (WRIA 16)
• Chehalis Basin Watersheds (WRIA 22/23)
  
  
• Streams
  
  Videostream: Plant it Right: Restoring Our Streams RealPlayer / WindowsMedia

• Recycling in Mason County
  List of Recycling Drop Off Sites
  The above link has information about what and where to recycle a variety of materials in Mason County.
  

• Technical assistance to area residents on specific water quality and water resource protection questions. Contact your local office or e-mail Robert Simmons, Water Resource Faculty.

• Additional information regarding water quality protection in Washington can also be obtained from:
• WSU Washington's Water Web Page
• Rain Garden Handbook for Western Washington Homeowners
• Other Water Resource Links