Ever want to get more involved with Surfrider PDX Chapter and have as much fun and learn as much as we do? Well, now is your chance!
On July 12th at 7pm at SE Lucky Lab during our public montly meeting we will determine our new secretary! To qualify you need to have volunteered at least once with us, be a Surfrider Member (join here), have administrative skills and be willing to volunteer 1.5-5 hours per week. See some of the specifics of the role here.
Sounds like a lot? Don't worry! Our veteran volunteers will help you out, train you and probably become your new great friends! Must be present at this 7/12 meeting to run for Secretary 2011-2012! Questions? Contact: Charlie at CPlybon@surfrider.org
Also, at this months meeting: Ocean Friendly Rain Garden Presentation by expert
Candace Stoughton
Candace Stoughton, Low Impact Development Specialist of East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District, speaks on how to protect our oceans with Rain Gardens!
Rain gardens, or Ocean Friendly Gardens (OFGs), can reduce the amount of pollution reaching creeks, streams, and ultimately our oceans! A rain garden is a planted depression that filters rainwater runoff from impervious urban areas like driveways, streets, roofs, sidewalks, parking lots, and compacted lawn areas. This provides an opportunity for the water to be absorbed and filtered, reducing the amount of contaminated water draining down stormdrains to the ocean.
Candace currently is working on urban conservation issues with a focus on sustainable stormwater management. She has expertise in low impact development methods that protect streams and rivers from urban stormwater runoff.
Before joining the district, she worked as a watershed manager for The Nature Conservancy in Georgia and as a biologist with the Environmental Protection Agency.
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!