PORT ANGELES — The Shelter Providers Network of Clallam County will hear from Olympic Community Action Programs about a proposed levy to create an affordable housing fund in Jefferson County when the shelter providers meet today.
The group will meet from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the commissioner’s meeting room (Room 160) of the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St.
The group also will hear about the intent of the Shelter Providers Regional Forum coming up in November.
Survey volunteers sought in PT
PORT TOWNSEND — The North Olympic Salmon Coalition is seeking volunteers to survey spawning coho on Chimacum Creek.
The coalition will hold a Coho Spawner Survey Training from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27. Those interested need to RSVP online at www.nosc.org or contact Katie McLean at outreach@nocs.org or 360-504-5611.
Survey volunteers will walk sections of the creek during the coho run, counting live and dead fish, as well as record redds.
Data collected will assist the state Department of Fish and Wildlife estimate returning numbers on the creek, according to a news release.
Volunteers must be physically able to hike through woods, as well as climb over and under fallen trees and debris. All necessary gear and survey equipment will be provided.
For more information, call 360-379-8051 or visit the coalition’s website.
Funding protests
Olympic Climate Action invites the public to peaceful protests across the North Olympic Peninsula on Monday.
In Port Townsend, attendees will gather at the traffic triangle at Kearney Street and Sims Way for a demonstration from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
For more information, email Julia Cochrane at willowtree@olypen.com.
In Port Angeles, demonstrators will meet at Civic Field’s parking lot on Race and Second streets for a demonstration from noon to 2 p.m.
For more information, email Michael Clemens at iMichael14@yahoo.com.
In Sequim, attendees will convene at Centennial Place at Washington Street and Sequim Avenue from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, email Krestine Reed at 2centsworth@att.net.
The protests are to be in conjunction with the Global Day of Action, a worldwide movement promoting divestment from banks that fund oil projects.
Banks with branches on the North Olympic Peninsula, such as Chase, Wells Fargo and US Bank, helped finance pipelines including the Kinder-Morgan pipeline expansion, according to the release.
According to the release, the pipeline would traverse indigenous territories and increase existing tanker traffic sevenfold that carries tar-sands oil, which is “virtually impossible” to clean up in the aftermath of a spill.
For more information, visit www.olyclimate.org.
