SteamFest opens two-day run on Saturday

PORT ANGELES – The first two-day StreamFest celebration will be on Saturday and Sunday.

The entry into the North Olympic Land Trust’s StreamFest will be opposite the Peninsula Golf Club, 824 Lindberg Road.

Visitors can park on DelGuzzi Drive, Golf Course Road or in the Eagles parking lot at First and Penn streets in Port Angeles.

Free shuttles from the Eagles lot will be available from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.

On Saturday, the concert area admission will be $15 for one of the 300 chairs in front of the stage. General admission will be $10. Children and students will be admitted free with paying adults.

The Insider’s Tour is $60 and requires reservations, which can be made by phoning 360-417-1815.

It will be of the Dungeness River Valley habitat and farm lands from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Music and booths will be available on Saturday as well.

On Sunday, StreamFest will feature a salmon cookout from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., live music, a silent auction and nature walks from noon to 5 p.m.

Admission to Sunday StreamFest will be free. The cookout will cost $15, with one child 10 years old or younger free with a paying adult.

A tour of the Rayonier Inc., site where a mill once operated is planned at 5:30 p.m. for those who register at Rayonier’s booth

Demonstrations and lectures are planned all afternoon on Sunday: Girl Scouts, birdfeeder building; Andrew May, environmentally friendly gardening help; cultural heritage, Jamie Valadez, Lower Elwha Klallam tribe; Don Perry, Heritage Days; Clark Mundy, art in the community, including the Land Trust’s Salmon in the Courthouse Art Project.

Informational booths will be available from BuiltGreen of Clallam County, Clallam County Environmental Health, Dungeness River Audubon Center, Friends of the Fields, Jamestown S’Klallam tribe, Master Gardeners of Clallam County, Merrill and Ring, National Parks Conservation Association, North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity for salmon recovery, North Olympic Discovery Marathon, North Olympic Land Trust, North Olympic Salmon Coalition, Peninsula Trails Coalition, Port Angeles Farmers Market, Public Utility District of Clallam County with its solar-powered house, Puget Sound Partnership, Rayonier, Inc., Streamkeepers and the Valley Creek Project.

Advance tickets are available at Port Book and News, Port Angeles; Pacific Mist Books, Sequim; and Sunny Farms Country Store’s Farm Store, between Port Angeles and Sequim.

For more information, check www.northolympiclandtrust.org or phone 360-417-1815.

Learning activities scheduled at StreamFest are:

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